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Ramped-up IRA withdrawals this year could cut retirees' taxes next year
NEWS RIAS OCT 15, 2010
Ramped-up IRA withdrawals this year could cut retirees' taxes next year

Looming hike marginal tax rates makes 2010 a good time to take bigger distributions, say advisers

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
TD bulks up services for retirement plans

TD Ameritrade Institutional on Tuesday rolled out what the firm says is an expanded set of services to help its advisers offer unbundled retirement plan solutions.

By Dan Jamieson
Greenspan on U.S. deficit: 'Scary'
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Greenspan on U.S. deficit: 'Scary'

Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, says Uncle Sam's massive deficit is 'scary.' He offers some tough solutions.

By John Goff
Bill Gross: The path to prosperity is through production
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Bill Gross: The path to prosperity is through production

Bill Gross, the Pimco co-CIO, says that the "best route to prosperity is the good old-fashioned route": investing in production.

By Bill Gross
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Finra agrees to three proxy proposals – but shoots down 'say on pay'

The industry self-regulator agreed to three of seven proxy proposals from Amerivet Securities, but it rejected a plan to let members vote on the pay of the agency's top officials. Not surprisingly, Amerivet says this battle is not over.

By Bloomberg
NEWS IRA ALERT OCT 15, 2010
Dangers in using IRAs for business startups

When the Internal Revenue Service names a transaction “Robs,” that can't be good.

By Ed Slott
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
SEC eyes model ETF portfolios

The SEC is examining the burgeoning business of financial advisers' selling model portfolios of exchange-traded funds.

By Jessica Toonkel
UBS, Citi snag execs from MSSB
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
UBS, Citi snag execs from MSSB

Locicero to run UBS's wealth management office in L.A.; Stewart to oversee Citi's retail banking, wealth management

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 15, 2010
Fiduciary standard's biggest critic? Insurance agents

The staunchest opposition to a universal fiduciary standard that would put clients' interests first isn't from securities brokers. It's from insurance agents, comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission show.

By Bloomberg
When bears attack: Put options on Schwab surge
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
When bears attack: Put options on Schwab surge

Traders betting on stock drop after Morgan Stanley lowers rating on discount brokerage

By Bloomberg
Ameriprise slaps some wealthy clients with new fees
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Ameriprise slaps some wealthy clients with new fees

Ameriprise Financial Inc. next year will begin imposing annual fees of up to $80 on the brokerage accounts of many of its wealthy customers — a move likely to irk the firm's advisers and registered representatives.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS FINTECH OCT 15, 2010
TD to open Veo architecture to third parties to lure advisers

By Davis Janowski
TD Ameritrade launches tech initiative, moves toward completely open architecture
NEWS RIAS OCT 15, 2010
TD Ameritrade launches tech initiative, moves toward completely open architecture

If carried to fruition, TD Ameritrade Institutional's latest technology initiative will be the first to open its application program interface completely to third-party technology firms able to pass muster during the custodian's security review of their systems.

By Davis Janowski
Morgan Stanley private bank targeting MSSB clients: Source
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Morgan Stanley private bank targeting MSSB clients: Source

In a bid to generate interest income off its brokerage clients, Morgan Stanley may hire up to 500 private bankers, a source says. Jumbo mortgage, anyone?

By Bloomberg
NEWS BROKER DEALERS OCT 15, 2010
Ex-Ameriprise adviser gets five years for fraud; ordered to repay B-D $2.7M

An Ooltewah, Tenn., financial adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.7 million in restitution to his former broker-dealer, Ameriprise Financial Inc., after pleading guilty to misappropriating his clients' money while he worked for the Minneapolis-based firm.

By Staff Report
Wealth manager with the most cachet? A new king is crowned
NEWS RIAS OCT 15, 2010
Wealth manager with the most cachet? A new king is crowned

Boston Private Bank & Trust, Inc. has knocked Bessemer Trust Co. off its perch in a poll of wealthy consumers.

By Hilary Johnson
Small B-Ds duck audit firm fees
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 14, 2010
Small B-Ds duck audit firm fees

But getting out from under PCAOB-approved accountancies will have to wait

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 14, 2010
Fed ponders 'crapshoot' to goose prices

Central bank officials consider setting inflation target; 'it's worth trying'

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 14, 2010
When will gold fever break?

The short-term outlook for gold at current levels might be unclear, but the long-term bull market for the precious metal will continue, according to one top investor.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS OCT 14, 2010
Transitioning within the financial services industry: What brokers must know before they go

There has been more movement recently by financial advisers within the financial services industry then there has been in years.

By Kimberley P. Cronin