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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 19, 2010
Utah judge tosses suit by former advisers

A Utah judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by two former financial advisers accusing state regulators of violating their constitutional rights by bringing securities violations against them without proof of wrongdoing.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 19, 2010
MSSB duo defects to RBC

Two senior financial advisers from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney have left RBC Wealth Management.

RIA NEWS JAN 18, 2010
IMF: Global economy recovering but stimulus needed

The world economy is recovering at a healthy pace but still needs government stimulus efforts to keep it going, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

RIA NEWS JAN 15, 2010
Stocks fall on JPMorgan results, sentiment survey

Rising loan losses at JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s consumer bank and a disappointing reading on consumer sentiment sent investors rushing from stocks Friday.

RIA NEWS JAN 13, 2010
SEC proposes ban on 'naked' access to stock market

Federal regulators are proposing new requirements for brokerage firms aimed at reining in risk from their trading customers who are able to get split-second access to markets to buy or sell stocks.

RIA NEWS JAN 13, 2010
Fund managers: International growth will boost stocks in 2010

Companies with international operations are set to take advantage of a global economic recovery in 2010 continuing the rally that began in 2009.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 12, 2010
Calif. couple sues VALIC over annuity sales practices

A California couple has filed suit against The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co., an AIG Inc. subsidiary, claiming the company's sales agents misled investors about the tax advantages of using variable annuities in qualified retirement plans.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 11, 2010
Two Mass. brokers face complaint over alleged Ponzi scheme

Massachusetts regulators allege two Newton financial advisers and their company connected to a Framingham man's alleged Ponzi scheme have been operating as unregistered brokers.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 08, 2010
Finra to probe Thomas Weisel over brokers' $15.7M in auction-rate sales

Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc., the San Francisco-based investment bank, faces a regulatory probe over the sale of $15.7 million in auction-rate securities as the market neared collapse.

FIXED INCOME JAN 08, 2010
Surprise! Muni bonds starting to look more appealing

Rising taxes and puny money fund rates are leading investors to revisit the public-debt sector