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Financial planner involved in NBA players' union probe: Report
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 29, 2013
Financial planner involved in NBA players' union probe: Report

Union paid $4.8M to members of union chief's family for financial planning, legal services

By Doug Cubberley
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 29, 2013
Advisers help NBA players stay in the money game

When the National Basketball Association draft is held Thursday, it will turn several men, some still teens, into millionaires.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 28, 2013
Live! OneVoice2013: Fiduciary rule tops FSI's 2013 priority list

Regulatory reform and protecting independent contractor reps also big.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS JAN 28, 2013
Family office manages Joseph Goebbel's vast family wealth

Step-grandchildren said to be worth a staggering $6B; 'have to live with the name'

By John Goff
EQUITIES JAN 28, 2013
Bulls running wild — so when's the correction?

Fund managers the most optimistic in two years, survey finds; vulnerability on the rise, too

By JKEPHART
Finra seeks to tighten arbitrator rule
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 28, 2013
Finra seeks to tighten arbitrator rule

Finra wants to tighten up its arbitration procedure. For starters, the self-regulator aims to bar hedgies and mutal fund executives from panels.

By DJAMIESON
Employers hungry for returns when updating 401(k) menus
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2013
Employers hungry for returns when updating 401(k) menus

Good news – plan sponsors see big bounce in performance after adding new funds; bad news – it doesn't last.

By Darla Mercado
Urge to merge: Two RIAs plan to combine
RIAS JAN 28, 2013
Urge to merge: Two RIAs plan to combine

Argent Financial, Highland Capital will have combined $4.3 billion in assets.

By AOSTERLAND
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?
FIXED INCOME JAN 28, 2013
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?

Politics trumps logic, basic math in Capitol Hill cat fight

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 28, 2013
Broker a part of 'phone tree of inside information,' SEC charges

Allegedly tipped girlfriend, business partner about M&A deals

By Liz Skinner
Brokerage owner defrauded fellow Poles: Finra
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 28, 2013
Brokerage owner defrauded fellow Poles: Finra

More than $4 million wired out of three clients' accounts, regulator says.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2013
Japan's Catch-22 could snag U.S. investors

Asset buying to boost economy likely to hit yen, denting equity returns

By JKEPHART
OPINION JAN 27, 2013
On retirement policy, don't mess with success

To start scrapping savings incentives would undermine the foundation of our retirement system, risking wider damage

By Paul Schott Stevens
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
Cole gets big payoff in nontraded-REIT deal

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION JAN 27, 2013
Congress, Obama must learn to compromise

Congress and the president have time before they need to come to grips with the budget deficit, but they would be wise not to squander it on partisan bickering.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
Social Security goes fully paperless

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH JAN 27, 2013
Data management helps brokers deliver better service

By Bill Kenealy
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 27, 2013
NAIC head to work D.C. ties

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 27, 2013
SEC pick signals change of pace

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
MetLife's math tweaks VA sales

By Darla Mercado