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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 19, 2011
Outsourcing peripheral tasks lets advisers focus on growth, clients

When David Marotta started his advisory practice in 2000, he was tempted to get involved with the design of its website and the deployment of software and computer resources for the office.

Securities America reps finally see closure in class action settlement
RIA NEWS JUN 16, 2011
Securities America reps finally see closure in class action settlement

Judge approves settlement; brokers with arbitration claims now can put matter behind them

INcite: SEC's cease-and-desist orders a joke
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 16, 2011
INcite: SEC's cease-and-desist orders a joke

Commission tells JPMorgan securities unit not to do what it told it not to do two times before; third time's the charm?

Plunge in revenue growth fueling advisory firm M&As, Pershing says
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 15, 2011
Plunge in revenue growth fueling advisory firm M&As, Pershing says

Independents are doing most of the deals; difficulty expanding business organically

FIXED INCOME JUN 15, 2011
Plans to tax munis won't fly: BNY Mellon

Renewed proposals to eliminate the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds as a way to reduce the $1.5 trillion federal deficit are unlikely to succeed, according to a report by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 15, 2011
Finra hires big gun to lobby for adviser SRO

Michael Oxley, the former congressman who co-wrote the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has registered as a lobbyist for Finra to promote its campaign to become the self-regulator of investment advisers

Morningstar warns about 'gimmickry' in unconstrained bond funds
FIXED INCOME JUN 14, 2011
Morningstar warns about 'gimmickry' in unconstrained bond funds

Protection against rise in interest rates may not be enough to offset risks; 'use them peripherally'

ETFS JUN 14, 2011
130/30 ProShares ETF planned

ProShare Advisors is planning to roll out what could be the first exchange traded fund to follow a 130/30 investment strategy.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 10, 2011
Split AIG into two units, former chairman says

Bailed-out insurer AIG should be broken up eventually because its two main businesses have “no strategic fit between them,” according to Harvey Golub, its former chairman

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2011
Bite from 12(b)-1 fee reform should be 'modest' for most firms: KBW

But these three fund firms would likely take the biggest hit under current proposal