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Sue Asci

Boston Bureau Reporter at Investment News. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Schwab program targets private foundations

Schwab Charitable Fund today launched a service that helps organizations determine if they want to convert from a private foundation to a donor-advised fund.

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Money manager busted by SEC in porno Ponzi case

The Securities and Exchange Commission last week charged a New York money manager with running a $40 million Ponzi scheme in which he allegedly promised investors that their money would be used for safe investments — but apparently spent the money on real estate and a mail order pornography business.

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Phony Oscar winner ‘fesses up to $4M investment scam

A man who pretended to be an Academy Award winner to attract wealthy individuals to a fraudulent investment scheme has pleaded guilty to several charges of wire fraud and tax evasion.

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Advisers are in a balancing act with their unemployed clients

Financial advisers are becoming psychologists, job counselors, life coaches, chief financial officers and tax advisers in an effort…

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Hard times lead to hardship withdrawals from 401(k) plans

Tapping 401(k) retirement funds to meet expenses is a last resort for many investors, but the relentless economic downturn took its toll this year, as hardship withdrawals saw double-digit increases, according to record keepers.

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N.Y. regulation would increase transparency on insurance brokers’ pay

The New York State Insurance Department is proposing a rule requiring more transparency about how the sellers of insurance products are compensated.

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Advisers in a balancing act with out-of-work clients

Financial advisers are becoming psychologists, job counselors, life coaches, chief financial officers and tax advisers in an effort to work with white-collar clients who are finding themselves — perhaps for the first time in their adult lives — unemployed.

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Clients expected to move $800B as advisers change firms

An estimated $800 billion in total client assets will be transferred across the investment advisory industry because of brokers and advisers' changing firms this year, according to a study from Cerulli Associates Inc.

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Phony Oscar winner ‘fesses up to $4M investment scam

An Ojai, Calif., man who pretended to be an Academy Award winner to attract wealthy individuals to a fraudulent investment scheme, has pleaded guilty to several charges of wire fraud and tax evasion.

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Hedge funds lagged markets but still drew $4.5B in August

Hedge funds were outperformed by some of the major market indexes in August but still attracted $4.5 billion in net inflows last month — double the flows recorded in July, according to consulting firms Hennessee Group LLC and Eurekahedge Pte Ltd..