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GAO: Burgeoning peer-to-peer lending could require new regs
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 05, 2011
GAO: Burgeoning peer-to-peer lending could require new regs

The peer-to-peer lending industry could require additional regulations if it grows dramatically or introduces new products and services, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report.

By Liz Skinner
Gross' Total Return ETF to charge hiked fee
NEWS RIAS JUL 05, 2011
Gross' Total Return ETF to charge hiked fee

Annual levy for exchange-traded fund will be 0.55%, while fee for namesake mutual fund is 0.46%

By John Goff
China worries, but Goldman, Morgan Stanley gung-ho on commodities
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 05, 2011
China worries, but Goldman, Morgan Stanley gung-ho on commodities

Forget about inflation worries in China. Analysts at both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are positively gung ho about the investment prospects for commodities over the next twelve months.

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 05, 2011
RBC may use U.S. sale proceeds on wealth management

Royal Bank of Canada may use proceeds from the $3.62 billion sale of its money-losing U.S. consumer bank to expand in global asset management.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS JUL 05, 2011
Death knell for hybrid adviser model?

As the financial advisory industry continues to evolve, more investment professionals and firms are embracing the hybrid registered investment adviser model.

By Mark Bruno
Skinning the cat: Lousy CD rates trigger big shift to shorter mortgages
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 05, 2011
Skinning the cat: Lousy CD rates trigger big shift to shorter mortgages

Rather than get stuck with paltry returns on money-market funds, some investors are putting their cash to better use: they're shifting into 15-year mortgages, saving big bucks in the process.

By John Goff
Pimco's Gross: Back to old new normal
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 05, 2011
Pimco's Gross: Back to old new normal

By John Goff
Bank with the worst rep? Survey says ...
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 05, 2011
Bank with the worst rep? Survey says ...

A new poll reveals which financial insitutation gets the least favorable response from traders, investors and analysts. Remarkably, survey respondents also said the winner -- loser? -- won't be hurt by this negative vibe.

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2011
Health savings account balances rise in June

Balances in HSAs — tax-advantaged medical savings accounts — grew to some $11.7 billion in total assets, reflecting a 31% increase over last year.

By Darla Mercado
Some states rubber-stamping insurance rate hike requests, U.S. says
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2011
Some states rubber-stamping insurance rate hike requests, U.S. says

The U.S. will review health insurer requests to raise premiums for individuals and small businesses at least 10% in 10 states, ruling that local regulators aren't adequately policing rates.

By Doug Cubberley
VA customers don't read prospectuses — and at 200 pages, who can blame them?
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 01, 2011
VA customers don't read prospectuses — and at 200 pages, who can blame them?

A new report finds that VA customers don't read prospectuses — and with the some of the documents running upwards of 200 pages, it's easy to understand why.

By Darla Mercado
Finra to revamp market examination process for broker-dealers
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 01, 2011
Finra to revamp market examination process for broker-dealers

Finra will take a data-centric approach to performing market exams, pulling reams of information from broker-dealers, insurance companies and clearing firms.

By Darla Mercado
Barclays sees S&P 500 way up by end of year
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 01, 2011
Barclays sees S&P 500 way up by end of year

Firm predicts large-cap index will reach 1450; lack of confidence by consumers, corporations actually a plus for markets

By John Goff
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2011
AARP refutes reports that it has kowtowed to Social Security cuts

The AARP has refuted an article in today's Wall Street Journal saying the organization had a change of heart after internal debates and had decided that it would accept benefit cuts to the massive entitlement program.

By Darla Mercado
Jackson National seen 'tapping' — not slamming — brakes in latest VA deceleration
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 01, 2011
Jackson National seen 'tapping' — not slamming — brakes in latest VA deceleration

Closing of funds to investors suggests carrier's plan to slow variable annuity sales will be less aggressive than first thought; 'quite modest'

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 30, 2011
Save hard

The Department of Education this week released its latest data on the cost of a college education. The list of the priciest private universities offered several surprises -- and a stark reminder of just how expensive higher education has gotten.

By John Goff
B-Ds ought to review standards of conduct, supervisory procedures for VA sales: Finra lawyer
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2011
B-Ds ought to review standards of conduct, supervisory procedures for VA sales: Finra lawyer

Finra's variable annuity suitability rule should be old news to broker-dealers, but firms that want to steer clear of an arbitration land mine ought to review their procedures.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS JUN 30, 2011
Clients won't care if you don't

Surprise, surprise: 85% of full-service investment firms' clients have never heard of, nor do they understand, the difference between the suitability standard followed by brokers and the fiduciary standard followed by registered investment advisers, according to a J.D. Power & Associates survey

By MFXFeeder
JPMorgan, Credit Suisse top Greenwich's U.S. equity broker list
NEWS EQUITIES JUN 30, 2011
JPMorgan, Credit Suisse top Greenwich's U.S. equity broker list

U.S. equity research and related services from JPMorgan Chase & Co. was voted the most valuable to asset managers surveyed by Greenwich Associates.

By Doug Cubberley
JPMorgan will return $800M to Lehman brokerage clients
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 30, 2011
JPMorgan will return $800M to Lehman brokerage clients

April agreement for JPMorgan Chase & Co. to return $800 million in cash and securities approved by judge

By Doug Cubberley