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White-hot investor? Uncle Sam
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 26, 2010
White-hot investor? Uncle Sam

So far, the unwinding of the government's stakes in once-distressed banks has paid off handsomely for the U.S. taxpayer. The profit on the planned sale of Citi stock should be the topper.

By Aaron Elstein
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 26, 2010
Citi to spin off Primerica

'Amway' of financial services to go public in deal valued at around $236M

By Dan Jamieson
BlackRock's Bob Doll: Stocks may have gotten ahead of themselves
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 26, 2010
BlackRock's Bob Doll: Stocks may have gotten ahead of themselves

The following is a weekly investment commentary by Bob Doll, vice chairman and chief equity strategist for fundamental equities at BlackRock Inc.

By Bob Doll
RBC Wealth Management nabs duo from Stifel Nicolaus
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2010
RBC Wealth Management nabs duo from Stifel Nicolaus

RBC Wealth Management continues to add financial advisers from competing brokerages and has now recruited a two-person team from Stifel Nicolaus, a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp.

By Michelisa Lanche
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 26, 2010
B-Ds fight back against litigation on Reg D offerings

Two broker-dealers are coming out swinging against investors and securities regulators who are looking for redress over the sale of private placements that went belly up last year.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2010
Securities America slams Massachusetts over private-placement suit

The broker-dealer has fired back at a state regulator with some stinging accusations of ignorance.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 26, 2010
Stifel to pay ARS holders in full by 2011

Financial services firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. will complete the buyback of auction-rate securities from individual investors six months early under a settlement reached Monday with Missouri and other states.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 25, 2010
J.P. Morgan Funds, Highbridge to launch actively managed commodities fund

Duo launching an actively managed commodities fund that will invest in securities linked directly to the value of liquid commodities and commodities future contracts.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS IRA ALERT APR 25, 2010
Roth conversions can ease new tax

The revenue-raising provision of the new health care law most likely to affect your clients is a 3.8% levy on investment income.

By Ed Slott
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
UBS exec: Adviser morale helped sparked earnings turnaround

In the first quarter of 2009, UBS lost nearly $2 billion. In the first quarter of 2010, UBS earned $2 billion. CFO John Cryan says improving adviser morale helped spark the turnaround.

By Associated Press
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2010
IN special: 10 best bank and brokerage commercials

A pleasure cruise down memory lane, with some of the best spots ever seen on TV. Join the fun -- and tell us your favorite

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Looking back

Thomas James readily admits that his impending departure from Raymond James Financial Inc., whose roots go back to a firm founded by his father in 1962, is bittersweet.

By Bruce Kelly
Can Goldman survive this scandal?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Can Goldman survive this scandal?

No Wall Street firm dominates forever -- just ask the former employees at Drexel Burnham Lambert

By Greg David
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 23, 2010
Ben Stein: Investors' biggest mistake was trusting Wall St.

Good sense has vanished from many areas of American life including how families manage their money, says economist and television commentator Ben Stein.

By Bloomberg
Wine investors' spirits pick up as index hits new high
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2010
Wine investors' spirits pick up as index hits new high

Chardonnay-sayers proved wrong, as fine wine index hits new high after tanking in 2008

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Market undervalued? More money managers see it that way

Nearly 30% of investment pros describe equities as undervalued in the latest quarterly survey by Russell Investments

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS APR 23, 2010
Do Firms Sue When They Are Afraid to Compete?

How can an Advisor or a Firm "own" someone else's money?

By Danny Sarch
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 23, 2010
Recruiting protocol carve out by Merrill Lynch raises questions

Merrill Lynch is carving out some of its private banking units from the broker recruiting protocol.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Newly formed MSSB signs recruitment protocol

New York-based MSSB became an official signatory to the pact yesterday when Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc.’s Smith Barney brokerage unit closed on their joint venture.

By Dan Jamieson
Not quite Federer, but this stock analyst's got game
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Not quite Federer, but this stock analyst's got game

He's not quite Roger Federer. But Jonathan Pastel, a 34-year-old equity analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, still competes in ATP events. His practice partner? John McEnroe

By Bloomberg