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WIREHOUSES MAR 15, 2012
McCann, rising at UBS, gets plum job

UBS AG appears to be making good on its pledge to sharpen its focus on wealth management and rein in its investment banking operations.

By Andrew Osterland
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2012
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid

Insurer mulling raising fees and cutting benefits on popular product; low interest rates to blame

By Darla Mercado
Seven years later, plaintiffs win 'Round 7' in Merrill bias suit
WIREHOUSES MAR 14, 2012
Seven years later, plaintiffs win 'Round 7' in Merrill bias suit

Class action discrimination suit looks set to go to trial after latest court ruling

By AOSTERLAND
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2012
Social Security meets a brave new world

Supreme court considers request for Social Security survivor benefits for twins born 18 months after father's death.

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 14, 2012
Lincoln to hit some RIAs with up to $20K in new fees

Lincoln Investment Planning Inc., a fast growing independent broker-dealer, is hitting its reps and advisers who run their own RIAs with a new, annual supervision and compliance fee of up to $20,000.

By Bruce Kelly
SEC prepping sanctions over trading of private company shares
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 14, 2012
SEC prepping sanctions over trading of private company shares

The SEC is preparing sanctions against Felix Investments LLC over trading of private-company shares, the first action to emerge from a broad investigation of transactions involving non-public startups.

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 14, 2012
Editorial: A call for sunlight - with protections

By MFXFeeder
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 14, 2012
Wandering herd: Merrill losing top advisers

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2012
Goldman snaps up fixed-income shop

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 14, 2012
'Government' Sachs speaking engagement on Barney Frank's farewell tour sked

Barney Frank, co-author of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, will speak at a Goldman Sachs fixed-income sales event today

By Doug Cubberley
Mix masters? Advisers getting better at optimizing client rosters
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2012
Mix masters? Advisers getting better at optimizing client rosters

AUM down in 2011, but production up; 'focusing more on their larger accounts'

By Andrew Osterland
Lawyer who spotted broker fraud rewarded with SEC ordeal
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 13, 2012
Lawyer who spotted broker fraud rewarded with SEC ordeal

Lawyer who spotted broker fraud rewarded with five-year probe by regulators who said he failed as a supervisor

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: Gray-haired glut

Employers are worried. They had expected that many of their retirement-age employees would have retired by now, but those graying boomers aren't budging.

By Mark Bruno
Advisers write, FSI gripes, IRA provision spiked
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2012
Advisers write, FSI gripes, IRA provision spiked

Sen. Harry Reid strips controversial plan contained in highway bill; 2,000 letters sent

By Liz Skinner
ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2012
TIC investments come back to bite

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2012
Try out the new longevity insurance calculator

In case you missed <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20120212/REG/302129979>my last column</a> in the print edition of InvestmentNews on February 13, 2012, I wrote about one of the latest buzz words in retirement income planning: longevity insurance.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Putnam CEO calls for new regulator to oversee lifetime-income products
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2012
Putnam CEO calls for new regulator to oversee lifetime-income products

Putnam Investments ceo Bob Reynolds today called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2012
Oklahoma State U., T. Boone Pickens tangle with Lincoln National

Oklahoma State University's athletic fund and Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. are embroiled in a legal flap over a failed charitable-insurance-funding plan.

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 12, 2012
SEC tires of shell game, halts trading in 379 micro-caps

Commission targets shell companin in bid to curb pump-and-dump schemes

By John Goff
All's not well for execs who sold First Allied
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 12, 2012
All's not well for execs who sold First Allied

Chairman and CEO of Advanced Equities told they're under investigation by the SEC; sold B-D last year

By Lynne Marek