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FINTECH DEC 10, 2007
Compatibility issues vex advisers with Microsoft Vista

Advisers thinking about treating themselves this holiday season to new office PCs running Microsoft Vista should think twice: Only a tiny fraction of an adviser's core professional software is likely to be Microsoft Vista-compatible.

RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2007
Despite returns, advisers bullish on managed futures

The performance of managed futures is languishing, but that hasn't diminished their appeal among financial advisers.

ETFS DEC 10, 2007
Vanguard bolsters efforts to woo financial advisers

Despite once having been seen as betraying financial advisers, The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., continues to ratchet up efforts to court them.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 10, 2007
Ameriprise unit loses top rep to First Allied

As Securities America Inc. deals with the sting of losing one of its biggest advisers, the independent broker-dealer continues to tighten its compliance practices and procedures.

FINTECH DEC 10, 2007
New online tool helps prospect for wealthy clients

Advisers have a new, largely undiscovered and relatively inexpensive online database for prospecting for wealthy clients or for researching the giving habits of those they already have.

RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2007
Upper crust seeks advice before donating

Very wealthy or entrepreneurial investors seek advice before they decide to donate to charity.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 10, 2007
Ultrawealthy group to increase hedge fund investments

Despite the market's current volatility, the love affair between ultrawealthy investors and hedge funds is still torrid, according to a new survey by the Institute for Private Investors, a New York-based association for very wealthy families and their advisers.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 10, 2007
Five-year performance numbers may be misleading

As 2008 rolls around, it will bring an important historical marker: The five-year anniversary of the bull market.

RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2007
Bacon pays sizzling $175 million for ranch

Maybe the housing market isn't tanking after all. Hedge fund manager Louis Bacon, head of New York-based Moore Capital Management LLC, last month bought the Forbes family's Colorado ranch for what is believed to be the largest sum ever paid for a home purchase in the United States: $175 million.

WIREHOUSES DEC 10, 2007
UBS, 2 reps hit with rare award on punitive damages

A stunning $4.6 million award against UBS Financial Services Inc. and two of its brokers late last month revealed how irate the arbitrators were with UBS.