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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 31, 2012
Record prices draw investors into art world

Clients often ignore art as an asset class. But given the results of recent auctions -- including the sale of 'The Scream' for $120M -- this could be a serious oversight.

By Jeff Benjamin
UBS Wealth Management inflows top estimates, shares climb
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 31, 2012
UBS Wealth Management inflows top estimates, shares climb

UBS Wealth Management attracted more funds from wealthy clients in the first quarter than analysts estimated

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 31, 2012
Former Merrill advisers off to rocky start at Morgan Stanley

Agree to return customer info in protocol flap; decision now rests with Finra panel

By AOSTERLAND
Slow 2012 for VA sales as costs climb, insurers leave the space
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 31, 2012
Slow 2012 for VA sales as costs climb, insurers leave the space

After strong growth in 2010 and 2011, VA sales are expected to slow as products become less attractive, guaranteed-withdrawal percentages slide and fees continue to skyrocket.

By Darla Mercado
New Jackson National VA does away with living benefits
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 31, 2012
New Jackson National VA does away with living benefits

Insurer turns focus to tax deferral, alt investments and fee-based advisers

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS MAY 30, 2012
Top RIA Q&A: Marita Sullivan

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS RIAS MAY 30, 2012
Talking points: How important is a formal valuation?

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS RIAS MAY 30, 2012
Develop the preamble to your succession plan

By Dan Seivert
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 30, 2012
Surprise! E.F. Hutton talks again as firm resurrected

... people are very surprised, considering the firm's' been defunct since 1993. But now, a group of former Hutton managers have bought the rights to the E.F. Hutton name -- and plan to resurrect the storied brokerage.

By DJAMIESON
Obama managing his money 'pathetically,' says an accountant
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 30, 2012
Obama managing his money 'pathetically,' says an accountant

POTUS investing in low-rate Treasuries rather than paying down mortgage; 'got it backwards'

By John Goff
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 30, 2012
DeWaay gets reprieve from Iowa court

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 30, 2012
DeWaay says DBSI suits could sink firm

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS MAY 30, 2012
$4.9B breakaway joins Focus

Focus Financial Partners has landed one of its biggest RIA firms yet with the addition of LVW Advisors, a move that also signals the wind-down of the institutional investment management consulting unit at Convergent Wealth Advisors LLC

By Dan Jamieson
Focus Financial to acquire Colony Group
NEWS RIAS MAY 30, 2012
Focus Financial to acquire Colony Group

M&A activity in the investment advice business is most definitely hotting up. In the lastest example, large RIA firm Colony Group has been acquired by Focus Financial. In case you're counting, that's the fourth deal this year for Focus.

By Andrew Osterland
Gay-marriage laws leave disparities in federal tax treatment
NEWS RIAS MAY 30, 2012
Gay-marriage laws leave disparities in federal tax treatment

A same-sex marriage law that took effect July 24 in New York doesn't mean those couples can count on the same tax treatment that heterosexual unions receive, a discrepancy that some lawmakers and companies are seeking to mitigate.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 29, 2012
Kent Christian changes channels, set to head up FiNet

Moving from Wells Fargo's Financial Services Group to indie B-D

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 29, 2012
Facebook IPO faces intense scrutiny

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 29, 2012
SEC warns B-Ds to do right thing

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 29, 2012
Money managers retool, close core investment strategies

By Drew Carter
NASAA head bashes SRO idea — in Finra's den
NEWS RIAS MAY 29, 2012
NASAA head bashes SRO idea — in Finra's den

At regulator's conference, Herstein criticizes move to take oversight away from states; 'sovereign obligation'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.