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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 29, 2012
Insurance companies take a step back

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 29, 2012
Dodd-Frank deadline looms for family offices

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JAN 29, 2012
Jumping on Salesforce bandwagon

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH JAN 29, 2012
Numbers aren't nearly as important as education

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH JAN 29, 2012
Performance reporting is vexing

By Bloomberg
INsider: Murdoch slams Obama over carried interest — but why?
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 27, 2012
INsider: Murdoch slams Obama over carried interest — but why?

Publishing tycoon tweets asks why President hasn't addressed controversial tax; he has

By Bloomberg
Note to clients: Good credit rating good enough
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2012
Note to clients: Good credit rating good enough

Efforts to boost score above 760 yield little tangible benefits; 'bragging rights'

By John Goff
Opinion: Buffett rule flat-out misses the point
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 26, 2012
Opinion: Buffett rule flat-out misses the point

It's time to come to grips with misconceptions about taxing the rich

By Bloomberg
Schwarzman backs Romney as Wall Street shuns Obama
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 26, 2012
Schwarzman backs Romney as Wall Street shuns Obama

Stephen Schwarzman, chairman of the Blackstone Group LP, will host a fundraiser for Mitt Romney next month as like-minded donors turn their backs on President Obama.

By Doug Cubberley
FINTECH JAN 26, 2012
Top 10 intermediary web sites

For the 13th year in a row research firm kasina LLC has come out with a study and list of the Top 10 intermediary web sites for financial advisers.

By Davis Janowski
Supreme Court blocks market-timing lawsuit against Janus
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 26, 2012
Supreme Court blocks market-timing lawsuit against Janus

The Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the mutual fund industry in a case involving responsibility for statements made in prospectuses. A big deal? SIFMA said a decision for the plaintiffis would have caused 'crippling uncertainty' in the securities market.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES JAN 25, 2012
Wirehouse market share has shriveled since crisis

By Andrew Osterland
Mitt Romney's income no ordinary income
RIA NEWS JAN 25, 2012
Mitt Romney's income no ordinary income

Candidate's earnings taxed as carried interest; 'ordinary people wouldn't be able to do this'

By John Goff
Americans welcome back leverage when credit is cheap enough
RIA NEWS JAN 25, 2012
Americans welcome back leverage when credit is cheap enough

Americans are back in the borrowing mood, and even the wealthy are getting in on it when the credit is cheap enough, according to advisers.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 25, 2012
INsider: SEC must fight tooth-and-nail to get additional scratch

Modest budget bump likely to be approved today; beyond that, it's a tough sell

By Bloomberg
SEC budget increase? Only with agency reforms, House Republicans say
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 25, 2012
SEC budget increase? Only with agency reforms, House Republicans say

The Securities and Exchange Commission will receive adequate funding for 2012, but must reform its operations and rule-making processes before a significantly bigger budget is approved for the agency, Capitol Hill Republicans said.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
TCW accuses Gundlach of secret plot to steal 'entire business'
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 25, 2012
TCW accuses Gundlach of secret plot to steal 'entire business'

TCW Group Inc.'s former investment chief Jeffrey Gundlach plotted with colleagues to steal the company's trade secrets before he was fired and started a rival money-management firm, a lawyer for TCW told a jury.

By Mark Bruno
Munch on this: 'The Scream' could fetch $80M
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2012
Munch on this: 'The Scream' could fetch $80M

Masterpiece to go on sale this May; three other versions all in museums

By Scott Reyburn
Romney's tax revelation draws plenty of fire
RIA NEWS JAN 24, 2012
Romney's tax revelation draws plenty of fire

Ex-govenor's 15% effective rate criticized by opponents; Gingrich paid twice that

By John Goff
Wirehouse market share thinning
WIREHOUSES JAN 23, 2012
Wirehouse market share thinning

Researcher says slice could dip to 35% by 2013, down from 50% in 2007; some self-pruning

By Andrew Osterland