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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 27, 2011
Barclays to get $1.1B from Lehman brokerage trustee

Barclays Plc, which bought Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s North American business, will get $1.1 billion in trading assets from the trustee liquidating the remnants of Lehman's brokerage, the trustee's lawyer said.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 27, 2011
United Capital Acquires $170M financial planning firm

United Capital Financial Advisers today announced the acquisition of financial planning firm Vantage Point Advisors. Vantage Point, which manages $170 million in assets, will now operate under the name of United Capital Private Wealth Counseling.

By Andrew Osterland
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2011
On the rise: Largest B-Ds float a come-back after the storm

The independent broker-dealer industry came roaring back in 2010, with the 25 biggest firms collectively reporting a 16.9% increase in total revenue, compared with the year before

By Bruce Kelly
Ameriprise, investors seek court's OK on deal
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 26, 2011
Ameriprise, investors seek court's OK on deal

Ameriprise Financial Inc., two of its Securities America units and a group of investors who sued them asked a U.S. judge to approve a proposed $80 million cash settlement.

By Doug Cubberley
SEC not ready to throw the switch on 'the switch'
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 26, 2011
SEC not ready to throw the switch on 'the switch'

Probable push-back in deadline for registering with states will buy advisers some time; agency under 'tremendous pressure' .

By Bloomberg
House Republican budget blueprint tweaks Dodd-Frank, sets back SEC
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 26, 2011
House Republican budget blueprint tweaks Dodd-Frank, sets back SEC

House Republicans presented a blueprint for the fiscal 2012 budget on Tuesday that seeks to end what they see as an onerous provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, dials back federal spending to a level that Securities and Exchange Commission officials say would hamstring the agency and recommends a tax overhaul that includes eliminating major tax breaks.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
U.S. Senate republicans push for full repeal of Dodd-Frank
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 26, 2011
U.S. Senate republicans push for full repeal of Dodd-Frank

Bill by Senate Banking Committee's Jim Demint would scrap the regulatory overhaul that aims to make sweeping changes to oversight of derivatives, consumer lending and business practices at financial firms.

By Doug Cubberley
Morgan Stanley hacked by China politburo?
FINTECH APR 26, 2011
Morgan Stanley hacked by China politburo?

Wirehouse's network said to have been breached by massive attack from servers in PRC government; M&A info may have been target

By John Goff
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2011
UBS officially taps Bob McCann to run wealth management

After months of speculation, UBS today named Robert McCann as its new head of wealth management in the Americas

By Staff Report
Obama puts money where his mouth is on tax return
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 25, 2011
Obama puts money where his mouth is on tax return

The president's policy goals are reflected in his personal money management, according to an expert who reviewed the tax returns the country's chief executive made public after paying his family's annual bill to the government he runs.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Five under-book stocks set for a rebound
OPINION APR 25, 2011
Five under-book stocks set for a rebound

A time-honored method of detecting cheap stocks is to look for ones that sell below book value.

By John Dorfman
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 25, 2011
Workers like auto-enroll, so why don't plans push it?

“Anemic” default-contribution rates among defined-contribution plans using automatic enrollment stand in stark contrast to what plan executives consider optimal savings rates, a survey of 101 plans by the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association has found

By Robert Steyer
Finra hires big gun to lobby for advisor biz SRO
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 25, 2011
Finra hires big gun to lobby for advisor biz SRO

Michael Oxley of 'Sarbanes-Oxley' fame will push for self-regulation of investment advisers

By John Goff
FINTECH APR 25, 2011
iPad, smart phones have brokerages going 'app crazy'

As consumers manage more of their lives via smart phones and iPads, financial services companies are trying to ensure that they don't get lost in the electronic shuffle

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 24, 2011
Former Schwab exec to pay $150K in SEC YieldPlus case

Ex-Charles Schwab Corp. investment company manager Randall Merk agreed to pay a $150,000 civil fine to resolve a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing the company of misleading investors in its YieldPlus fund.

By Doug Cubberley
OPINION APR 24, 2011
Political leaders must face cold, hard truths

Whether it's breaking the news to a client that he's just been fleeced by his own brother or that because of his meager savings rate, he's going to have to work beyond 65, good financial advisers never skirt the hard truths

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 24, 2011
To build assets, think rollovers

By Lavonne Kuykendall
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 24, 2011
Ameriprise, investors ask court for OK

Ameriprise Financial Inc., two of its Securities America units and a group of investors who sued them asked a U.S. judge to approve a proposed $80 million cash settlement

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 24, 2011
Mass. cracks down on expert-network firms

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 22, 2011
Winning over prospects and generating new referrals: What works?

Finding good sources of referrals and winning over prospects is more of an art than science.

By Mark Bruno