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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 10, 2009
Regulatory overhaul needed: Bernanke

America's financial regulatory system must be overhauled to strengthen oversight of banks, mutual funds and large financial institutions, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2009
Fund of hedge funds world now 30% smaller

Funds of hedge funds took it on the chin in 2008 — right along with the overall hedge fund industry, according to a survey released today.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2009
Mutual fund death toll so far this year: 35

Mutual fund liquidations this year are already nearly double what they were by this time in 2008.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 10, 2009
Report: SunTrust chief could see big payday

At least one executive of a bank that is receiving federal bailout money stands to earn tens of millions of dollars if his company rebounds, according to a report released yesterday by The Corporate Library.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2009
TD Ameritrade to keep waiving money-fund fees

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. will continue waiving fees on many money market funds for the rest of its fiscal year to ensure that clients who sweep cash into the funds don’t lose their principal, the company’s chief financial officer said today.

RIA NEWS MAR 09, 2009
'Buy high, sell low' compounded '08 pain

Unless an investor had held an investment for more than a decade, they lost money in last year’s market collapse, according to a study released today by Dalbar Inc.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2009
Survey: Buyers, sellers still disagree on home prices

A sharp disconnect still exists between homeowners and sellers over the real value of home prices, according to the latest survey by HomeGain.com Inc.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 09, 2009
401(k) investors stayed the course in 2008

Investors continued to put money into their 401(k) plans last year despite the market turmoil, according to a study released today.

RIA NEWS MAR 09, 2009
Adviser invented $1B clients to lure investors

Locke Capital Management Inc. and its chief executive, Leila Jenkins, lied repeatedly to customers by inventing clients who supposedly lived in Switzerland and had more than $1 billion in assets, the SEC charged today.

RIA NEWS MAR 09, 2009
Stifel Financial plans 100% buyback of ARS

Stifel Financial Corp. said Monday it plans to buy back all auction rate securities held by its retail investors, who bought them prior to the collapse of the ARS market in February 2008.