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Pershing pushes northward
NEWS EQUITIES SEP 04, 2012
Pershing pushes northward

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 04, 2012
Peter Schiff: Why we need a return to the gold standard

As it is now being considered, the [Republican] platform stops short of recommending a return to the gold standard, but does advocate a commission to consider the possibility.

By Peter Schiff
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
HighTower still hot, snags $1B team

Dillig Group exits Credit Suisse; eighth recruiting win for HighTower this year

By DJAMIESON
How you can collect on your ex
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 04, 2012
How you can collect on your ex

Answers to some questions about Social Security claiming strategies for divorced spouses.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 04, 2012
HighTower's Weissbluth: Wirehouses are like Proctor & Gamble

By John Goff
NAPFA's next chairman will fight Finra oversight
NEWS RIAS SEP 04, 2012
NAPFA's next chairman will fight Finra oversight

Rhoades named to succeed John; wants to keep fiduciary standard for investment advisers.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Cetera closes deal for Genworth
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Cetera closes deal for Genworth

Cetera Financial Group completed the acquisition of Genworth Financial Investment Services yesterday.

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Cetera Financial strikes again, snagging B-D with 2,000 advisers

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Valerie Brown: Cetera boss sees an opening in closings

Consolidation among independent broker-dealers is inevitable, according to Cetera Financial Group chief executive Valerie Brown, and the inability or unwillingness of firms to stay open is benefiting her firm.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 02, 2012
Market's potential problems could make for a wild ride

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 02, 2012
Finra fighting expungement granted by its own panel

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 02, 2012
Banks scrap over value of MSSB

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2012
Advisers blow Social Security benefits quiz

By MFXFeeder
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2012
LPL premieres video that explains VAs without hard sell

By Darla Mercado
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2012
Brokers churned accounts and lost $2.7 million for clients, SEC says

Three former brokers at an Atlanta investment firm churned client accounts and racked up $845,000 in commissions and fees for themselves and the brokerage while those customers lost $2.7 million, regulators said.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: The secrets of successful savers

New survey reveals how prudent planners go about reaching their retirement goals

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 31, 2012
Longtime Finra exec stepping down

Luparello headed to law firm; sixteen years at the SRO

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 31, 2012
The Libor scandal: The challenge with an outdated and widely unused benchmark

By Mark Bruno
NEWS EQUITIES AUG 30, 2012
Goldman likes stocks, but Morgan Stanley senses danger

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 29, 2012
DIY Social Security? Even GOP has given up

By AOSTERLAND