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Latest News Updated: 8/19, 5:17 PM ET
Putnam, Janus investors get millions
By Aaron Siegel   |  August 19, 5:16 PM EST
The SEC has distributed $58 million to investors who were harmed by undisclosed market timing by Putnam and Janus.
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Lehman market value plummets
By Isabelle Clary  |  August 19, 4:56 PM EST
Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings fell nearly 13% today on negative analyst comments.
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Tax INsight
Some income not useable in bankruptcy
By Michelle Musacchio  |  August 19, 4:03 PM EST
Under IRC Section 108, certain exceptions allow a taxpayer to exclude COD income from gross income.
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Successor to SEC’s EDGAR announced
By Davis D. Janowski   |  August 19, 4:03 PM EST
The new system will be called IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications.
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BATS going national after SEC green light
By Andrew Coen  |  August 19, 3:24 PM EST
Better Alternative Trading System will operate as a registered national securities exchange.
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Funds of hedge funds losing their luster
By Jeff Benjamin
Funds of hedge funds, after enjoying steady growth since the beginning of the decade, are now seen by some in the industry as victims of their own success.
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Ameriprise plan: Rouse H&R Block brokerage unit
By Bruce Kelly
Thumbnail Ameriprise Financial Inc. believes it can spiff up its acquisition of H&R Block Financial Advisors Inc., which never lived up to its potential as a dominant national brand.
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GRATs are great grab, but clock is ticking
By Lisa Shidler
Time may be running out for financial advisers to use a strategy that can allow clients to pass on hundreds of thousands of dollars to relatives while avoiding gift taxes.
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Capital gains rates expected to rise
By Lisa Shidler
Thumbnail Capital-gains tax rates will increase regardless of who wins the presidential election in November, financial advisers say.
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Going green isn't easy, advisers and investors say
By Sue Asci
There are many shades of green — and there are many varieties of green funds.
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Large-cap doldrums drive alternative investment quest
By Sue Asci
Thumbnail The news that the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index returned just 0.06% a year for the 10 years ended June 30 has spurred talk about a "lost decade" for large-cap stocks and has sent financial advisers scrambling to find alternative investment strategies.
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Reps angry over ARS payback delay
By Dan Jamieson
Although brokers have welcomed the billions in auction rate securities buybacks announced by the big Wall Street firms in the past two weeks, they are still angry that it took six months for their companies to begin dealing with the fiasco.
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Investors scrutinizing WaMu
By Janet Morrissey
Washington Mutual Inc., one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders, believes that it will ride out the current credit storm.
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Viewpoint
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Lessons learned from auction rate securities
Editorial Cartoon - Lessons learned from auction rate securities
Other Voices
Producer-licensing testing: The case for reform
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Adopt a holistic approach to your clients
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Letters to the Editor
Beware of new breed of auction rate securities
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