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N.Y. Life to release longevity annuity product
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 10, 2011
N.Y. Life to release longevity annuity product

Worried about outlasting your savings? Worry no more; N.Y. Life has you covered

By Darla Mercado
UBS to shell out $10.75M to settle Lehman-related row
FIXED INCOME APR 10, 2011
UBS to shell out $10.75M to settle Lehman-related row

UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay $10.75 million in fines and restitution to settle Finra allegations that its advisers misled clients about the “principal protection” feature of a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bond product sold a few months before that firm filed for bankruptcy.

By Liz Skinner
RIAS APR 10, 2011
Dynasty hires Schwab alum to aid RIAs

Dynasty Financial Partners LLC has hired Loren Morris as director of RIA services

By Dan Jamieson
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2011
The real deal

Financial advisers are investing their clients in real estate in a variety of ways. This<i>InvestmentNews</i> special report shines a light on some of the strategies, trip-ups and traps for investing in the asset class.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 10, 2011
$52M CEO fails to stop rot at AllianceBernstein

Peter Kraus has worked for more than two years to stem client defections from investment manager AllianceBernstein LP

By Bloomberg
RIAS APR 10, 2011
It's time to remind clients to vote their proxies

The peak of the corporate proxy season is at hand, and advisers should remind their stock-owning clients to vote their proxies

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2011
Wells Fargo to pay $11.2M in case of alleged overpricing

Home loan giant Wells Fargo &amp; Co. has agreed to pay $11.2 million to settle federal securities charges involving mortgage-based investments that Wachovia Capital Markets LLC sold to the Zuni American Indian tribe and other investors

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2011
Cracking whip on Reg D sales

The fines imposed last week by Finra on broker-dealers and executives involved in the sale of failed private placements are likely the first of many to emerge from regulators' crackdown on the sale of the securities

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2011
Concern, optimism felt by bankers over loans

Bank risk managers appear to be a bit more optimistic about the economy than they were 10 months ago, but most still expect mortgage and home equity loan delinquencies to stay the same or rise in the near term, according to a recent survey

By Lavonne Kuykendall
SEC budget woes on full display at conference
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 08, 2011
SEC budget woes on full display at conference

Officials forced to go virtual rather than show up in person; plenty of glitches

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS APR 07, 2011
Jefferies pays $2M to resolve Finra claims over brokers' disclosures

Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF) agreed to pay about $2 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that three employees failed to disclose conflicts of interest while selling auction-rate securities.

By Bloomberg
Next big move for S&P 500 is down, Sierra's Wright says
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 07, 2011
Next big move for S&P 500 is down, Sierra's Wright says

Fund manager believes 15% plunge may be coming; a recession, to boot

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2011
Ex-Sentinel Securities rep defrauded 9/11 widow: SEC

Regulator said James J. Konaxis churned victim's accounts, earning about $550K in commissions. l

By Lavonne Kuykendall
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2011
National Lampoon goes to jail? SEC, Justice Dept. file charges

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Top tax rate would go sky-high under new proposal
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 07, 2011
Top tax rate would go sky-high under new proposal

Rep. Schakowsky want big increase in marginal rates for millionaires, billionaires

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 07, 2011
Ameriprise sets aside $40M for private placement claims

Amount equals about 10% of total client losses on Reg D notes later deemed fraudulent by the SEC

By Bruce Kelly
Finra goes after yet another B-D in private-placement crackdown
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2011
Finra goes after yet another B-D in private-placement crackdown

National Securities receives notice of imminent enforcement action; scrutiny likely stems from sale of Provident Royalties notes

By Bruce Kelly
Fidelity snags LPL exec to run family office program
RIAS APR 06, 2011
Fidelity snags LPL exec to run family office program

Norton to run UHNW program for RIAs

By John Goff
Thiel selection may calm Merrill's thundering herd
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 06, 2011
Thiel selection may calm Merrill's thundering herd

Choice of veteran from within firm -- rather than from parent BofA -- could mollify some brokers; 'safe pick' .

By Andrew Osterland
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 06, 2011
One more PE firm gets into broker-dealer biz

Drexel renunion as Leon Black's Apollo's buys into Morgan Joseph TriArtisan; fees the key

By John Goff