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RIA NEWS APR 16, 2007
TIAA-CREF stages 529 comeback

TIAA-CREF wants to be a contender in the Section 529 college savings plan business — again.

RIA NEWS APR 16, 2007
The smallest 529 plan weighs consolidation

NEW YORK — The nation’s smallest Section 529 college savings plan — Tennessee’s BEST Savings Plan in Nashville, which has less than $40 million in assets and is managed by New York-based TIAA-CREF — soon may become the second state to transfer its 529 plan assets to a neighboring state.

ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2007
Vanguard program draws hedge fund shares

Hedge fund shares fast are becoming an important source of new donations for the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
Fund group says rule review could have merit

The radical notion of abolishing mutual fund boards and allowing funds to set their own prices may be worth a second look, according to the head of a group representing independent fund directors for the $10.4 trillion fund industry.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
NASD still tinkering with VA suitability rule

IRVINE, Calif. — NASD continues to tinker with a pending variable annuity suitability rule, making a fourth proposed change in almost two years.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
Obama, Clinton call for investigation into LTC abuses

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are calling for investigations into alleged long-term-care-insurance abuses just as the government is set to release its latest survey, showing a 97% satisfaction rate among policy claimants.

RIA NEWS APR 16, 2007
Court setbacks add to Ontario commission’s woes

OTTAWA — The Ontario Securities Commission is playing catch-up after a slew of embarrassing court decisions that have led to a spate of negative editorials and op-ed articles.

RIA NEWS APR 16, 2007
Niche planners target low- to moderate-income market

NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom holds that it isn’t profitable to work with the low- to moderate-income market, but financial advisers across the country are developing business models that fly in the face of that supposed truism.

RIA NEWS APR 16, 2007
Firm aims to mold brokers into uber-reps

SAN FRANCISCO — In a world of broker-dealers that are out to poach financial advisers with large books of business, Scott Householder takes a different tack that feels like tough love to his representatives.

WIREHOUSES APR 16, 2007
Morgan Stanley wins reps over

A year after taking over retail at Morgan Stanley — amid much skepticism — James Gorman has made believers out of most of the firm’s troops.