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Four steps to finding new clients with LinkedIn
NEWS RIAS DEC 03, 2010
Four steps to finding new clients with LinkedIn

The following is a 4 Step process to building a pipeline in the matter of a few months (maybe even weeks) by utilizing this feature. The concept is simple, but takes some discipline to follow.

By Matt Oechsli and Kevin Nichols
Tax breaks on brink? 'Zero plan' moves forward
NEWS RIAS DEC 03, 2010
Tax breaks on brink? 'Zero plan' moves forward

Leaders of a presidential deficit commission recommend the elimination of all tax breaks for retirement, life insurance and employer-sponsored health care plans in their final report, which was released Wednesday and will be voted on by the full panel Friday morning.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 03, 2010
N.Y. broker who ran $66M Ponzi gets probation

A New York man received five years' probation for defrauding his customers of more than $66 million they thought was invested in the foreign-exchange market and instead was spent on art and an Aston Martin car.

By Bloomberg
House fires opening salvo in tax-cut tussle
NEWS RIAS DEC 02, 2010
House fires opening salvo in tax-cut tussle

The House of Representatives approved on Thursday a bill that would permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts for the middle class but allow rates for wealthier taxpayers to increase.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 02, 2010
Morningstar VA data: A tale of two displays

Morningstar Inc. may consider reviewing the way it displays information to advisers and their clients about returns on variable annuity subaccounts.

By Darla Mercado
Investors wait for European 'rescue' to save Ireland
NEWS EMERGING MARKETS DEC 02, 2010
Investors wait for European 'rescue' to save Ireland

The global financial markets are still trying to regain some stable footing following the $116 billion bailout of some of Ireland's largest banks.

By Bloomberg
'Zero plan' chopped — but tax breaks still on the block
NEWS RIAS DEC 01, 2010
'Zero plan' chopped — but tax breaks still on the block

Congress won't act directly on a proposal approved by a presidential deficit commission this week, but elements of the plan could become part of legislative proposals in coming months to address huge fiscal imbalances.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 01, 2010
Under review

Morningstar Inc. is reviewing discrepancies in the way it reports returns on variable annuity subaccounts to advisers and their clients.

By Darla Mercado
Advisory industry, clients spooked by subpoena of Wellington
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 01, 2010
Advisory industry, clients spooked by subpoena of Wellington

Obervers say the advisory industry is spooked by the probes of Diamondback Capital and Level Global Investors. But the bigger concern may be the subpoena of Wellington Management, which is a subadviser to marquee firms like Vanguard, The Hartford, and John Hancock.

By Jessica Toonkel
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 01, 2010
Incite: No news is bad news for women at brokerages

If you're curious about how important workplace diversity is to Wall Street, consider the commotion that ensues when it's time to roll out the red carpet and honor the industry's inclusion luminaries.

By Bloomberg
Deficit panel's 'zero plan' could do a number on insurers, advisers
NEWS RIAS DEC 01, 2010
Deficit panel's 'zero plan' could do a number on insurers, advisers

Preferential tax treatment for retirement programs and insurance products are threatened in a draft proposal from the chairmen of the national deficit commission, according to advocates.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS DEC 01, 2010
Reps looking to bail on besieged B-D: Recruiter

Representatives and advisers at Brewer Financial, a Chicago-based independent broker-dealer, are said to be looking to jump ship after the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the firm and its top two executives with fraud in selling $5.6 million in promissory notes to 74 investors.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS NOV 30, 2010
Inside track

Advocates of a universal fiduciary standard of care for all advisers and brokers are hoping that the recent insider trading probe will help their cause.

By Mark Bruno
Shilling: 'Significant' stock selloff dead ahead
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 30, 2010
Shilling: 'Significant' stock selloff dead ahead

Investment guru sees another recession within two to three years; 'not much that can be done'

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS NOV 30, 2010
Fiduciary standard and adviser pay are separate issues

In our industry, there is never a shortage of debate on the areas that affect the sale and delivery of financial advice to investors

By Tom Bradley
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 30, 2010
Insurers eye new Congress' tax agenda

By Darla Mercado
Northern Trust launches gay, lesbian wealth management biz
NEWS RIAS NOV 29, 2010
Northern Trust launches gay, lesbian wealth management biz

Northern Trust Corp. long has championed its conservative heritage as a 121-year-old financial institution that eased through the Great Depression and most recently the Great Recession.

By Steve Daniels
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 29, 2010
Fiduciary-duty bad news for less affluent clients: NAIFA

Rising compliance costs could force many reps to dump middle-market clients or raise fees, group says; liability the issue

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 29, 2010
Sun Life introduces two income benefits

Sun Life Financial Inc. today released two income benefits.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 29, 2010
New Jersey broker charged in $8M Ponzi scam

A New Jersey woman was charged today with raising $8 million through a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in her purported wholesale merchandise business.

By Mark Bruno