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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 05, 2009
Investment advisers optimistic about the final quarter of '09

A new survey suggests that independent investment advisers are becoming more optimistic about the economy.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 05, 2009
The search for Ken Lewis' successor at BofA officially kicks off

Bank of America Corp. said Friday it created a six-member committee of directors to find a successor for CEO Ken Lewis.

OPINION OCT 05, 2009
Everyone Should Have a "Plan B"

Remember a year ago? Worst case scenarios DO happen.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 05, 2009
Baird snags Wells Fargo adviser, opens retail office in Denver

Karen Ogard, a 26-year industry veteran, last week left Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, where she was in the brokerage's Greenwood Village, Colo., office, and joined Robert W. Baird & Co.

ETFS OCT 05, 2009
Jefferies rolls out commodities ETF — with a twist

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 05, 2009
Finra expands pilot program that eliminates industry participants from arbitration panels

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. will expand a pilot program that allows investors to choose arbitration panels without industry participants.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 05, 2009
Mutual fund companies dial up disclosures in advance of new regs, survey shows

The number of mutual fund firms sending out summary prospectuses is trending upward, as providers gear up for a new rule that will require more disclosures next year, according to data released today by NewRiver Inc.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 05, 2009
Most advisers concerned about succession plans, survey reveals

Although financial advisers think that succession planning is important, many also believe that they aren't getting enough help preparing for that transition, according to a new survey conducted by Mathew Greenwald & Associates Inc. for John Hancock Financial Network.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 05, 2009
American Express exec bolts for unknown CEO spot

American Express Co. said Monday its president, Alfred F. Kelly Jr., will step down early next year.

ETFS OCT 05, 2009
Barclays rolls out ETF-based charitable-giving program

Barclays Global Investors has launched the iShares Charitable Giving Program, which offers clients access to donor-advised funds using pools of its exchange-traded funds.