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NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Ron Carson announces adviser hire for new RIA firm

In a major hire for his new registered investment advisory firm, CWM LLC, Ron Carson has announced that well-known veteran investment adviser Rob Isbitts will become chief investment officer of the firm, which was launched July 1

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
BofA wealth management untouched by 2Q losses

Bank of America Corp. continues to invest in its wealth management division while reining in other lines of business to prepare for new Basel III capital requirements

By Andrew Osterland
MSSB's 20% margin a pipe dream?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
MSSB's 20% margin a pipe dream?

Analyst Richard Bove says Gorman's target for brokerage a stretch — and then some; 'phenomenal job'

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
Oil price dip presents a buying opportunity

The recent drop in the price of oil has sent shares of oil producers skidding — so much so that some analysts think that the market presents a buying opportunity

By MFXFeeder
To avoid double-dip recession, remember lessons of 1980s
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
To avoid double-dip recession, remember lessons of 1980s

Is our economy headed back into a recession? A look at a past double-dip, the recessions of 1980 and of 1981-1982, suggests we are due.

By Doug Cubberley
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 03, 2011
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures

Lincoln Trust and Great-West claim the Labor Department's disclosure rules don't go far enough when it comes to fixed general account fees for insurers.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
TAX DEDUCTION: Executive stock options would lose giant break

By mlanche
This fund firm is the hottest of the hot
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
This fund firm is the hottest of the hot

Once dismissed as risky business, global investing is suddenly hot as a pistol. The big beneficiary? So far, Franklin Resources, which has seen its assets surge and its stock price soar.

By John Goff
Stocks slammed: 2011 gains erased as markets brush off debt deal
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Stocks slammed: 2011 gains erased as markets brush off debt deal

U.S. stocks tumbled, erasing the 2011 gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after an unexpected drop in consumer spending increased concern that growth in the world's largest economy is faltering.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Debt drama: Is the 'mini panic' over?

The political posturing and ominous headlines heading out of Washington in recent weeks forced a lot of financial advisers into damage control in an effort to prevent clients from overreacting. With a deal now reached between party leaders, where do the markets go from here?

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Spotty record, but advisers embrace alternative funds anyway

By John Goff
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 03, 2011
Could LPL be a suitor for Investors Capital?

Investors Capital Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded independent broker-dealer that put itself up for sale this month, could be an attractive acquisition for LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and several other large broker-dealers, according to analysts

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
B-D founder looking to cash out of 566-rep firm

Ted Charles, founder of Investors Capital Holdings, aims to sell a majority stake in the publicly traded indie B-D

By Bruce Kelly
Thiel spreading himself thin with Merrill reorg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Thiel spreading himself thin with Merrill reorg

John Thiel is looking to streamline the Merrill Lynch management structure. In doing so, he may be spreading himself too thin | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://edit.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110616&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=616009999&amp;Ref=PH&amp;Params=Itemnr=5>How does ML rate with clients?</a>

By Dan Jamieson
Cross-selling a dud so far for advisers and banks, survey finds
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Cross-selling a dud so far for advisers and banks, survey finds

Rewards not great enough to persuade wealth managers to sell investment products to retail banking customers

By Lavonne Kuykendall
UBS Wealth Management to feel the pinch as job cuts loom
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
UBS Wealth Management to feel the pinch as job cuts loom

Call it a signal of distress. Oswald Gruebel, boss of UBS AG, plans on eliminating 5.3% of the bank's workforce. This comes on top of scrapping the Swiss giant's profit targets. Both the wealth management group and wealth management Americas will feel the pinch.

By John Goff
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama

Daily trading volume among 401(k) plan participants soared during the height of Congress' debt-ceiling debate, producing a massive transfer to fixed-income investments from equities, according to Aon Hewitt.

By Robert Steyer
Morgan Stanley taps new international wealth management boss
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Morgan Stanley taps new international wealth management boss

Morgan Stanley (MS), owner of the world's largest retail brokerage, named Charlie Mak president of the firm's international wealth-management unit.

By Mark Bruno
Ted Charles keeps it all in the family – sells firm to advisers
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Ted Charles keeps it all in the family – sells firm to advisers

It's taken a while, but Ted Charles finally cashed out his entire stake in Investors Capital, the publicly traded B-D he founded. The real surprise: who he ended up selling to.

By Bruce Kelly
Odds of a 'new' recession? 50-50 chance, says Harvard economist
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Odds of a 'new' recession? 50-50 chance, says Harvard economist

Harvard University economics professor Martin Feldstein said the U.S. recovery that began two years ago has been losing steam and there are even odds the economy will slip into recession.

By Bloomberg