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Sue Asci

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Baird adviser with $205M heads to RBC, $100M Merrill couple goes indie

Mike Dwyer, formerly of Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., has joined RBC Wealth Management as a senior vice president and financial consultant in the firm's Phoenix office, RBC said today.

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Boston Fed head: Despite positive signs, high jobless rate will persist

Unemployment is expected to remain at elevated rates for the next two years, Boston Federal Reserve Bank president and chief executive Eric Rosengren said at a meeting of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce today.

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What they missed: Where Finra missed opportunities to catch Madoff and Stanford

A special Finra-appointed committee today made public the results of its review of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s examination programs that were remiss in detecting the multibillion-dollar Ponzi schemes of Bernard Madoff and R. Allen Stanford.

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Sleepless over savings: Americans toss and turn at night over the recession, AARP finds

Americans' financial struggles are leading them to lose sleep over how they will make ends meet and save enough for the future, according to a survey from AARP.

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Even investors who avoided losses in downturn fear for their futures

Investors who lost a chunk of their retirement savings in the market downturn last year are obviously concerned about their futures — but so are investors who escaped the downturn unscathed, according to a report released yesterday by Financial Research Corp.

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Ex-Ameriprise broker charged with bilking clients of $350K to pay his mortgage, travel

A former Ameriprise broker was charged yesterday with stealing nearly $350,000 from six former clients.

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Saving with Suze and TD Ameritrade

This month, personal-finance celebrity and talk show host Suze Orman, appeared on cable television's QVC to launch the “Save Yourself Retirement Program” and an alliance with TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., which is offering an incentive for people to save.

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ING adviser vies for Senate seat in Arkansas

Buddy Rogers, who officially tossed his hat into the ring last week for a U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas, thinks that there is one important constituency that need a stronger voice in Congress right now: the financial advisory community.

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Janus hires recruiter to find new CEO

In a sign that its search for a new leader is accelerating, Janus Capital Group Inc. has hired an executive recruiting firm to find candidates to replace Gary Black as chief executive.

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Finra panel reviews policing procedures at regulator

An internal committee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has submitted a draft report analyzing the regulator's processes for scrutinizing securities firms in the wake of the high-profile investment scandals involving Bernard L. Madoff and R. Allen Stanford.