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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 21, 2011
Pay up: The SEC's greatest hit$ since the financial crisis

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 21, 2011
Occupy in the sky

Surprisingly, an exclusive <i>InvestmentNews</i> poll shows that nearly 40 percent of advisers support the Occupy Wall Street movement. But an even larger percentage say nothing will come of the protests. | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111013&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=101309997&amp;Ref=PH>Which investment industry bigshots back OWS -- and which don't</a>

By John Goff
Senate confirms SEC nominees
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2011
Senate confirms SEC nominees

The Senate confirmed two nominees to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, bringing the agency back to full power.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Legg Mason's Bowden named to head SEC exam program
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 21, 2011
Legg Mason's Bowden named to head SEC exam program

Legg Mason's Andrew J. Bowden will join the SEC as an associate director to lead the National Investment Adviser/Investment Company Examination Program.

By Doug Cubberley
Advisers should gird for higher compliance costs: RJ's Helck
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2011
Advisers should gird for higher compliance costs: RJ's Helck

Investment advisers should get set for higher compliance costs &#8212; as well as a self-regulatory organization, said Chet Helck, chief operating officer for Raymond James Financial Inc.

By Dan Jamieson
IRS warns weaker enforcement, slow service would follow cuts
RIAS OCT 21, 2011
IRS warns weaker enforcement, slow service would follow cuts

IRS warns of &#8220;noticeable degradation&#8221; of taxpayer services and enforcement if Congress follows through on a plan to cut about $500 million from the agency's budget for fiscal 2012.

By Doug Cubberley
RIAS OCT 21, 2011
State securities cops find more compliance violations

In their biennial tracking of the compliance violations of small investment advisers, state regulators have found a slight uptick in deficiencies per adviser, with about 45% of advisers found to have at least one books-and-records violation

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 21, 2011
Commodities slide feared as replay of financial crisis

Concerns over a global economic slowdown &#8212; especially in emerging markets &#8212; have hammered commodities, resurrecting frightful memories of their meltdown during the financial crisis

By Dan Jamieson
Court KOs Finra's fine-collecting
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 21, 2011
Court KOs Finra's fine-collecting

A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has no right to collect fines through court judgments

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 21, 2011
Due-diligence woes bite Capital Financial again

Broker-dealer agrees to pay $200K to settle Finra allegations it sold unsuitable private placements; SEC charges still pending

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2011
Phyllis Borzi discusses being a plan fiduciary

The following is an edited version of testimony given July 26 by Phyllis C. Borzi, assistant secretary of labor in charge of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, before the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions

By MFXFeeder
RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Five secrets of the best wholesalers

The top fund hawkers generally take the same approach to winning over advisers

By Evan Cooper
IRS dropped the ball on $3.2B in 'erroneous' tax credits: Treasury
RIAS OCT 20, 2011
IRS dropped the ball on $3.2B in 'erroneous' tax credits: Treasury

A U.S. Treasury Department watchdog said 2.1 million taxpayers may have received &#8220;erroneous&#8221; education-related tax credits totaling about $3.2 billion.

By Doug Cubberley
RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Tom Bradley: The evolution of the financial advisory model

TD Ameritrade's Tom Bradley discusses the recent rapid and major changes that are now shaping the advisory industry landscape. INTV reports from the Market Counsel 2011 Summit.

By Mark Bruno
Hatch urges Obama to drop plan to cap charitable deductions
RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Hatch urges Obama to drop plan to cap charitable deductions

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is urging the Obama administration to back away from a proposal to cap itemized deductions at 28%.

By Doug Cubberley
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley
RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley

Equity market volatility is creating opportunities for investment advisers to expand their businesses, according to Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2011
LPL aims to boost profit through Uvest integration

LPL Investment Holdings Inc. expects to save up to $12 million next year by moving brokers in its subsidiary Uvest Financial Services Group Inc. to LPL's proprietary clearing platform

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 20, 2011
LPL has plans to add 400 advisers a year

LPL Investment Holdings Inc., already the largest independent broker-dealer in the industry, wants to add 400 registered reps and investment advisers each year, chief executive Mark Casady said last week

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Investors and their advisers see two different worlds out there

By Lavonne Kuykendall
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
The last dance

Boogie Investment Group is the latest in a long line of small indie B-Ds that have gone out of business after selling Provident private placements | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111018&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=101809999&amp;Ref=PH>Top reasons employees leave advisory firms</a>

By John Goff