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WIREHOUSES MAR 12, 2007
Wirehouse accounts don’t match client goals

In a huge survey of its clientele, Schwab Institutional documented what financial advisers have been screaming about for years.

RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2007
Watch out for falling BRICs, investors warned

NEW YORK — Emerging-markets investors may have done well for themselves during the past four years, but there are several reasons why they might want to exercise caution in the coming months, according to one portfolio manager.

RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2007
Canadian seniors group calls for enforcement reform

OTTAWA — It isn’t that Canada doesn’t have securities laws; it has lots of them. But there seems to be a problem with enforcement.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 12, 2007
Commonwealth plans to open its payout purse

NEW YORK — Commonwealth Financial Network of Waltham, Mass., said it is giving pay raises to 400 of its advisers effective April 1, increasing the payout for advisers once they reach $25 million in assets on the firm’s proprietary managed money system.

RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2007
A new market emerges for Mother Nature

WASHINGTON — A new financial product will allow traders to bet on which way the wind blows. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange today began selling hurricane futures contracts and options on futures contracts.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 09, 2007
SEC releases order routing report

Payment for order flow and internalization of retail options orders to affiliated dealers by brokerage firms has become more pervasive, the Securities and Exchange Commission found in a study

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 06, 2007
Latest ethical lapse 'troubles' CFA Institute

The CFA Institute responded with "concern and disappointment" to the mega-insider trading case that was brought to light last week.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 06, 2007
Hancock tops in individual-life sales

John Hancock led the industry with $735 million in individual life insurance sales last year, according to a recent survey of 78 major life insurers by LIMRA International Inc.

RIA NEWS MAR 06, 2007
U.S. markets bounce back

The U.S. markets had a much better Tuesday than they did last week.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 05, 2007
Advisers cool to Fidelity move to expand performance fees

Fidelity Investments’ plan to subject more of its adviser-sold mutual funds to performance-fee adjustments got a chilly response last week from some financial advisers who said such incentives could encourage funds to take on too much risk.