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NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2010
RIA audits less frequent, tougher and 'kind of mean'

Dodd-Frank will be leading to changes in the SEC's adviser exam program, according to Robert Stype, managing partner at ACA Compliance Group.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 06, 2010
DOL sues four investment firms over Madoff losses

The U.S. Labor Department sued four investment firms for allegedly failing to examine swindler Bernard Madoff's business practices before entrusting him with hundreds of millions of dollars in pension funds.

INVESTING ETFS DEC 06, 2010
Will Vanguard's surge reignite ETF price war?

Index specialist's cheaper funds gaining fast on BlackRock, State Street; 'hard pill to swallow'

NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 06, 2010
No contest: Merrill stomping MSSB in wirehouse wars

In the clash of the two largest U.S. brokerages, Bank of America Merrill Lynch is generating more profit with fewer people than Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.

Tax breaks on brink? 'Zero plan' moves forward
NEWS RIAS DEC 03, 2010
Tax breaks on brink? 'Zero plan' moves forward

Leaders of a presidential deficit commission recommend the elimination of all tax breaks for retirement, life insurance and employer-sponsored health care plans in their final report, which was released Wednesday and will be voted on by the full panel Friday morning.

What Bill Gross is buying and selling in his $252B fund
INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 03, 2010
What Bill Gross is buying and selling in his $252B fund

Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., cut holdings of government-related debt and bought more mortgages in September.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 03, 2010
N.Y. broker who ran $66M Ponzi gets probation

A New York man received five years' probation for defrauding his customers of more than $66 million they thought was invested in the foreign-exchange market and instead was spent on art and an Aston Martin car.

House fires opening salvo in tax-cut tussle
NEWS RIAS DEC 02, 2010
House fires opening salvo in tax-cut tussle

The House of Representatives approved on Thursday a bill that would permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts for the middle class but allow rates for wealthier taxpayers to increase.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 02, 2010
Consumer agency chief plans to think 'expansively'

Elizabeth Warren says that a new consumer protection agency must go big or go home.

Investors wait for European 'rescue' to save Ireland
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS DEC 02, 2010
Investors wait for European 'rescue' to save Ireland

The global financial markets are still trying to regain some stable footing following the $116 billion bailout of some of Ireland's largest banks.