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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 29, 2010
John Dorfman: Why Goldman Sachs is now a 'buy'

Now that the Securities and Exchange Commission has unofficially declared Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to be the big bad wolf of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, what should investors do?

By John Dorfman
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 29, 2010
Pimco's El-Erian: We're halfway through a 'multiyear resetting of the global economy'

The world is in the middle of a “multiyear resetting of the global economy,” Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO CEO and co-chief investment officer, said at a news conference in London today.

By Drew Carter
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 29, 2010
Stifel CEO: Breakaway brokers are weaker producers, but more profitable

Regional brokerage firms and some independent investment advisers have been making hay hiring hundreds of discontented wirehouse brokers.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RIAS APR 29, 2010
Stifel Financial diving into RIA custody business

Stifel Financial Corp., which has been expanding its Stifel Nicolaus & Co. retail- brokerage business aggressively, is about to make a push into serving registered investment advisers.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 28, 2010
Stocks pull back after Spain's credit rating cut

Stocks are retreating from their highs after Spain became the latest European country to have its debt ratings cut by Standard & Poor's.

By Associated Press
Recruiting flurry at LPL eases up — for now
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 28, 2010
Recruiting flurry at LPL eases up — for now

The number of net new reps and advisers at the B-D declined considerably during the first quarter. Still, the company's CFO says the swing to independent advice is a 'longer-term trend'

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 28, 2010
Raymond James' Jeffrey D. Saut: 'We are for 'flation'

Herb Stein was Chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisors between 1972 and 1974.

By Jeffrey D. Saut
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 28, 2010
Raymond James boss sounds alarm about financial reform

It's now or never for financial advisers to get their voices heard as Congress fleshes out the final details of the financial services reform bill.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2010
Survey says most retirement plan participants want advice

Spectrem Group also found that retirement accounts such as defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans rose 18% to $9.3 trillion in 2009, up from $7.9 trillion in 2008

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 28, 2010
B-D roll-up boosts LPL's earnings

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 27, 2010
Broker involved in $1.1B fraud avoids prison -- for now

Ex-Credit Suisse Group AG broker Eric Butler can remain free while he appeals his securities-fraud conviction, a judge ruled, overturning another judge's decision.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 27, 2010
The 10 B-Ds with the highest rep payouts in 2009

InvestmentNews has now released its latest independent broker-dealer rankings, which can be viewed here. Below are two lists on the average payouts at the largest independent broker-dealers, based on information that InvestmentNews has gathered directly from the firms that have participated in the annual survey.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2010
Questioning the SEC's case against Goldman Sachs

The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a big gamble by going after The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Wall Street's premier investment bank has the will and legal firepower to fight back.

By MFXFeeder
Goldman Sachs suit may prompt wider probe, greater regulation
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 27, 2010
Goldman Sachs suit may prompt wider probe, greater regulation

The SEC's fraud suit against Goldman Sachs could trigger additional probes of collateralized debt obligations and lead to stricter regulation of the financial services industry

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2010
M&A of RIAs hits record level

In the first quarter this year, more than half of the transactions involved advisers with $250 million or less in assets. Historically, these smaller advisers accounted for just a third of deals.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 27, 2010
Wells Fargo, Raymond James near settlement of raiding case

Suit challenges Finra's order that Raymond James pay Wells $12.1M for alleged raiding of Edwards' branches in '07

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2010
Ex-district director at Morgan Stanley returns to Deutsche Bank

Fred C.C. “Corky” Crozier, the former head of private client services at Deutsche Bank's U.S. brokerage unit, has returned to the firm as a managing director and adviser in its Baltimore office.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 27, 2010
Ameriprise CEO got 52% jump in pay in 2009

Ameriprise Financial Inc. Chairman and CEO James M. Cracchiolo saw his total compensation grow 52 percent in 2009 to $18.2 million, largely because he earned a cash incentive after receiving no such award the previous year.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS APR 27, 2010
2010 clearing firms trends and analysis

By InvestmentNews
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 27, 2010
Financial Engines' growth bet

On the threshold of turning the corner financially, Financial Engines Inc. is trying to fuel its growth in the defined-contribution arena through an initial public offering.

By Robert Steyer