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RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2007
India well positioned for surge in real estate

NEW YORK — Real estate investment trusts don’t exist in India, but investing in real estate there shows great potential, according to executives at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2007
401(k) ideas dissected at congressional hearing

WASHINGTON — The ideas of limiting 401(k) plan options to index funds and requiring all plan administrators to be brought under fiduciary duties were in focus last week at a congressional hearing on 401(k) fees.

RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2007
Biodiesel industry heats up as number of plants rises

NEW YORK — Once the domain of the Corn Belt, the biofuel industry is heating up across 41 states, thanks to the emergence of biodiesel.

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.

ETFS MAR 12, 2007
ETF industry sees birth of more rating services

The number of companies that rate exchange traded funds — and the methods they use to rate them — is growing.

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.

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.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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 AND LEGISLATION 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.