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ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2008
SEC demands records from hedge funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered more than two dozen hedge funds to turn over trading records and e-mail communications made between Sept. 1-19, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 25, 2008
Comprehensive IRA database planned

The Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association are launching a new research project to improve understanding of investors' use of individual retirement accounts.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2008
Hedge fund manager convicted of fraud

The head of Lancer Management Group LLC and Lancer Management Group II LLC has been found guilty of overstating the hedge funds’ valuations, manipulating the prices of seven securities and falsely representing the funds’ holdings in newsletters.

RIA NEWS SEP 25, 2008
Investors seek safe haven in gold

Investors scared away by shaky equity markets have been mining the gold market, but financial advisers are mixed as to whether the investments in the precious metal are a long-term play.

RIA NEWS SEP 24, 2008
Goldman rallies RIAs at subdued conference

Advisers undoubtedly are concerned about their clients in this time of financial crisis, said Charles Goldman, executive vice president of Schwab Institutional, but they probably aren’t doing enough about it.

ALTERNATIVES SEP 24, 2008
Existing home sales, prices continue to fall

Sales of existing homes fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.91 million units in August, down 2.2% from July and 10.7% from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors of Chicago.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 24, 2008
Paulson does about-face on compensation

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today told a House committee he was open to considering limits on executive compensation in the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout package for the nation’s financial institutions.

FINTECH SEP 24, 2008
Fidelity site ranked No. 1 for intermediaries

Lauded for its ability to make use of advanced technology to make its website user-friendly, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Co. of Boston was ranked as the financial intermediary with the best website by kasina LLC.

RIA NEWS SEP 23, 2008
Turmoil dulls investors’ appetite for risk

Confidence among global institutional investors continued to slump this month as increased market turmoil has caused investors to lose their appetite for risk, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index.

RIA NEWS SEP 23, 2008
How worthless is stock for tax purposes?

Your clients, who are ordinary investors, still hold substantial positions in Lehman Brothers and Fannie Mae stock in their portfolio and are wondering what they should do to claim a tax loss for the year.