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NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 05, 2011
B-D to pay clients $700K to settle private-placement suits

A broker-dealer that was a prominent seller of high-risk private placements that wound up going bust has almost wiped the slate clean of costly litigation that could have impaired the firm's financial condition.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS FINTECH AUG 05, 2011
A new tool kit to help advisers track household wealth

Envestnet Inc., a turnkey technology and wealth management provider that went public in July, is adding several unified-managed-household features to its platform this week.

By Davis Janowski
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
Envestnet to provide money management platform for SSG

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. has signed an agreement to provide a money management platform for Shareholders Service Group Inc., a San Diego-based custodial firm that serves 700 advisers.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 04, 2011
Most Read: Ted Charles keeps it all in the family — sells firm to advisers

Investors Capital Holdings Ltd. has a new set of owners: its employees, advisers, and their clients.

By Doug Cubberley
Bank of America Merrill Lynch still on hiring roll
NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Bank of America Merrill Lynch still on hiring roll

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has brought on six new financial advisers in Texas, Pennsylvania and California.

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Brotherly Love? Philly RIA to return nearly $11M to clients

A Philadelphia registered investment adviser agreed to pay nearly $11 million for misappropriating funds from clients who were told their money would support socially conscious investments, while it really went to pay the adviser's debts and for other purposes, according to federal regulators.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Ron Carson announces adviser hire for new RIA firm

In a major hire for his new registered investment advisory firm, CWM LLC, Ron Carson has announced that well-known veteran investment adviser Rob Isbitts will become chief investment officer of the firm, which was launched July 1

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
BofA wealth management untouched by 2Q losses

Bank of America Corp. continues to invest in its wealth management division while reining in other lines of business to prepare for new Basel III capital requirements

By Andrew Osterland
MSSB's 20% margin a pipe dream?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
MSSB's 20% margin a pipe dream?

Analyst Richard Bove says Gorman's target for brokerage a stretch — and then some; 'phenomenal job'

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
Oil price dip presents a buying opportunity

The recent drop in the price of oil has sent shares of oil producers skidding — so much so that some analysts think that the market presents a buying opportunity

By MFXFeeder
To avoid double-dip recession, remember lessons of 1980s
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 04, 2011
To avoid double-dip recession, remember lessons of 1980s

Is our economy headed back into a recession? A look at a past double-dip, the recessions of 1980 and of 1981-1982, suggests we are due.

By Doug Cubberley
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 03, 2011
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures

Lincoln Trust and Great-West claim the Labor Department's disclosure rules don't go far enough when it comes to fixed general account fees for insurers.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
TAX DEDUCTION: Executive stock options would lose giant break

By mlanche
This fund firm is the hottest of the hot
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
This fund firm is the hottest of the hot

Once dismissed as risky business, global investing is suddenly hot as a pistol. The big beneficiary? So far, Franklin Resources, which has seen its assets surge and its stock price soar.

By John Goff
Stocks slammed: 2011 gains erased as markets brush off debt deal
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Stocks slammed: 2011 gains erased as markets brush off debt deal

U.S. stocks tumbled, erasing the 2011 gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after an unexpected drop in consumer spending increased concern that growth in the world's largest economy is faltering.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Debt drama: Is the 'mini panic' over?

The political posturing and ominous headlines heading out of Washington in recent weeks forced a lot of financial advisers into damage control in an effort to prevent clients from overreacting. With a deal now reached between party leaders, where do the markets go from here?

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Spotty record, but advisers embrace alternative funds anyway

By John Goff
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 03, 2011
Could LPL be a suitor for Investors Capital?

Investors Capital Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded independent broker-dealer that put itself up for sale this month, could be an attractive acquisition for LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and several other large broker-dealers, according to analysts

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
B-D founder looking to cash out of 566-rep firm

Ted Charles, founder of Investors Capital Holdings, aims to sell a majority stake in the publicly traded indie B-D

By Bruce Kelly
Thiel spreading himself thin with Merrill reorg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Thiel spreading himself thin with Merrill reorg

John Thiel is looking to streamline the Merrill Lynch management structure. In doing so, he may be spreading himself too thin | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://edit.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110616&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=616009999&amp;Ref=PH&amp;Params=Itemnr=5>How does ML rate with clients?</a>

By Dan Jamieson