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RIA NEWS JUL 23, 2007
Report: High taxes hobble U.S. business

As other countries reduce their corporate tax rates, the U.S. is becoming less competitive, according to the Treasury department.

FINTECH JUL 23, 2007
NASDAQ rolls out online widgets

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. will make a wide range of its data tools available via the Web.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 23, 2007
Bear Stearns debacle forces hedge fund index to restate

The recent fallout in the market for subprime mortgages caused one prominent hedge fund index to revise some of its performance returns last week. Last Monday, the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index reported that its index for fixed-income arbitrage gained 0.21% in June and 3.7% year-to-date.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 23, 2007
Suitability czar plan raises questions

Is the creation of a top-level suitability monitoring job by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America a step forward in annuity marketing or a defensive position in response to a battery of lawsuits?

RIA NEWS JUL 23, 2007
Vanguard share class causes adviser jitters

The Vanguard Group Inc. is pushing advisers out of a popular class of shares, and some financial advisers and industry experts aren’t happy about the move.

RIA NEWS JUL 23, 2007
NYSE Euronext’s Thain faces challenges

NEW YORK — Life isn’t fair. Just ask John Thain. Since becoming chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange in 2004, he has taken the former membership organization public, pushed it into bond and option trading, and merged it with Euronext NV of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe’s largest exchange group. Now he is being slammed by shareholders.

RIA NEWS JUL 23, 2007
Advisers face fines from IRS on more kinds of returns

Financial advisers who prepare various tax-related documents for their clients will likely think twice before signing off on returns that include dubious or aggressive tax positions.

RIA NEWS JUL 23, 2007
Is it time to time the stock market?

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 14,000 for the first time last week, an increasing number of financial advisers are considering the merits of market timing.

RIA NEWS JUL 23, 2007
Russell moving managed accounts off its own platform

Russell Investment Group has begun to phase out the sale of managed accounts on its own platform.

WIREHOUSES JUL 23, 2007
Brokers fret over loss of fee-based choices

After building businesses through fee-based brokerage accounts and mutual fund trail fees, many brokers are anxious about looming changes to these sources of revenue.