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NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
TD Ameritrade recruiting breakaway brokers at a rapid clip

TD Ameritrade Institutional reported today that it has attracted more breakaway advisers to the firm during the first nine months of its current fiscal year than it did in all of fiscal 2009.

NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
Finra could add board to oversee RIAs: Pershing's Brueckner

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. could oversee registered investment advisers through a separate governance structure, according to Richard Brueckner, a longtime member of the self-regulatory organization's board.

Wall Street reform: Good, bad or just plain ugly?
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 30, 2010
Wall Street reform: Good, bad or just plain ugly?

Few historians, market participants or former regulators say they expect the current financial reform bill to put an end to financial crises

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 29, 2010
New corn ETF second only to buying actual corn, says Teucrium's Gilbertie

The corn ETF, like Teucrium's other ETFs in registration, uses staggered futures contracts to track the current price of the commodity.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 29, 2010
Jesup & Lamont cuts 'non-essential personnel'

All salaries and commissions have been terminated, except for a “limited” number of workers

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 29, 2010
Envestnet files for $100M IPO

Envestnet, a Chicago company that provides Web-based services for financial advisers, filed for an initial public offering of stock worth up to $100 million Friday.

Americans on financial reform bill: Thumbs down
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 28, 2010
Americans on financial reform bill: Thumbs down

Backers of the Dodd-Frank bill, which will be voted on this week, say the measure will prevent another financial crisis while protecting the assets of the American public.<br> Said public isn't buying.

Sin stocks: One reason it's good to buy bad
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 28, 2010
Sin stocks: One reason it's good to buy bad

Dividend yields are starting to make sin stocks difficult to ignore, according to Jeff Middleswart, manager of the Vice Fund Ticker:(VICEX).

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 28, 2010
Two traders arrested over alleged $1.3 billion scam

The FBI said Wednesday the operators of a Connecticut-based company have been arrested in New York on securities fraud charges.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME JUL 27, 2010
Fugitive who bilked Pimco, others found 'living in the lap of luxury'

Rebecca Parrett, who bilked Pimco and others out of $3 billion, had been on the lam since March 2009. Yesterday, she was arrested in a Mexican resort. Said a U.S. Marshal: 'For somebody who was on the run, it was pretty good.'