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BofA sues $5.9B breakaway team over 'trade secrets'
NEWS RIAS JUN 10, 2011
BofA sues $5.9B breakaway team over 'trade secrets'

Bank of America Corp. won a court order temporarily blocking four former employees from using and sharing the bank's client records at their new employer, New York-based Dynasty Financial Partners.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS JUN 10, 2011
Fidelity offering breakaway hybrids new services

Fidelity Investments is improving services for breakaway hybrid advisers who face bumps in setting up dual advisory and commission businesses, the fund giant announced today.

By Dan Jamieson
Risk of losing money on Treasuries 'quite substantial'
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 09, 2011
Risk of losing money on Treasuries 'quite substantial'

The last time U.S. bond prices were this low Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House. In fact, yields on Treasuries only need to rise slightly to put holders into the red.

By John Goff
Akellian hire signals LPL's designs on clearing biz
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 09, 2011
Akellian hire signals LPL's designs on clearing biz

Industry veteran ran Merrill Lynch's clearing service for seven years; most recently CEO of Century Securities Associates

By Bruce Kelly
LPL's Mark Casady: Lack of SRO gives investment advisers a big leg up on brokers
NEWS RIAS JUN 09, 2011
LPL's Mark Casady: Lack of SRO gives investment advisers a big leg up on brokers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RIAS JUN 09, 2011
Insurance industry must get its act together

If it wants to avoid potentially onerous new regulations and a slew of negative headlines, the life insurance industry must band together immediately and establish universally accepted guidelines for identifying deceased policyholders and disbursing benefits to beneficiaries

By MFXFeeder
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 09, 2011
Buyers aren't seen lining up for Securities America

Ameriprise Financial Inc. last week put on the block one of the most prominent independent broker-dealers in the industry, its subsidiary Securities America Inc., but no clear buyer has emerged

By Bruce Kelly
LPL to buy Concord Capital
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 09, 2011
LPL to buy Concord Capital

LPL Financial will acquire Concord Capital Partners, the first acquisition for the independent broker-dealer since its parent company --LPL Investment Holdings-- went public in November.

By InvestmentNews Staff
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 09, 2011
Jackson temporarily shuts off access to Stattman fund in VAs

Jackson National Life Insurance Co. has temporarily closed off access to the JNL/BlackRock Global Allocation fund option in the carrier's variable annuities.

By Darla Mercado
MSSB shifts Furber to internal referrals group
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 08, 2011
MSSB shifts Furber to internal referrals group

Morgan Stanley has moved Sara Furber to lead a group that refers clients to its investment banking, retail brokerage and asset management divisions.

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS RIAS JUN 08, 2011
ADV-2: How much can you learn about your competitors now?

In addition to satisfying regulators, the wealth of information contained in revised ADV forms may be a gold mine of competitive intelligence

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS FINTECH JUN 08, 2011
Rivals watch, wait as MSSB starts tweeting

Although its wirehouse rivals are keeping their electronic drawbridges closed to social media, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC last week became the first major Wall Street firm to allow its financial advisers to use popular networking websites

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 08, 2011
Does John Boehner have his facts straight?

Assertions made by speaker of the House's in recent speech not supported by government indicators, market data

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS JUN 08, 2011
ETFs can present pricing problems

Advisers love exchange-traded funds. What they may not like so much: the execution of ETF trades -- particularly for less liquid funds -- can hit clients in the wallet

By Jessica Toonkel
Flurry of changes at MSSB as Fleming rejiggers
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 08, 2011
Flurry of changes at MSSB as Fleming rejiggers

Greg Fleming was named boss of Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit earlier this year. Since then, he's been busy rejiggering the management team at Smith Barney. The latest: the rehiring of a onetime CFO at the brokerage.

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS TAX JUN 08, 2011
Can Ryan's privatizing save Social Security?

The House Republican budget plan put forth last week by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan marks the beginning of the debate on government entitlement reforms — a rancorous clash sure to play out through the next presidential-election cycle and beyond

By Dan Jamieson
Boehner jibe — U.S. is broke — doesn't jibe with facts
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 08, 2011
Boehner jibe — U.S. is broke — doesn't jibe with facts

$1.6T deficit hardly ideal, but Uncle Sam far from bust, economists say; 'very misleading'

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS JUN 08, 2011
Will newly proposed tax changes whack the wealthy?

With the Bush tax cuts extended for another two years, the status remains quo on major — and imminent — potential changes in tax law, right?

By Andrew Osterland
'We love equities,' says BlackRock boss Larry Fink
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2011
'We love equities,' says BlackRock boss Larry Fink

Asset manager's CEO bullish on stocks, not bearish on bonds, and big on the U.S. dollar

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 07, 2011
Securities Network latest B-D to close its doors

Another small broker-dealer that sold high-risk private placements is out of business

By Bruce Kelly