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NEWS RIAS JUL 27, 2010
BNY Mellon names Hughes to lead Its wealth management unit

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. named Lawrence Hughes head of its wealth-management unit, replacing David Lamere, who resigned.

By Bloomberg
Legg Mason eying acquisitions, lift-outs overseas
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 27, 2010
Legg Mason eying acquisitions, lift-outs overseas

Just days after announcing job cuts domestically, Legg Mason Inc. is looking to make acquisitions or lift-outs internationally to expand its presence abroad.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 27, 2010
Legg Mason to eliminate 350 jobs

Legg Mason Inc. plans to eliminate 350 jobs to cut costs and buy back $1 billion in shares after suffering the biggest losses among publicly traded money managers during the credit crisis.

By Bloomberg
NEWS FIXED INCOME JUL 27, 2010
Morgan Keegan to square off against regulators

Morgan Keegan & Co. has been granted an administration hearing on allegations that its brokerage firm cost investors, including retirees, more than $2 billion in losses through fraudulent and reckless business practices.

By Associated Press
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 27, 2010
Is e-mail smoking gun in Morgan Keegan case?

Plaintiff's attorneys who are suing Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. over its failed Regions Morgan Keegan Select bond funds are in an uproar about what they claim is the firm's cover-up of embarrassing documents.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS RIAS JUL 27, 2010
Rockefeller & Co. hires wealth adviser

Matthew Gelfand, former Fed hand, signs on with family office firm

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUL 27, 2010
Rockefeller & Co. comes up with new name, but no new CEO

Rockefeller & Co., Inc., the wealth management firm that has been looking for a chief executive since the suicide of CEO James McDonald last fall, has changed its name to Rockefeller Financial.

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 26, 2010
Will SEC's life settlement proposal kill industry?

Critics say plan to treat all life settlements as securities will shrink the industry – or worse; others say that's hooey

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 26, 2010
SEC task force: Life settlements should be defined as 'securities'

An SEC task force on Thursday recommended that life settlements be defined as 'securities,' thus making such transactions subject to federal securities laws.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 26, 2010
JPMorgan's David Kelly: What to make of this week's indicators and earnings

Like a road crew repairing potholes, analysts this week will be trying to measure the length and depth of the economic “soft patch” currently afflicting the U.S. economy.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 26, 2010
AllianceBernstein looking to add financial advisers this year

AllianceBernstein Holding LP demonstrated enough progress in some businesses last year that the company plans to add advisers in 2010 and may buy smaller complementary firms, executives said late Thursday during an earnings conference call.

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 26, 2010
Execs must answer tough questions at Securities America

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 25, 2010
Midterm elections may boost stocks: Report

Investors desperately looking for hope in the current choppy market may want to focus on the upcoming midterm elections.

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 25, 2010
An easier pill to swallow

In his early 60s and at the doorstep of retirement, Robert Neiswanger was considering long-term-care insurance. He acknowledged that the coverage made sense, but he couldn't come to terms with paying for something he might never need.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS IRA ALERT JUL 25, 2010
Ed Slott: Turn lemons into Roth conversion cash

If your client wants to convert his or her individual retirement account to a Roth IRA this year but doesn't have cash from non-IRA sources to pay the tax on the conversion, consider looking at his or her capital assets.

By Ed Slott
Goldman Sachs to pay $550M to settle civil fraud charges
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 25, 2010
Goldman Sachs to pay $550M to settle civil fraud charges

Goldman Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay $550 million to settle civil fraud charges that accused the Wall Street giant of misleading buyers of mortgage-related investments.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 23, 2010
Banks' new fees, low rates put savers in the hole

With added charges, shrinking interest, putting mony in the bank can be a losing proposition; mattress starting to look good

By Bloomberg
Vanguard, Marsico pull out leaves Visa's stock at 'Armageddon' level
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 23, 2010
Vanguard, Marsico pull out leaves Visa's stock at 'Armageddon' level

Company's share price pummelled after sell-off by fund firms; 'fundamentals remain solid'

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 23, 2010
Energy-related MLPs catching on 'like wildfire' with wealthy investors

Affluent investors piling into master limited partnerships for pipelines, tankers; 'huge tax advantage'

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 23, 2010
Time is right for cyclical stocks, says First American's Chalupnik

Cost-cutting has buffed up companies in financial and tech sectors; 'tremendous operating leverage'

By Jeff Benjamin