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RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 12, 2010
Program helps women cope with 'life transitions'

An enormous number of women aren't getting the help they need to navigate major life changes

By Deborah Nason
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 12, 2010
AllianceBernstein CEO sees rebound ahead for troubled firm

Peter Kraus' efforts to pull AllianceBernstein LP out of the hole it fell into during the financial crisis have yet to steady anxious institutional investors, but the chief executive insists that the changes his team is putting in place are positioning the firm to turn the tide

By Douglas Appell
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 12, 2010
Mr. Rogers: Lovely days are long behind us

Jim Rogers has never been a shrinking violet when it comes to expressing his opinions, and he was true to form last week in an appearance at a Reuters investment conference in New York

By Andrew Osterland
JPMorgan sued for $6.4B over Madoff fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 11, 2010
JPMorgan sued for $6.4B over Madoff fraud

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bernard Madoff's “primary banker,” was sued for $6.4 billion by the trustee liquidating the imprisoned con man's former firm.

By Mark Bruno
Antilla: Why do investors trust advisers, but not Wall Street?
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 10, 2010
Antilla: Why do investors trust advisers, but not Wall Street?

Investors are still miffed with the securities industry for the havoc that resulted from the credit crisis. Financial advisers are somehow escaping that wrath.

By Susan Antilla
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2010
Morningstar VA data: A tale of two displays

After adviser notes differences between adviser and client reports, Morningstar Inc. may review the way it displays returns on variable annuity subaccounts.

By Darla Mercado
Ameriprise bails on outside sales of RiverSource
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2010
Ameriprise bails on outside sales of RiverSource

Limits sales of VA product to company's reps; Big Three getting bigger

By Mark Bruno
RIAS DEC 10, 2010
VA market share batttle pits Goliaths vs. Goliaths

Though the top three sellers of variable annuities extended their grip on the U.S. market through the first nine months of 2010, smaller-share players have become more aggressive in order to compete.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS DEC 09, 2010
The top 100 financial advisers? One firm dominates

Barron's annual ranking shows that Morgan Stanley may not be having that tough a time bringing Smith Barney into the fold

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 09, 2010
AIG 'shouldn't exist,' says former chairman

No strategic fit between insurer's two main units, Golub insists; sees carrier eventually being broken apart

By John Goff
Is Schwab booting custody clients that hire its brokers?
RIAS DEC 09, 2010
Is Schwab booting custody clients that hire its brokers?

The president of a broker-dealer says that Charles Schwab took some of his assets off a custody platform after he hired a former Schwab employee. An isolated event? An attorney claims he has handled several cases over the last year arising from similar moves by the discount broker.

By Dan Jamieson
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2010
Raymond James bolsters investment banking biz with buy

Raymond James Financial Inc. announced today that it is acquiring Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc., a Chicago-based investment bank.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2010
Cold-calling brokers unknowingly dialed securities regulators: Officials

According to officials in Missouri, brokers from two B-Ds unknowingly cold called state securities regulators at their offices, then tried to pitch them on 'can't-miss' investments. But wait, the story gets better.

By Bruce Kelly
SEC snubbed in short-term funding bill
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 09, 2010
SEC snubbed in short-term funding bill

The Securities and Exchange Commission will have to forge ahead with the dozens of studies and regulations called for in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law without any extra funding until at least early March.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
S&P 500 will top 1,400 next year: Loomis
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2010
S&P 500 will top 1,400 next year: Loomis

Doom-and-gloom analysts say high unemployment will hammer large-cap stocks next year. Richard Skaggs, chief equity strategist at Loomis Sayles, has a slightly different view.

By Jessica Toonkel
Franklin Templeton finally vindicated in market-timing case
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 09, 2010
Franklin Templeton finally vindicated in market-timing case

Judge rules in favor of only fund firm that refused to settle class action; 'last man standing'

By Jessica Toonkel
WIREHOUSES DEC 09, 2010
Morgan Stanley said to expect bonuses to drop as much as 30%

Morgan Stanley, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, has told some employees to expect investment banking bonuses to decline 10 percent to 30 percent, according to two people briefed on the matter.

By Mark Bruno
Riled-up Dems say estate tax plan 'a bridge too far'
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2010
Riled-up Dems say estate tax plan 'a bridge too far'

Democrats take dead aim at $5M exemption, low rate; .14% of estates would owe taxes under Obama's proposal

By John Goff
Baucus bids to block estate tax dodge
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2010
Baucus bids to block estate tax dodge

Influential lawmaker seeks to raise rate on gift tax; 'may disperse some people'

By Bloomberg
'Operation broken trust': Feds hit hundreds with $8.3B in fraud charges
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 09, 2010
'Operation broken trust': Feds hit hundreds with $8.3B in fraud charges

A nationwide law enforcement crackdown targeting financial fraud has led to cases against 343 criminal defendants involving $8.3 billion in estimated losses, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday.

By Associated Press