Sue Asci

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MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 18, 2009
John Jerry Inskeep, co-founder of Columbia Management, is dead

John Jerry Inskeep Jr., co-founder of Columbia Management Co., the first mutual fund firm in Oregon, died Aug. 16.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 16, 2009
Bank on bank stocks - but not on their survival

More banks are expected to fail by the end of the year, but analysts still expect their stocks to continue to gain value.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2009
Merrill Lynch confronts arbitration claim involving financials' preferred stock

A retired Michigan couple has filed a securities arbitration claim against Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. alleging that improper sales practices led to a loss of $650,000 — the latest example of what some securities lawyers see as a rising tide of claims involving the preferred stock of financial firms.

RIA NEWS AUG 16, 2009
Market makeup test

Lipstick sales are down — good news for those who see cosmetics sales as a leading economic indicator.

RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2009
Meredith Whitney buys a broker-dealer

Meredith Whitney Advisory Group LLC has announced that it has wrapped up its purchase of Seegal Benson Leucadia Securities LLC, a New York-based broker dealer.

WIREHOUSES AUG 12, 2009
Wirehouse-hopping drops as reps flock to indies and regionals

The number of advisers moving from one wirehouse to another reached a nine-month low last month, according to data compiled by the Discovery-RR Database.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 11, 2009
Merrill faces arbitration over financial preferred stock

A retired Michigan couple has filed a securities arbitration claim against Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. for sales practices that allegedly led to a loss of $650,000.

RIA NEWS AUG 10, 2009
Green funds return 22.95% through July 31, outperforming the S&P 500

For green investors, patience is not only a virtue, it is a source of profits.

WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY AUG 09, 2009
What women want

Although women constitute a significant amount of global spending, many feel that they are underserved by businesses, particularly in the investment industry, according to a recently released survey from The Boston Consulting Group Inc.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 09, 2009
Advisers to Putnam: Fee cuts not enough

Although Putnam Investments' decision to lower the management fees for some of its mutual funds — and to link its fees on others to performance — didn't go unnoticed by financial advisers, many say that they will hold off putting their clients' money into Putnam's funds until they see signs of improved long-term performance