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YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH AUG 29, 2008
MailBanc compliance platform, DTCC revamp

MailBanc, a communications and compliance platform tailored for financial advisers has been relaunched this month.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 29, 2008
SEC fines ‘unscrupulous promoter’ $510,000

The SEC accused Donald H. Allen and his companiesof raising around $9.9 million from 350 investors and failing to disclose that no profits had been generated.

INVESTING ETFS AUG 29, 2008
ETFs a threat to mutual funds, Cerulli says

Advisers are using ETFs in multiple ways, in both the core and satellite allocations, as well as in the active and passive slices of investors’ portfolios.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2008
BofA buys back $43M ARS from Mass.

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership will be repaid $18 million and $25 million, respectively.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2008
S&P Ratings gives BlackRock an A+

The New York-based ratings agency upgraded BlackRock's long term corporate credit rating to AA- from A+.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 27, 2008
NAILBA: Fixed indexed annuities not securities

The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies has announced its opposition to the SEC's regulation of fixed indexed annuities as securities.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2008
Cuomo eyes cozy ARS link between firms

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating how a close business relationship between Fidelity Investments and Goldman Sachs affected auction rate securities transactions.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 26, 2008
Home prices tumbled in second quarter

An index covering all nine U.S. census divisions fell 15.4% compared with the year-over-year decline of 14.2% in the first quarter.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 26, 2008
Stronger dollar, cheaper gas cheer advisers

The Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Inc.'s Advisor Confidence Index rose 13% in August to 97.06, from 86.27 in July.

RETIREMENT TAX AUG 26, 2008
What costs can volunteers deduct?

A married couple has cut back on their charitable donations and are instead volunteering their time and services.