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Pathstone, Federal Street Merge To Create $8 Billion Multifamily Office

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Pathstone Family Office (PFO) of Fort Lee, N.J...

Active Fund Management Has Strong Place In Current Market

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Two financial industry leaders talk about the current market and a manager's role in a Prudential webinar.

Will Advisors To Special Needs Clients Use ABLE Act Accounts?

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Many advisors are skeptical about the utility of the new accounts, which have disadvantages for users.

Discounts In Real Estate Stocks Set Stage For Buyout Spree

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Real estate investment trusts-- companies that own properties such as luxury hotels, office towers and shopping malls -- are trading at an almost 15 percent discount to what investors would pay for...

Familiar Faces Charged With Fraud in $72M Pump-and-Dump Scheme

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Six men, including a father and three sons, have been implicated in a $72 million pump-and-dump scheme involving the now defunct Bermuda-based Gerova Financial Group.

Florida Firms Merge To Create Unusual RIA

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Florida-based Private Wealth Alliance brings its rapport with institutional advisors to Independent Financial Partners' hybrid RIA, creating an unconventional new firm.

CFP Board: Consumers Want Advisors, But Don't Trust Them

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However, more consumers are looking to advisors to help, according the a CFP Board survey.

An ETF That Embraces Market Timing

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The Hull Tactical Asset Allocation Fund combines data and predictive analytics to time market movements.

LPL To Pay $1.4M Fine In Settlement For Non-Traded REIT Sales

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LPL Financial settles cases brought by state regulators over sales of non-traded REITs and leveraged ETFs.

Emerging Markets Are Facing A Big Foreign FX Debt Bill

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The extent of emerging markets' foreign-currency borrowing binge is laid bare in new number-crunching from CreditSights.

Go Midwest, Young Techie: Silicon Valley Too Pricey for Startups

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High prices on the West Coast are making it easier for the fresh crop of computer-science graduates and other techies to choose growing heartland hubs.

Dartmouth Endowment Gains 8.3% On Real Estate, Venture Capital

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The median return for endowments and foundations with more than $500 million this year is 3.6 percent.

Is He Selling You A Stock? Or A Big Fat Lie?

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As the debate over fiduciary requirements rages in Washington, clients want to know: How would they spot a shifty advisor?

A Year After Gross Exit, TCW Leads Winners As Pimco Sheds Assets

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In 2009, TCW Group Inc. watched as investors pulled billions of dollars after it ousted star money manager Jeffrey Gundlach. Today, the firm finds itself the beneficiary of another messy divorce.

Two Philadelphia Men Cheated Families, Friends Out Of $5.4M, SEC says

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The men have agreed to pay the SEC $6.8 million in penalties and victim compensation.

Falling Oil Prices Put Dent In U.S. Home Market

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Most U.S. housing markets are healthy, but a few are being hurt by the loss of jobs due to the lower gas prices, a new survey says.

Clinton Promises Health Insurance Merger Scrutiny In Policy Plan

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Hillary Clinton said she would give close scrutiny to health-insurance industry mergers like those proposed this year by Anthem Inc. and Aetna Inc.

The Pitfalls Of Health-Care Companies’ Addiction To Big Data

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Too much data in too many hands is causing too many problems with how private health records are being handled.

NAPFA Puts Focus On Young Advisors

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NAPFA wants to give young graduates a reason to start their careers as fee-only advisors, leaders of the organization said.

Fiduciary Rules Still Under Development, White Says

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SEC Chairman Mary Jo White said Wednesday that a formal proposal for a uniform fiduciary duty for broker-dealers and registered investment advisors is not coming soon.