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Securities America reps more secure after 'transformational acquisition'
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 18, 2011
Securities America reps more secure after 'transformational acquisition'

Rumors have been swirling for months about who would acquire Securities America, the embattled broker-dealer. On Wednesday, the guessing-game ended, as parent Ameriprise sold the B-D to Ladenburg Thalmann.

Schwab launches business unit targeting RIAs
FINTECH OCT 17, 2011
Schwab launches business unit targeting RIAs

Schwab Intelligent Technologies part of the evolving strategy to deliver on the firm's technology promises

Dynasty trusts: A way to let the wealthy duck estate, gift taxes forever?
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 17, 2011
Dynasty trusts: A way to let the wealthy duck estate, gift taxes forever?

Jeffrey Thomasson, 52, may pass on more than $100 million to heirs using an estate-planning strategy for avoiding gift and estate taxes.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 13, 2011
INsider: Why MF Global could thump advisers, too

The unfolding drama at Jon Corzine's bankrupt trading outfit could give a serious boost to those who back financial reform, including the establishment of an investment adviser SRO and a universal standard of care.

EQUITIES OCT 13, 2011
This tech fund beats benchmarks by avoiding 'bleeding edge' stocks

Looking beyond the technology-centric U.S. market is key to building a solidly diversified portfolio of tech stocks, according to Ian Warmerdam, manager of the $300 million Henderson Global Technology Fund.

INsider: Absolute return absolute nonsense
RIA NEWS OCT 12, 2011
INsider: Absolute return absolute nonsense

'Marketing gimmick' misleading for retail clients and sophisticated investors; only market certainty is that stocks will rise, fall

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 12, 2011
Sham life settlement firm financed 'extravagant lifestyle': SEC

Regulator claims outfit never bought single life settlement policy but sold debentures using the firm's name

FIXED INCOME OCT 07, 2011
BlackRock is buying a boatload of junk bonds

BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, has been buying junk bonds since relative yields widened to levels that signal default rates more than three times the current pace and in excess of Wall Street's most bearish outlooks for the economy

Many black swans make the metaphor meaningless
OPINION OCT 06, 2011
Many black swans make the metaphor meaningless

The black swan was meant to be a rallying cry for preparedness. Instead it has become the opposite: a loathsome excuse for lack of planning by those who should know better.

EQUITIES OCT 06, 2011
Time to stock up on equities, Pimco's Kashkari says

Investors should buy equities because valuations, income growth and dividends show that the asset class is attractive, said Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC's Neel Kashkari