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Court orders Wells Fargo to pay up in failed raiding claim
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 09, 2011
Court orders Wells Fargo to pay up in failed raiding claim

A California appeals court has ordered Wells Fargo Advisors LLC to pay $915,000 in legal fees to Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc. and a Stifel broker.

By Dan Jamieson
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2011
2011 Community Leadership Awards: A night of inspiration

Jeff Henderson was a bright youngster who grew up in the inner cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. By the time he was 19, he had parlayed his natural business talents into a $35,000-a-week drug-selling operation.

By Mark Bruno
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 09, 2011
Advisers, analysts are still big on Apple after Steve Jobs' death

The death of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs isn't being viewed by the financial markets as a turning point for the company, according to financial advisers and market watchers

By Jeff Benjamin
FINTECH OCT 09, 2011
Cetera brings in money managers to advise reps

Cetera Financial Group Inc. is launching a mutual fund/ETF advisory program that will give financial advisers in the firm's three broker-dealers access to institutional services and advice from three major money managers

By Andrew Osterland
So long, Sallie
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 09, 2011
So long, Sallie

Former Bank of America wealth management chief Sallie L. Krawcheck quietly stepped down from her Finra board seat sometime in the past week or so, according to published reports

By Doug Cubberley
Sterne Agee agrees to buy another B-D
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 09, 2011
Sterne Agee agrees to buy another B-D

Plans to acquire Richmond-based Anderson & Strudwick; bid to buy SWS rejected in March

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2011
Economist says if double-dip hit, it has come and gone

If there were any chance of a double-dip recession in the U.S., it has already happened and is over now, according to Marci Rossell, the former chief economist for CNBC.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 07, 2011
Another fine mess

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Finra has no legal right to go to court to collect fines levied on B-Ds or reps. Okay, now what? | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110915&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=915009999&amp;Ref=PH>States with the highest taxes</a>

By Doug Cubberley
SEC claims author used $26M Ponzi scheme to repay prior fraud victims
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2011
SEC claims author used $26M Ponzi scheme to repay prior fraud victims

A New York man who wrote a self-help book after pleading guilty to fraud more than a decade ago stands accused of running a $26 million Ponzi scheme to pay back victims of his earlier fraud.

By Doug Cubberley
Advisers should expect a bleak year: Bove
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 07, 2011
Advisers should expect a bleak year: Bove

Richard Bove, a banking analyst with Rochedale Securities LLC, is expecting a bleak year for investment banks and brokerages, and suggests that financial advisers can expect less support from their parent firms and will see fewer opportunities to sign lucrative deals with competitors.

By Andrew Osterland
Investment manager who allegedly promised 180% returns charged with scam
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 07, 2011
Investment manager who allegedly promised 180% returns charged with scam

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today slapped a Miami man with fraud charges and other allegations, claiming that he ran a phony $3 million commodity pool.

By Darla Mercado
Ex-Edward Jones brokers under FBI scrutiny over alleged Ponzi scheme
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 07, 2011
Ex-Edward Jones brokers under FBI scrutiny over alleged Ponzi scheme

The FBI is investigating two former Edward Jones brokers based in South Dakota for their role in a &#8220;selling-away&#8221; case that involved raising money from clients who invested in an alleged Ponzi scheme.

By Bruce Kelly
Bank of America to slash 30,000 jobs to cut costs
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 07, 2011
Bank of America to slash 30,000 jobs to cut costs

Bank of America's 'New BAC' plan, which saw wealth management head Sallie Krawcheck ousted last week, will also include the elimination of some 30,000 jobs over the next few years in an effort to save about $5 billion in annual costs by the end of 2013.

By Doug Cubberley
WIREHOUSES OCT 07, 2011
Brokers await BofA's next move on wealth management

Bank of America Merrill Lynch brokers might want to pray a little longer and a lot harder after last week's sacking of Sallie Krawcheck, who headed BofA's wealth management division

By Andrew Osterland
Fixed and indexed annuity sales crept upward during 2Q
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 07, 2011
Fixed and indexed annuity sales crept upward during 2Q

Sales of indexed annuities surged to $8.4 billion, growing 18% from the first quarter. Meanwhile, income annuities climbed 30% to $2.3 billion during the same period.

By Darla Mercado
Advisers guide parents to blend college-funding vehicles
RIAS OCT 07, 2011
Advisers guide parents to blend college-funding vehicles

Financial advisers are recommending a mix of tools to fund college tuition, the most popular of which are Section 529 college savings plans and trust accounts, according to a new survey.

By Liz Skinner
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 07, 2011
Agent in church insurance flap: Parishioners were told to lie to Aviva

Aviva Life &amp; Annuity Co. this month amended its lawsuit against six insurance agents in an alleged charity-owned life insurance scheme, claiming that the parishioners of a Los Angeles church were coached to lie to the insurer about the source of premiums for their coverage

By Darla Mercado
BROKER DEALERS OCT 07, 2011
Ladenburg dangles bonuses before reps

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., the prospective owner of Securities America Inc., is offering bonuses to keep the firm's brokers on board and probably won't see an exodus, given the volatility of the stock market

By Andrew Osterland
You can take it with you: Death-tax break extends beyond the grave
RIAS OCT 07, 2011
You can take it with you: Death-tax break extends beyond the grave

Provision allows deceased to pass on exemption to spouse; expires in 2013

By John Goff
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 07, 2011
MetLife says 30 jurisdictions are auditing unpaid benefits

State regulators are intensifying a probe into unpaid benefits after Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said in May that insurers may be keeping at least $1 billion in unclaimed funds.

By Doug Cubberley