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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 01, 2010
Incite: Brokers hold the cards in disputes with clients

In Finra arbitration pilot program, investors fared better with all-public panels

Shilling: 'Significant' stock selloff dead ahead
RIA NEWS NOV 30, 2010
Shilling: 'Significant' stock selloff dead ahead

Investment guru sees another recession within two to three years; 'not much that can be done'

Tax tips: Greater returns and asset consolidation
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 28, 2010
Tax tips: Greater returns and asset consolidation

It's that time of year when you are talking to clients about taxes.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 28, 2010
Ameriprise bails on outside sales of RiverSource

Ameriprise Financial Inc. has cut off outside broker-dealers from selling its RiverSource variable annuity, limiting sales to Ameriprise registered representatives.

MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 24, 2010
Stanford professor stung by First Republic bond fund wins $2.2M

A First Republic Bank unit was ordered to pay a retired Stanford University professor and his wife $2.18 million after arbitrators found the firm gave them only a “fleeting and slapdash” explanation of a municipal bond fund that imploded during the credit crisis in 2008.

RIA NEWS NOV 24, 2010
Bank of America to sell First Republic Bank to private equity investors for more than $1B

Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell First Republic Bank, a private bank it inherited from Merrill Lynch & Co., to a group of investors.

RIA NEWS NOV 22, 2010
Incite: Gold will outlast dollar once slaughter comes

The world's monetary system is in the process of melting down. We have entered the endgame for the dollar as the dominant reserve currency, but most investors and policy makers are unaware of the implications.

FIXED INCOME NOV 22, 2010
Muni bond inflows heating up

Money flowing into municipal bond mutual funds more than doubled to $420 million in the week ended Oct. 20, according to Lipper FMI, a mutual fund research firm.

RIA NEWS NOV 22, 2010
Real world drags down bottom-up stock pickers

Economy, high correlation force fund managers to look beyond fundamentals; 'the world is a riskier place'

RIA NEWS NOV 22, 2010
Where wealthy clients are stashing their cash

Advisers seek out 'pockets of opportunity' for high-net-worth investors; the bonds from Brazil