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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Debt drama: Is the 'mini panic' over?

The political posturing and ominous headlines heading out of Washington in recent weeks forced a lot of financial advisers into damage control in an effort to prevent clients from overreacting. With a deal now reached between party leaders, where do the markets go from here?

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
Spotty record, but advisers embrace alternative funds anyway

By John Goff
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 03, 2011
Could LPL be a suitor for Investors Capital?

Investors Capital Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded independent broker-dealer that put itself up for sale this month, could be an attractive acquisition for LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and several other large broker-dealers, according to analysts

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2011
B-D founder looking to cash out of 566-rep firm

Ted Charles, founder of Investors Capital Holdings, aims to sell a majority stake in the publicly traded indie B-D

By Bruce Kelly
Thiel spreading himself thin with Merrill reorg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Thiel spreading himself thin with Merrill reorg

John Thiel is looking to streamline the Merrill Lynch management structure. In doing so, he may be spreading himself too thin | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://edit.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110616&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=616009999&amp;Ref=PH&amp;Params=Itemnr=5>How does ML rate with clients?</a>

By Dan Jamieson
Cross-selling a dud so far for advisers and banks, survey finds
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Cross-selling a dud so far for advisers and banks, survey finds

Rewards not great enough to persuade wealth managers to sell investment products to retail banking customers

By Lavonne Kuykendall
UBS Wealth Management to feel the pinch as job cuts loom
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
UBS Wealth Management to feel the pinch as job cuts loom

Call it a signal of distress. Oswald Gruebel, boss of UBS AG, plans on eliminating 5.3% of the bank's workforce. This comes on top of scrapping the Swiss giant's profit targets. Both the wealth management group and wealth management Americas will feel the pinch.

By John Goff
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama

Daily trading volume among 401(k) plan participants soared during the height of Congress' debt-ceiling debate, producing a massive transfer to fixed-income investments from equities, according to Aon Hewitt.

By Robert Steyer
Morgan Stanley taps new international wealth management boss
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Morgan Stanley taps new international wealth management boss

Morgan Stanley (MS), owner of the world's largest retail brokerage, named Charlie Mak president of the firm's international wealth-management unit.

By Mark Bruno
Ted Charles keeps it all in the family – sells firm to advisers
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Ted Charles keeps it all in the family – sells firm to advisers

It's taken a while, but Ted Charles finally cashed out his entire stake in Investors Capital, the publicly traded B-D he founded. The real surprise: who he ended up selling to.

By Bruce Kelly
Odds of a 'new' recession? 50-50 chance, says Harvard economist
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Odds of a 'new' recession? 50-50 chance, says Harvard economist

Harvard University economics professor Martin Feldstein said the U.S. recovery that began two years ago has been losing steam and there are even odds the economy will slip into recession.

By Bloomberg
Wells Fargo hires Michigan advisers
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Wells Fargo hires Michigan advisers

By Andrew Osterland
Recession took bigger bite out of U.S. economy than estimated
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
Recession took bigger bite out of U.S. economy than estimated

The 2007-2009 recession gouged the world's largest economy more deeply than previously estimated and the recovery lost momentum throughout 2010 before stalling this year, revised figures show, painting a bleaker picture that may raise concern over the outlook for U.S. growth.

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
U.S. stocks may slide 24% as recession looms: Raoul Pal

The Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index may fall as much as 24 percent and the euro might tumble to $1.20 if the U.S. economy slows further and Europe's debt crisis widens, said Raoul Pal, the former GLG Partners Inc. fund manager currently writing the Global Macro Investor strategy sheet.

By Mark Bruno
Bill Gross: How to fix the fractured U.S. job market
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2011
Bill Gross: How to fix the fractured U.S. job market

&#8203;A mind is a precious thing to waste, so why are millions of America's students wasting theirs by going to college?

By Bill Gross
Finra sets date for kick-in of controversial registration plan
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 01, 2011
Finra sets date for kick-in of controversial registration plan

Rule governing back-office personnel effective as of mid-October; reaction to Madoff?

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 31, 2011
Raymond James in court over $1.7M arbitration settlement over suitability

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 31, 2011
Default implications 'severe' and 'needless': Citi

A U.S. default triggered by the failure of politicians to agree to raising the country's debt ceiling would be an &#8220;act of collective insanity&#8221; with severe impact on asset prices and the global economy, according Citigroup Inc. economists.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 29, 2011
Fear and uncertainty have ETFs on fire

U.S. exchange-traded funds took in $56.3 billion for the first half of this year, an increase of more than 50.9% from the first half of 2010.

By Doug Cubberley
MetLife may sell bank to escape Dodd-Frank
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 29, 2011
MetLife may sell bank to escape Dodd-Frank

Stricter regs could hurt carrier's core businesses; MetLife Bank accounts for mere 2% of earnings

By John Goff