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Is TCW on the block?
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 09, 2012
Is TCW on the block?

One option for TCW may be a management-led buyout as Societe Generale faces European debt crisis.

By Doug Cubberley
E-Trade snags Citi exec Freiberg as new CEO
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 09, 2012
E-Trade snags Citi exec Freiberg as new CEO

E-Trade Financial Corp. has tapped former Citigroup Inc. executive Steven Freiberg as its new CEO, starting next month.

By Associated Press
RIAS AUG 08, 2012
IEP lands anchor tenant

RMR Wealth Builders signs on to fledgling hybrid platform; 'modern day co-op'

By DJAMIESON
OPINION AUG 08, 2012
The Interactive Adviser: Expanding your firm online

More and more advisers are posting, tagging and tweeting their way to business growth

By John Anderson
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 08, 2012
Knight rescued after $400M cash infusion from clients: Sources

Sources say the embattled market maker received a $400 million cash infusion from clients, including a trading firm backed by TD Ameritrade and Stifel

By John Goff
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients short on understanding of longevity risk
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients short on understanding of longevity risk

Average life expectancy merely an average, not a timetable

By Mary Beth Franklin
Older clients' young children a Social Security windfall
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2012
Older clients' young children a Social Security windfall

Parents can trigger benefits for kids, delay collecting their own

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIAS AUG 07, 2012
Athletes make tough clients

'Like having kids' and keeping them out of trouble.

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 07, 2012
Why the worst days may be over for U.S. Economy

By Mark Luschini
E.F. Hutton reaches into alumni ranks for director
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2012
E.F. Hutton reaches into alumni ranks for director

E.F. Hutton Group, the long-dormant brokerage firm that recently announced its relaunch, announced today that Jamie Price has joined its board of directors

By Frederick P. Gabriel Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 07, 2012
When the new E.F. Hutton talks, will people listen?

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 06, 2012
Bachus reopens SRO debate, snipes at advisers

Two weeks ago, Rep. Spencer Bachus said his SRO bill was on indefinite hold. But after his strident Op-Ed piece in Monday's WSJ, the issue is again front and center.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 06, 2012
ETFs: Love 'em or leave 'em?

By Jeffrey Bronchick
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan

Understimate healthcare costs for clients and watch things unravel

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION AUG 05, 2012
Worst Olympic financial flops? InvestmentNews names names

By John Goff
OPINION AUG 05, 2012
Don't buy it

Reimplementing Glass-Steagall won't change Wall Street's single-minded pursuit of the almighty dollar.

By John Goff
WIREHOUSES AUG 05, 2012
Huh? Sandy Weill says break up big banks

Man who helped get Glass-Steagall overturned now says banks should just be banks

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2012
Rapper shares secrets of saving scratch

Houston hip hop star Slim Thug has written a book offering up financial advice about making it through the recession.

By Liz Skinner
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 03, 2012
Veteran regulator Robert Plaze to retire from SEC

A veteran regulator who has been instrumental on issues involving the investment advisory sector is leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2012
Ex-head of big Mich. indie B-D starts investment firm D.B. French

The newly formed investment firm D.B. French & Co. LLC said Friday that it has formed an affiliation to provide broker services through L.M. Kohn & Co.

By By Tom Henderson