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OPINION JUN 09, 2010
Clarification for indie advisers: Time to raise your benchmarks

Note to independent advisers: It's time to measure yourselves against a bigger stick.

Goldman rolls out the big guns in lobbying blitz
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 09, 2010
Goldman rolls out the big guns in lobbying blitz

Hired guns include Richard Gephardt, Harold Ford Jr., and a onetime SEC commissioner; lobbying budget doubled

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 08, 2010
Finra board challengers win spots on ballot

Five outside challengers for seats on the board of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. will have their names placed on the ballot for the upcoming election.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JUN 08, 2010
Incite: Pimco's loss is Wall Street's gain

Congress has decided to protect fraudsters from investors. It's supposed to be the other way around.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUN 08, 2010
Ex-Raymond James exec sues, says he was fired after chemo

A former executive at Raymond James & Associates Inc. sued the company for $6 million, claiming he was fired after falling asleep as a result of chemotherapy.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2010
Blind spot for advisers: Clients' behavior

When comparing investment options, advisers need to look beyond traditional benchmarks such as alpha and fund manager tenure

RIA NEWS JUN 08, 2010
Affluent brace for Obama's tax hikes

Jacked-up rates have wealthy Americans desperately seeking soothing. Muni bonds and Roth IRAs could help lessen the pain

Federal prosecutors probing Goldman: Sources
RIA NEWS JUN 07, 2010
Federal prosecutors probing Goldman: Sources

It's been a tough week for the Wall Street giant. On Tuesday, the bank's executives were pilloried by a Senate subcommittee. Now, sources claim the U.S. attorney in New York is looking into transactions conducted by the firm.

FIXED INCOME JUN 06, 2010
Finding openings in the closed-end-fund market: Podcast

Patrick Galley, manager of the $350 million RiverNorth Core Opportunity Fund Ticker:(RNCOX) sees opportunities in select closed-end funds, particularly as investors in general sit too cautiously on the sidelines.

FIXED INCOME JUN 03, 2010
K.C. Fed boss Hoenig wants rate hike - and soon

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig said the U.S. economic recovery has the momentum to sustain itself and called for an increase in the target federal funds rate to 1 percent by the end of the summer.