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INVESTING 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.

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

Remember a year ago? Worst case scenarios DO happen.

YOUR PRACTICE 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.

YOUR PRACTICE 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.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 05, 2009
BlackRock, Alliance Bernstein, Wellington approved for PPIP

Three more large investment firms have raised sufficient capital to participate in the joint partnership with the government to purchase toxic assets from banks.

NEWS RIAS OCT 05, 2009
Kanjorski bill would impose new fee on RIA firms

Investment advisory firms would have to pay fees to cover the cost of SEC examinations under draft legislation released last week by a senior lawmaker.

RETIREMENT 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.

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

YOUR PRACTICE 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.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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.