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View: Time to scrap the SEC and start all over again
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 23, 2011
View: Time to scrap the SEC and start all over again

Allegations of document destruction is latest in long list of complaints about Commission

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2011
Wealthy get healthy as ranks of urban rich swell

Number of high net worth individuals swells, as markets recover; good two years for Houston

NEWS RIAS 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.

NEWS RIAS JUN 19, 2011
Advisers: How do you know when it's time for an upgrade?

Financial advisers, whether solo practitioners or members of a multiperson firm, need to think regularly about whether their technology is keeping pace with their business needs.

Securities America reps finally see closure in class action settlement
NEWS INDUSTRY 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
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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
NEWS RIAS 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

INVESTING 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.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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
INVESTING 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'