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Long-term-care insurance suddenly short on sellers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 19, 2012
Long-term-care insurance suddenly short on sellers

Pru the latest marquee carrier to exit from the individual LTCI business; last day for sales is March 30

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2012
Financial planning firm dragged into NBA union firestorm

Union chief Hamilton requests resignation from Prim Capital; accusations of nepotisim

By John Goff
WIREHOUSES JUL 18, 2012
Branding: Merrill revives the bull

Wirehouse revives advertising icon in new TV campaign; 'symbol of strength and optimism'

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 17, 2012
John Sykes' JHS Capital Advisors challenged by annual losses, handful of Finra arbitration claims

John Sykes' first broker-dealer holding company, GunnAllen Holdings, is out of business and his second, JHS Capital, has sustained significant losses and faces a handful of Finra arbitration claims. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 17, 2012
Navigating the 2013 investment taxes

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2012
Uncertainty scarier than precipice itself

By JKEPHART
MSSB advisers get green light for social media
FINTECH JUL 17, 2012
MSSB advisers get green light for social media

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has given its more than 17,000 financial advisers clearance to start using social-media networks. The challenge now? Getting them to use it.

By AOSTERLAND
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 17, 2012
No sure thing, but these strategies offer healthy yields

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2012
SEC official warns insurers about VA benefit exchanges

Variable annuities aren't the great deal they used to be, what with insurers pulling back on generous benefits and offering to exchange onerous payouts for a bump up in account values. But now, an SEC official has fired off a warning shot about such practices

By Darla Mercado
Finra: brokers must update client info even if they keep their VA
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2012
Finra: brokers must update client info even if they keep their VA

Will require that brokers perform reasonable due diligence to understand the nature of the recommended strategy or securities product and whether it's suitable

By Darla Mercado
Calendar dwindling for action on SRO bill
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2012
Calendar dwindling for action on SRO bill

Legislation that would establish one or more self-regulatory organizations for investment advisers has not crashed, but its trajectory is stalling. It's not clear when -- or if -- the House Financial Services Committee will vote on the bill.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS JUL 15, 2012
Custodians add online services

By Janowski Davis
RIA NEWS JUL 15, 2012
A lack of interest

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2012
Wall Street banks' next fight may be with their own employees

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2012
DC playing chicken at edge of fiscal cliff

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2012
Suitability rule seen unsuitable for 'hold' orders

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2012
FSI takes DOL's Borzi to the mat

By Darla Mercado
OPINION JUL 15, 2012
Beware of style drift in mutual funds

Too much style drift is a strong indication that a fund's manager, or managers, have veered away from a fund's stated investment objective.

By MFXFeeder
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2012
The largest clearing firms for broker-dealers

Ranked by number of B-D clients

By mlanche
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2012
NFP back to buying practices with purchase of Fusion

By Bruce Kelly