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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 14, 2010
E*Trade sees pointed decline in DARTS

The good news? The online brokerage added 7,761 net brokerage accounts in February. The bad? Daily average revenue trades fell by 20%

By Bloomberg
Michael Jackson's lawyers swing estate sale of the century
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Michael Jackson's lawyers swing estate sale of the century

Turns out the King of Pop was also the King of Debt. Michael Jackson left his heirs an estimated $400M bill. What to do if you're Jackson's estate attorneys? Sign a recording deal, of course.

By Associated Press
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Suddenly, 401k fee disclosures getting plenty of attention

The Labor Dept. is readying a proposal that would force service providers to make more plan info available. Meanwhile, a House committee is said to be unveiling similar legislation this week

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Boomers' retirement offers opportunities, challenges

In four years, more than 4 million baby boomers annually will reach the normal retirement age for full Social Security benefits.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 14, 2010
U.S. millionaire ranks rose

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Estate tax expiration another blow to reeling charities

Charities are getting increasingly nervous that the repeal of the estate tax may mean fewer donations this year from wealthy investors who opt instead to leave their estates to their families.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Death tax dead, but wealthy clients standing by

The temporary suspension of the estate tax is not spurring high-net-worth Americans to take action on their estate plans.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2010
Seniors on investment info: Keep it short

Apparently, seniors set aren't big readers — at least when it comes to information about their investments.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Third Avenue's Marty Whitman: In defense of managed mutual funds

The Investment Company Act of 1940 has resulted in very, very important benefits to Outside, Passive, Minority Investors (“OPMIs”) because of the plethora of substantive protections it brings to OPMIs.

By Marty Whitman
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Money manager Hussman likens CNBC to 'Gomer Pyle'

In a blistering attack, money manager John Hussman raps CNBC, blasting the financial network for what he says is myopic and 'cartoonish' content

By Jeff Benjamin
Suspected shooter in attack on Dallas financial advisers dies
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Suspected shooter in attack on Dallas financial advisers dies

Robert Mustard was thought to be the person who assaulted a father and son team of reps on Monday. The former client was said to be 'unhappy over some business dealings.'

By Bruce Kelly
Father-and-son advisers wounded in Dallas office shooting
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Father-and-son advisers wounded in Dallas office shooting

Richard Smith and son R. Chris Smith — reps at Smith Financial in Dallas — apparently had an ongoing dispute with the suspect, who also turned the gun on himself and is in critical condition.

By Jeff Nash
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2010
S&P picks: Why the biotech sector looks healthy

Standard & Poor's Equity Research recently upgraded its outlook for the biotechnology industry to positive from neutral.

By lkoueiter
Life insurers sue B-Ds over third-party VA sales
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2010
Life insurers sue B-Ds over third-party VA sales

Two life insurers are suing a trio of broker-dealers, accusing them of fraudulently selling to third parties variable annuities with lucrative death benefits on terminally ill individuals.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Fast facts: Sizing up the largest B-Ds and the most active recruiters

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS MAR 12, 2010
B-Ds fret over proposed placement agent rules

A bill introduced last week in the California Legislature would require money manager placement agents to register as lobbyists and regulate their compensation.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS RIAS MAR 11, 2010
What's the world's richest man buying? BlackRock

Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes magazine, has acquired shares of BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, expanding his U.S. holdings.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2010
Investment adviser used funds for personal chef, prosecutors claim

Donald Anthony Young also diverted clients' cash into a horse farm, authorities say

By John Goff
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
Theft of Swiss bank account data could spell big trouble for HSBC customers

Info from 24,000 of its Swiss bank accounts was stolen between 2006 and 2007, HSBC reported today. Tax authorities in foreign countries can expect to be hearing from the data bandits -- if they haven't already, that is.

By Associated Press
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
Your next frontier

Their parents are getting all the attention, but 30-somethings want (and need) financial advice. Now

By Mark Bruno