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NEWS RIAS JAN 18, 2011
Chamber president seeks to slow Dodd-Frank, decries 'regulatory tsunami'

The leader of one of the country's most politically influential business organizations in a speech today criticized what he called a “regulatory tsunami” in Washington that represents the “biggest single challenge to jobs … and the future of American enterprise.”

By Bloomberg
NEWS FIXED INCOME JAN 18, 2011
Webcast: 2011 Forecast

<i>The webcast &#8220;Forecast 2011,&#8221; was held Dec. 7 in New York. The transcript was edited to acknowledge passage of the Obama-GOP tax compromise. It was moderated by deputy editor Evan Cooper and senior editor Jeff Benjamin. </i>

By MFXFeeder
Loomis trounces Pimco in bond-fund battle
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 18, 2011
Loomis trounces Pimco in bond-fund battle

With big investments in emerging markets and convertible securities, Loomis Sayles' Bond Fund is yards ahead of Pimco's Total Return Fund in 2010. But don't worry about Bill Gross -- he's still having a pretty good year.

By John Goff
IRA 'deal of the century'?
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2011
IRA 'deal of the century'?

Tax law a boon to wealthy savers who convert traditional retirement accounts to Roths this year

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 18, 2011
QA3 boss: We're not the next GunnAllen

Steve Wild defends embattled firm, citing indemnification from private-placement lawsuits; in a different class

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 17, 2011
Apple may soon top Exxon as most valuable company

Here's something to think about the next time you pick up a call on your iPhone: the device you're holding may soon be the signature product of the most valuable company in the world.

By Bloomberg
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 16, 2011
Money fund industry wants B-Ds to handle reporting burden

Like other brokerage firms, The Charles Schwab Corp. is known to be self-protective about its discount brokerage customers. And like other firms, it has sued former brokers whom it suspects of violating prohibitions against soliciting clients.

By Jessica Toonkel
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 16, 2011
Schooling in the finer things

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2011
Help in getting a handle on medical expenses

By Davis Janowski
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 16, 2011
Hot new asset class has 'failed on all counts'

Reverse convertibles boomerang on unsuspecting clients; SEC examining brokers' fees

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS JAN 16, 2011
Schwab hit with another suit over bond fund

The Charles Schwab Corp. has been hit with another lawsuit claiming that its Total Bond Market Fund, which was represented as tracking the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, loaded up with mortgage-backed securities prior to the financial crisis.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS RIAS JAN 14, 2011
Joe Montana's private bank taps former Citi exec

Modern Bank NA, a lender to the wealthy where former football quarterback Joe Montana is vice chairman, hired Citigroup Inc. veteran Damian Kozlowski to lead a turnaround after almost $30 million of losses in five years.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 14, 2011
Citi hires 200 bankers, targets small firms

Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit, who for the past two years has championed the U.S. bank's &#8220;globality,&#8221; may be getting a new mantra: locality.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 14, 2011
TD Ameritrade launches UMA platform

TD Ameritrade Institutional has launched a unified managed account platform that is designed to give the firm's advisers a wider selection of money managers.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
Texas names new top cop for securities industry

The Texas State Securities Board yesterday appointed Benette L. Zivley as the next Texas securities commissioner.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 13, 2011
Can't 401(k) reps and record keepers get along?

Instead of fighting with advisers over the estimated $1.5 trillion in 401(k) rollover assets, record keepers may want to work with them.

By Bloomberg
Managers would rather pay SEC than play with Finra
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 13, 2011
Managers would rather pay SEC than play with Finra

The prospect of Finra regulation for hedge funds and other money managers is scaring them enough that they are offering to open their wallets to help the SEC expand regulation of their industry.

By Doug Halonen
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 13, 2011
Raymond James custody unit is small – but that's OK

Company says that it can be an advantage when it comes to recruiting

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 13, 2011
United Capital buys $500M Colorado brokerage

United Capital Financial Partners Inc., which has been deploying capital raised from Bessemer Venture Partners and Grail Partners LLC to build a nationwide fee-based advisory network, has purchased Dunn Hogerty Investment Consulting Inc., an independent-brokerage practice in Fort Collins, Colo.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RIAS JAN 13, 2011
Advisers preparing for threshold switch: NASAA

Like many aspects of the financial-regulatory-reform legislation that became law July 21, the provision that increases the threshold for state regulation of investment advisers doesn't go into effect for another year.

By Bloomberg