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Labor Dept. to delay plan fee disclosure rules
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2011
Labor Dept. to delay plan fee disclosure rules

Labor Department proposal would push back the effective date for retirement plan service providers to begin disclosing fees to Jan. 1, 2012

By Bloomberg
So what's Kotlikoff's Purple Tax Plan — and will it actually work?
OPINION AUG 30, 2011
So what's Kotlikoff's Purple Tax Plan — and will it actually work?

Proposed reform mixes in wins for both blues (Democrats) and reds (Republicans); accountants, advisers may boo, however

By Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Wealthy turn to auctions as mansions go unsold for years
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 30, 2011
Wealthy turn to auctions as mansions go unsold for years

Owners seek a quick sale -- and pray a bidding war breaks out; $65M house, $22M minimum bid

By John Goff
Schwab apologizes to RIA clients for marketing letter gaffe
RIA NEWS AUG 30, 2011
Schwab apologizes to RIA clients for marketing letter gaffe

The head of Schwab Advisor Services apologized yesterday to the firm's RIA clients for sending a marketing piece sent Aug. 9 to advisers' clients who sponsor Schwab-run retirement plans.

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 30, 2011
Mounting regulations means mounting payrolls at advisory companies

A new survey shows investment management firms are spending-much needed capital on beefing up compliance departments -- rather than projects that boost the top line.

By Bloomberg
East Coast advisers confronted with post-Irene power, commuting challenges
FINTECH AUG 29, 2011
East Coast advisers confronted with post-Irene power, commuting challenges

Financial advisers up and down the East Coast dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene today as many struggled with communication, commuting or power — and in some cases, all of the above.

By Darla Mercado
Advisers on the Move: UBS grabs $6M producers from Morgan Stanley
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 29, 2011
Advisers on the Move: UBS grabs $6M producers from Morgan Stanley

Frederick Schultz, Lloyd Seested, David Andreadis, Richard Haskin, Eric Teichberg, and Karen Ben-Shlaush are joining the firm's private wealth group in Washington D.C.

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 28, 2011
Landscape is changing for broker-dealers

By MFXFeeder
WIREHOUSES AUG 28, 2011
Brokers may find cutting the wire their best move

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 26, 2011
Pre-retirees are concerned but they aren't panicking

By Lavonne Kuykendall
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 25, 2011
Mounting regs means more costs at money managers

Asset management companies say that greater regulatory burdens are inhibiting growth, although the heightened oversight also may be contributing to a boost in hiring, according to a survey released last week

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Pennsylvania man admits to role in $18M Ponzi scheme
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 25, 2011
Pennsylvania man admits to role in $18M Ponzi scheme

Robert Stinson Jr., 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in Philadelphia to 26 charges, including wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and bank fraud.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2011
New list: The largest managers of HNW assets

Money managers ranked by assets from clients with more than $100M.

By Mark Bruno
Who might pay higher taxes as a result of the debt deal?
RIA NEWS AUG 24, 2011
Who might pay higher taxes as a result of the debt deal?

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 23, 2011
Big shift as consumer group gets behind SRO for advisers

Frustrated by ongoing funding challenges at the Securities and Exchange Commission, a consumer group has eased its opposition toward establishing a self-regulatory organization for investment adviser oversight.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2011
An SRO for advisers that could give Finra 'a run for its money'

Washington and New York will be joined by Oxford, Miss., as centers of the investment adviser universe if a group of students from the University of Mississippi law school succeeds in establishing a self-regulatory organization for advisers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Coming this fall: Single fiduciary rule, says Schapiro
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 22, 2011
Coming this fall: Single fiduciary rule, says Schapiro

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said that the agency will issue an initial rule this fall imposing a universal fiduciary duty for anyone providing retail investment advice.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS AUG 22, 2011
Lightyear looking to raise $1.1B through UBS

A year after pulling off the high-profile acquisition of a leading network of independent broker-dealers, Lightyear Capital LLC, which is controlled by former PaineWebber chief executive and chairman Donald Marron, is back in the market looking to raise more than $1 billion from investors.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS AUG 21, 2011
Mass affluent are waiting for your text: Fidelity

Financial advisers are bumping into one another trying to win new accounts among affluent investors, but they can add some profitable business from less obvious market segments — one of which is investors who have never had a financial adviser.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
FINTECH AUG 21, 2011
Special report: The technology products advisers use most

The results of an exclusive <i>InvestmentNews</i> survey of roughly 1,000 advisers on the software and technology they use most often.

By Mark Bruno