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Ken Fisher Banned From Future Tiburon Conferences After Boorish Remarks

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Fisher compared the process of gaining a client’s trust to “trying to get into a girl’s pants.”

SEC Says No To Bitwise Bitcoin ETF

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The regulator cited concerns about potential fraud and manipulation regarding the cryptocurrency market.

Brokers Get 'Relief' As Fidelity Fee Match Eases Price War

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Investors can breathe easy as Fidelity matched rivals instead of escalating a recent price war.

SEC Forms High-Profile Asset Management Advisory Committee

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Executives from Fidelity, Pershing and T. Rowe Price are named to help the agency chart a regulatory course.

Americans’ Fear Of Recession Is On The Rise, Study Says

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Millennials are more worried than Gen Xers and baby boomers about an impending recession or market crash.

October Is The New April For Accountants After Tax Law Confusion

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After the tax overhaul, there is a new day of dread for accountants: Oct. 15

Citi Vows To Close The Gender Pay Gap

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Citi is launching an ad campaign to highlight to lack of pay and leadership representation for women.

Negative Rates Are Placing Pensions In Uncharted Territory

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In an unthinkable new normal of negative interest rates, pensions weigh their options.

Recession Angst Ramps Up Premium For Calm Stocks To 41-Year High

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Though they are labeled expensive, low-volatility stocks are booming.

Marriage Leads To A Longer Life

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Compared with those who are single, divorced or widowed, married persons have much lower mortality rates.

Trump’s Tweeting Less About China, And It’s Good For Stocks

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The president's tweets mentioning China have tended to be bad news for the S&P 500.

Fidelity Joins Price War With Zero Commissions On Online Trades

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Fidelity is crashing the free-trading party, and also offering higher yields for cash balances.

Cryptocurrency Investors Get New IRS Income-Reporting Rules

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Until this guidance, investors and their tax advisers had relatively little input from the IRS.

Billionaire Fisher's Sexual Comments Offend Many At Tiburon Conference

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He also made a reference to dropping acid and likened his employees to cattle who need to be branded, one attendee said.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Continues Push For SALT-Cap Removal

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Murphy said that the cap is “bad public policy and is frankly unconsitutional in our judgement.”

CAPTRUST Acquires $1.5B Wealth Management Arm Of Boston Advisors

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The purchase is the latest in a string of acquisitions by Raleigh, N.C.-based CAPTRUST.

Advisors Can Expect SEC Scrutiny Of 'Low-Cost' Strategies, Rollovers, Attorneys Say

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Advisors will need to defend not providing clients with the lowest-cost solutions, securities attorneys say.

Inspire Investing’s ‘New’ Christian-Focused RIA Platform Is Formally Unveiled

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The platform has garnered $130 million in assets since its soft launch in January.

The Mad Rush To Sell Private Medicare Plans To Seniors

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Trump backs expanding health-care programs that some Democrats would abolish.

Two Morgan Stanley Teams Launch $1 Billion RIA

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The Melville, N.Y.-based firm will start out with 11 employees.