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NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 15, 2010
Ex-Morgan Stanley broker to plead guilty in kickback scheme

A former broker for Morgan Stanley and Banc of America Securities LLC will plead guilty today to receiving kickbacks for his role in a stock-loan scheme that operated from March 2004 to December 2005, court records show.

By Mark Bruno
Morgan Stanley took huge hit on real estate fund, report says
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2010
Morgan Stanley took huge hit on real estate fund, report says

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VI International said to be down 61% -- not suprising, given the fund was raised at the peak of the property boom

By Bloomberg
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS APR 15, 2010
Finra cracks down on credit disclosure

Morgan Keegan fallout? The securities regulator warns B-Ds that bonds in funds cannot be considered 'rated' unless a third-party actually does the rating

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2010
Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger's pay drops 35%

Brokerage and investment manager Charles Schwab Corp. gave its CEO Walter Bettinger a pay package valued at $10 million last year, according to a regulatory filing made Tuesday.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2010
TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: RIA business key to raising valuation of company

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 15, 2010
Last-minute question on estate taxes or Roths? Ask our Tax Man

Randy Abeles from RSM McGladrey takes all of advisers' tax questions this week.

By Mark Bruno
TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: Still no plans to buy E*Trade
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2010
TD Ameritrade's Tomczyk: Still no plans to buy E*Trade

Tomczyk says discount brokerage still has no plan to buy E*Trade; the company could authorize a dividend at some point, however.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2010
Evercore Partners buys private funds biz from Neuberger Berman

Evercore Partners Inc. said Wednesday that it has purchased Neuberger Berman's Private Funds Placement Group as it looks to expand its advisory services.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2010
ING broker-dealers' leading suitor is Don Marron's Lightyear Capital

The former Paine Webber chairman, who went all-out in failed bid for AIG's B-Ds, is said to have considerable interest in three of the ING Advisors Network broker-dealers

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 15, 2010
ING to spin off insurance operations

European services giant ING Groep NV said Monday it will split itself in two, spinning off its insurance arm to simplify its business and issuing €7.5 billion ($11.3 billion) in new shares to repay state bailout money.

By Associated Press
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 15, 2010
ING money management unit could now be up for sale

ING Investment Management could go up for sale as part of parent ING Group's divestiture of its insurance business, according to ING spokesman Raymond Vermeulen.

By Thao Hua
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 14, 2010
Broker who stole $780K from Merrill Lynch pleads guilty

Former Merrill Lynch & Co. broker Steven Mandala, who was charged with stealing $780,000 from the firm, partly to buy a Ferrari, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and identity theft, his lawyer said.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Bank of America taps ex-Northrop exec for CFO post

Former Northrop Grumman exec Charles H. Noski succeeds Joe Price, head of BofA's consumer and small business banking division.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Ben Stein: Investors goofed trusting big banks

'Wall Street was just lying their heads off to us,' says economist and former quiz show star

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Baird hires longtime Smith Barney hand to open Oregon office

With the addition of David Perez, the Milwaukee-based Baird has now added 24 producers in a little more than three months. More coming?

By InvestmentNews Staff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark buys seat on CBOE

Queen of Suspense purchases a seat on the Chicago Board Options Exchange for nearly $3M

By Lynne Marek
FDIC shuts down four more banks
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
FDIC shuts down four more banks

The amount of toxic debt held by banks may be declining. But as the closure of four banks over the weekend showed, bad loans are still rippling through the financial system.

By Associated Press
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2010
Mixing friends, family with business is a danger

Clyde Wyatt managed his father's money for about 18 months before he was abruptly dumped for another adviser: His own son Chris.

By Lisa Shidler
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Cuomo on Hank Greenberg's denial: 'Incredible and irrelevant'

The N.Y. AG scoffs at the former AIG boss' claim he knew nothing about sham transactions between the insurer and Gen Re

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2010
Some 401(k) plans are ahead of the curve on transparency of fees

As the defined-contribution industry braces for new fee disclosure regulations, some corporate 401(k) plans — including Nestlé USA Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. — are light-years ahead of the pack in providing participants with fee information.

By Robert Steyer