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EQUITIES JAN 05, 2015
Finra fines Wall Street banks $43.5M for pushing analysts on IPOs

Regulator fines 10 banks for total of $43.5 million for promising positive analyst coverage after initial public offering.

By Bloomberg
Former SEC enforcement head Robert Khuzami to defend ex-ARCP chief David Kay
ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2015
Former SEC enforcement head Robert Khuzami to defend ex-ARCP chief David Kay

Mr. Khuzami, who is now a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, has signed on as Mr. Kay's attorney in the defense of a complaint filed in December.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2015
Nicholas Schorsch's REIT empire is under siege

A blockbuster lawsuit alleging misconduct by Nicholas Schorsch is one of many issues confronting his vast real estate empire.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES DEC 31, 2014
Are the equity markets running out of energy?

Opportunity knocks for patient investors, but 2015 gains won't be as sharp as this year's.

By Mike Boyle
EMERGING MARKETS DEC 31, 2014
SEC penalizes 13 firms for improper sales of Puerto Rican bonds

The SEC cracks down on financial firms, including Schwab, J.P. Morgan Securities, Lebenthal, Oppenheimer, TD Ameritrade, UBS and Wedbush for selling risky debt beneath the minimum allotment of $100,000 for a single transaction.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES DEC 30, 2014
Stocks overcome global upheavals to keep bull market chugging through sixth year

Dow up about 175% since March 2009, aided by Fed bond buying, better-than-forecast economic data and corporate earnings that beat analyst forecasts.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES DEC 30, 2014
Stocks and the economy are hooked on the Fed's punch bowl

Policy critics charge the markets are 'artificial,' but some strategists say the central bank can manage continued stimulus pullback.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES DEC 29, 2014
The predictable downside of chasing performance

The last <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu of the year features: A cautionary tale on chasing performance; why active management is not dead yet; cheap oil claims its first energy-sector victim; and a reminder that annuities are not investments.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES DEC 29, 2014
Small caps break record as rally broadens out amid sluggish trade

The Russell 2000 Index climbed to an all-time high and the Nasdaq Composite Index reached a level not seen since 2000 as an equities rally that started last week continued through one of the slowest trading days of the year.

By Bloomberg
RIAS DEC 29, 2014
Pershing playing catch-up with competitors as custodian considers offering commission-free ETFs

Platforms, popular with RIAs, post tremendous growth for firms, fund managers.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
ALTERNATIVES DEC 29, 2014
Thompson's former nontraded REIT drops nearly 30%

Investors in a nontraded REIT launched by Tony Thompson, the one-time noted real estate sponsor, were told last week that the net asset value of the REIT had eroded by nearly 30%.

By Bruce Kelly
EMERGING MARKETS DEC 27, 2014
Societe Generale calls 2015 a down year for stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features a contrarian market call from Societe Generale that seems obvious. Plus living in a world where oil is cheap, making the most of year-end client reviews, and nine tweets that made news this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES DEC 25, 2014
John Maynard Keynes: Economist by day, high-flying portfolio manager by night

A look at the famed economist, who was a sterling money manager because of his willingness to question prevailing opinion and act against the consensus.

By Peter W. Beer
ALTERNATIVES DEC 24, 2014
Schorsch allegations will haunt nontraded REIT industry

Industry &quot;floored&quot; by allegation that REIT czar had hand in $23 million accounting error at American Realty Capital Properties.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES DEC 23, 2014
6 market developments to watch for in 2015

Legg Mason's seven asset management affiliates offer differing views on global investment opportunities ahead.

By Thomas Hoops
EQUITIES DEC 23, 2014
Cheap oil is drawing bargain hunters to energy ETFs

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Cheap oil draws interest in energy ETFs. Plus: Finding value under the hood of hedge funds, how to talk like a Wall Street guru, and get insurance or get ready for Obamacare taxes.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS DEC 23, 2014
Case for active management gets stronger every day as stocks power ahead

As the stock market wraps another solid year, advisers are beginning to wonder how long the indexed-investing run can last and are startign to think about risk management, which means looking for active managers.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES DEC 23, 2014
Why the financial markets get so excited by revised growth numbers

On the <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu today: Mohamed El-Erian breaks down the better-than-expected economic growth numbers. Plus: Warren Buffett's big year, gold investors are only starting to feel the hurt, and finding value where others only see tax-loss selling.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES DEC 23, 2014
Meredith Whitney's big hedge fund investor wants out as performance flags

As one investor, with $50 million in the well-known analyst's fund, asks for redemption, three execs depart from fund that launched in November 2013.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 23, 2014
Are ETFs really cheaper than mutual funds?

New report from Morningstar casts doubt on the relative cost advantages of popular exchange-traded funds. And there is, of course, the Vanguard effect.

By Trevor Hunnicutt