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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 20, 2009
Madoff’s market making operation being sold

Trustees handling Bernard L. Madoff Securities is in the process of selling the market making operation connected with the firm, trustee Irving Picard said today .

RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 20, 2009
ASPPA: Employers need a break from required contributions

ASPPA is asking the government to give employers a break from rules that require many companies to contribute 3% to their employees’ 401(k) plans.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
Finra taps NYSE reg head Ketchum as chief

NYSE regulatory chief Richard Ketchum will be named the new chief executive of Finra, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

RIA NEWS FEB 19, 2009
Unemployed ranks hit record high of 4.99M

The number of people collecting unemployment benefits rose to an all-time high of 4.99 million this month, according to the Department of Labor.

RIA NEWS FEB 19, 2009
January producer prices rose, ending five-month skid

Producer prices rose faster than expected in January, according to a Department of Labor report released today.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
UBS fined $780 million in tax evasion scandal

UBS AG will pay $780 million in fines, interest and restitution to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges that it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
New SEC top enforcer: Khuzami

Former Deutsche Bank general counsel and federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami today was named director of enforcement at the SEC.

RIA NEWS FEB 19, 2009
Pershing RIA sales bigwig exits

Paul Wichman, the former national sales manager of Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC of Jersey City, N.J., left the firm this month.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 19, 2009
U.S. sues UBS over identities of 52,000 American clients

The U.S. sued UBS AG today in an effort to get the Swiss bank to turn over the names of as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans who allegedly tried to evade taxes.

MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 19, 2009
Oppenheimer sued over California fund

OppenheimerFunds Inc. of New York is facing a class-action involving its California Municipal Fund, which lost 41.3% last year.