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Sue Asci

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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney vet bolts for UBS

Brokers are on the move again. Christopher Miller, a former executive vice president and Southwest regional director…

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Going global: Investors hungry for more risk are now looking overseas

Emerging-markets equity and bond funds, along with global bond funds, experienced substantial inflows over the last week, an indication that investors are now moving farther out on the risk curve, according to a report from Emerging Portfolio Fund Research Inc.

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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney vet bolts for UBS; $100M Wells team jets

Christopher Miller, a former executive vice president and Southwest regional director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Houston, has moved on to UBS Financial Services Inc. and joined its Houston office as complex director.

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ING adviser vying for Senate: Washington needs our voice

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

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Fidelity dialing up international exposure across target date funds

Fidelity Investments is modifying its $90 billion Freedom Funds lineup of target date funds to increase their exposure to international equities, while also adding commodities and Treasury inflation-protected securities into the mix.

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Lord Abbett exits bundled 401(k) biz, handing off $1.2B to the Hartford

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC is exiting the business of offering bundled 401 (k) plans — and has agreed to transition its nearly $1.2 billion in 401(k) assets to The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

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Finra panel quietly reviews regulator’s policing procedures

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 Madoff and R. Allen Stanford.

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Mass. regulator fighting clawbacks from investors who bailed on The Reserve Primary Fund

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin's Division of Securities sent a letter yesterday to Judge Paul Gardephe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to oppose any proposals to “claw back” money from investors in The Reserve Primary Fund who withdrew their investment just prior to the fund's closure.

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Putnam adjusts target date slate, unveils new hybrid strategy

Putnam Investments of Boston today tweaked its slate of target date funds, and unveiled a new hybrid strategy across its platform of retirement fund offerings.

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Bank of Montreal sues adviser for $9.2 million

The Bank of Montreal has filed a $9.2 million (C$10 million) lawsuit against one of its investment advisers…