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EMERGING MARKETS FEB 27, 2012
U.S. value buyers find gold in Europe's battered equities

By Dan Jamieson
Merrill bias suit gains class action status
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
Merrill bias suit gains class action status

Suit filed by broker in 2005 lives after appeals court reversal

By Andrew Osterland
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
Smooth sailing now, but still plenty of head winds for U.S. economy: Morningstar

Expiring tax cuts, divided Congress and a hard landing in China among the chief worries

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 27, 2012
Obama to the rich: Time to ante up

By Liz Skinner
ALTERNATIVES FEB 27, 2012
Former LPL rep sold TICs with "tricks,' lawyer says

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
Markets hang in, despite Greek woes

By Jeff Benjamin
Commodities are now mainstream: Survey
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
Commodities are now mainstream: Survey

With a a third of broker reps and indie advisers allocating to precious metals, commodities are now mainstream

By Jeff Benjamin
Investors paying through the nose for Pimco closed-end funds
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
Investors paying through the nose for Pimco closed-end funds

Debt funds trading at steep premium; 11.5% hard to pass up

By John Goff
With mild weather this year, it's been all downhill for ex-Merrill brokerage exec
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
With mild weather this year, it's been all downhill for ex-Merrill brokerage exec

Business at Win Smith's Vermont ski resort off 15%; 'very much like my old world'

By John Goff
Obama's budget thwacks the rich
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 27, 2012
Obama's budget thwacks the rich

Proposed 2013 budget would gut dividend tax break, impose Buffett rule, raise top marginal rate to nearly 40%

By Liz Skinner
Treasury's lifetime-income proposals lean heavy on education
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2012
Treasury's lifetime-income proposals lean heavy on education

Observers find proposals to be well intended, but say workers have a lot to learn on annuities

By Bloomberg
Labor Department unveils kinder, gentler fee disclosure regs
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 27, 2012
Labor Department unveils kinder, gentler fee disclosure regs

Newly released final rule for disclosure to plan sponsors to kick in this July; controversial proposals dumped

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS FEB 27, 2012
Broker-dealer's parent gets its stock out of hock from a pawn shop

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 27, 2012
Jeffrey Saut: Why it's a mistake to be too bearish

The turtle makes no progress until it sticks its neck out; I have been sticking my neck out since Thanksgiving, believing the Santa rally was beginning.

By Jeffrey D. Saut
MedCap co-founder faces tax evasion charges
RIAS FEB 27, 2012
MedCap co-founder faces tax evasion charges

One of the founders of Medical Capital Holdings Inc., the issuer of tainted private placements that have devastated dozens of broker-dealers, faces five counts of failing to file a federal income tax return.

By Bruce Kelly
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney shuns risk as Europe recession looms
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 26, 2012
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney shuns risk as Europe recession looms

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's wealth-management arm is shunning risk despite rallying stocks and junk bonds

By Doug Cubberley
RIAS FEB 26, 2012
Fee-based advisers are warming up to VAs

Slowly but surely, fee-based and fee-only advisers are beginning to warm up to variable annuities.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2012
Pensco pulls off 'game changer' of an acquisition

By Dan Jamieson
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2012
Practice management should be continuing-education requirement

By Timothy D. Welsh
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2012
Neither a borrower nor a lender be

By MFXFeeder