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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 28, 2010
Allianz chief wants bigger piece of indexed-life market

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, already a major player in the indexed-annuity arena, is looking to grab a bigger share of the indexed-life-insurance market.

By Darla Mercado
Financial adviser to the stars gets long run in prison
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2010
Financial adviser to the stars gets long run in prison

Kenneth I. Starr sentenced to more than seven years in jail for fraud; clients included Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes

By Mark Bruno
Ken Starr's e-mails should bar release on bail, U.S. Says
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2010
Ken Starr's e-mails should bar release on bail, U.S. Says

Kenneth I. Starr, the money manager who pleaded guilty to fraud in September, should stay in jail until he's sentenced because of a series of e-mails in which he expressed “extraordinary contempt” for his brothers, who would guarantee his bail, U.S. prosecutors argued.

By Bloomberg
SEC sues Ken Starr lawyer for helping steal $25M adviser's clients
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2010
SEC sues Ken Starr lawyer for helping steal $25M adviser's clients

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued an attorney for Kenneth Starr, claiming he helped the former New York money manager steal more than $25 million from investors.

By Mark Bruno
Starr struck: Celebrity financial adviser slapped with suit
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2010
Starr struck: Celebrity financial adviser slapped with suit

Kenneth Starr, the investment adviser accused in a criminal indictment of stealing at least $59 million from clients, was sued by City National Bank, according to state court records in New York.

By Bloomberg
Thirty-year scam paid for adviser's 'sordid' secret life
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2010
Thirty-year scam paid for adviser's 'sordid' secret life

Clients say adviser Roberto Heckscher was a modest guy. His small practice was located over a flower shop in a quiet neighborhood. He drove a Saturn. What outsiders didn't know: Heckscher led a secret life as a casino high roller -- a double life he financed by scamming clients for decades.

By Associated Press
Ken Starr indicted; clients' estimated losses double
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2010
Ken Starr indicted; clients' estimated losses double

Kenneth Ira Starr, the New York investment adviser who represented actors Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, was indicted for stealing at least $59 million from clients, almost double the amount previously thought. <b><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CI&amp;Dato=20100527&amp;Kategori=FREE&amp;Lopenr=527009999&amp;Ref=PH>Starr studded: Adviser's celebrity client list</a></b>

By Mark Bruno
The Starr treatment: How celeb adviser allegedly got away with it
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 27, 2010
The Starr treatment: How celeb adviser allegedly got away with it

The publicity surrounding Kenneth Starr's arrest constitutes another black eye for the financial advice business. A look at the details of the case reveals something many advisers already know: custody matters<br><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CI&amp;Dato=20100527&amp;Kategori=FREE&amp;Lopenr=527009999&amp;Ref=PH><b>Gallery</b>: Kenneth Starr's A-list roster of clients</a>

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 27, 2010
Starr clients: A look at Kenneth Ira Starr's book of business

By Mark Bruno
Ken Starr, financial adviser to the stars, charged with fraud
NEWS RIAS MAY 27, 2010
Ken Starr, financial adviser to the stars, charged with fraud

Kenneth Ira Starr, whose advisory firm manages $700 million -- including the assets of scores of celebrities -- was charged by the U.S. with defrauding clients.<br><a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CI&amp;Dato=20100527&amp;Kategori=FREE&amp;Lopenr=527009999&amp;Ref=PH&amp;nocache=1&amp;Params=Itemnr=1><b>A-List:</b> A look at Kenneth Starr's famous clients</a>

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2010
UBS to clients: Sell stocks and junk, raise cash

They're not &#8220;outright bearish,&#8221; but strategists at UBS AG's Wealth Management Americas unit are recommending a more cautious allocation of client assets

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 27, 2010
Top wirehouse brokers snub indie broker-dealers

Despite all the hoopla about breakaway brokers, most of the wirehouse representatives going to independent broker-dealers are relatively low producers who fit the B-Ds' packaged-product and fee-based model.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 27, 2010
Broker recruiting gets 'rational'

Big brokerage firms appear to have taken a break from their costly musical-chairs game of broker recruitment, according to executives and headhunters.

By Jed Horowitz and Hilary Johnson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2010
Boston Private taps McKinsey partner as its new CEO

Mr. Deutsch won't assume Mr. Vaill's position as chairman, which will be handed to a non-executive member of the company's board on July 31.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2010
BofA's Krawcheck denies rumors she's being forced out

Sallie Krawcheck, president of Bank of America Corp.'s global wealth division, told the company's brokers that she has no plans to leave and that there have been &#8220;zero discussions&#8221; about changing pay for Merrill Lynch financial advisers.

By Bloomberg
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 26, 2010
Another MSSB complex manager exits

Several Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's top managers in New York have recently jumped to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

By Bloomberg
Estate sale: What $55M will buy you
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2010
Estate sale: What $55M will buy you

For decades, &quot;The Oaks&quot; was the oceanside playground of the Barrons and the Bancrofts, heirs to the Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal fortunes. Today, the 20,000-square-foot mansion with 45 rooms and surrounding properties went on sale for $55 million.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 26, 2010
Finra's Ketchum: 'Shock absorbers' are a must

The U.S. brokerage industry's top regulator, responding to yesterday's market plunge, said Wall Street needs to be more vigilant in halting stock bids during periods of cascading share prices

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2010
Pimco's Bill Gross: Dismiss bond ratings

A monthly commentary written by Bill Gross, managing director and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC.

By Bill Gross
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2010
Advisers hang on for next market dip

With the S&amp;P 500 up 80% since March 2009 and the specter of a correction looming, financial advisers are scrambling to keep clients calm and to make key adjustments to their portfolios.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez