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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 16, 2010
State securities regulator questions Schapiro's 'single standard'

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro's comments on Thursday that all financial advisers who provide personalized advice should come under “meaningful” fiduciary standards has drawn heat from a group representing state securities regulators.

States eye bigger role in clamping down on private-placement 'bad actors'
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 16, 2010
States eye bigger role in clamping down on private-placement 'bad actors'

State securities regulators are pushing to get House support for legislation allowing states to have greater oversight over private-placement offerings.

RIA NEWS MAR 16, 2010
Texas Tech students well-equipped with financial software

A new technology center focused on financial planning was dedicated at the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences.

ETFS MAR 16, 2010
Teen's dollar-linked ETF takes prize in contest

Thirtysomething new-product developers, look out.

RIA NEWS MAR 15, 2010
Ex-bank president first to be charged with bailout fraud

The former president of a small community bank has become the first person ever charged with trying to defraud the bailout program.

RIA NEWS MAR 15, 2010
Former UBS muni chief pays $2.8M to settle insider trading charge

A former executive at UBS has agreed to pay nearly $2.8 million to settle civil insider trading allegations made by New York state regulators.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2010
Obama touts Wall Street changes on Lehman anniversary

President Barack Obama is going to the heart of Wall Street on the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to outline changes needed to prevent a future crisis like the one that sent the global economy into a tailspin last year.

RIA NEWS MAR 14, 2010
E*Trade sees pointed decline in DARTS

The good news? The online brokerage added 7,761 net brokerage accounts in February. The bad? Daily average revenue trades fell by 20%

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Death tax dead, but wealthy clients standing by

The temporary suspension of the estate tax is not spurring high-net-worth Americans to take action on their estate plans.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan on nuns' hit list
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 12, 2010
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan on nuns' hit list

Wall Street firms 'doing God's work?' Apparently not, as a religious group confronts banks over 'immorality' of swaps