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INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2010
Citigroup profit surges

Citigroup Inc., the bank 12 percent- owned by U.S. taxpayers, said profit surged, beating analysts' estimates as the company reduced loan-loss reserves by $1.99 billion.

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2010
No end in sight to arbitration bonanza

Were three awards totaling $25.1M in past two months a coincidence? Some attorneys don't think so

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2010
GOP faces long odds in derailing reform

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2010
Tax policies up in the air before election

Investment advisers and their clients may want to wait before crafting financial strategies to address the tax relief and spending proposals outlined last week by President Barack Obama.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2010
Obama stumps for tax plan -- but tax planning could stump advisers

Investment advisers and their clients may want to wait before crafting financial strategies to address the tax-relief and spending proposals outlined today by President Barack Obama.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2010
Schapiro: SEC needs to hire 800 more workers

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said her agency is poised to take on the scores of directives mandated by the financial regulatory reform bill President Barack Obama will sign into law Wednesday.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Biggest loser in May 6 plunge? ETFs
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2010
Biggest loser in May 6 plunge? ETFs

A government report revealed that exchange-traded funds got hit worse than any group of securities in the market plunge of May 6. How bad was it? Close to 160 ETFs temporarily lost all their value. Now, regulators are looking at ways to safeguard these 'new derivatives.'

By Bloomberg
Incite: Hey Lloyd, you should have explained why Goldman's clients buy 'crap'
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2010
Incite: Hey Lloyd, you should have explained why Goldman's clients buy 'crap'

What Lloyd Blankfein failed to tell Sen. Levin: Investors place bets on risky securities all the time. Why do they do this? Read the headline again.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2010
AllianceBernstein goes outside for new finance chief

Hiring marks one of the first since Peter Kraus replaced Lewis A. Sanders as CEO in December 2008

By Hilary Johnson
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2010
John Bogle on fiduciary standard: 'No man can have two masters'

Host of marquee names back call for applying fiduciary standard to all advisers

By Bloomberg
Federated boss worried about Dodd-Frank 'stray bullets'
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 17, 2010
Federated boss worried about Dodd-Frank 'stray bullets'

Ask J. Christopher Donahue what his biggest business fear is these days, and the Federated Investors Inc. president and chief executive talks about regulatory uncertainty and 'stray bullets.'

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 17, 2010
States gird for expansion in regulation

State regulators are bracing for an onslaught of investment advisers who will have to register with them for the first time next year

By Jessica Toonkel
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 17, 2010
JPMorgan adds 300 advisers, posts strong earnings

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted strong earnings in third quarter, and it also had a successful quarter — and year — recruiting financial advisers

By Staff Report
FIXED INCOME OCT 17, 2010
Framework for appropriate disclosure on munis is needed

The following are remarks delivered by Securities and Exchange Commission member Elisse B. Walter on Sept. 21 in San Francisco at the SEC's inaugural hearing on the state of the municipal-securities market

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 17, 2010
Ex-Ameriprise manager: I got fired for flagging violations

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 17, 2010
Advisers find niche deep in the Corn belt

At first glance, financial advisers seem to be about as suited for farm life as Lisa Douglas, the overdressed socialite who was dragged from her Manhattan penthouse to a farm in the hit TV show “Green Acres.”

By Lisa Shidler
Ramped-up IRA withdrawals this year could cut retirees' taxes next year
RIAS OCT 15, 2010
Ramped-up IRA withdrawals this year could cut retirees' taxes next year

Looming hike marginal tax rates makes 2010 a good time to take bigger distributions, say advisers

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
TD bulks up services for retirement plans

TD Ameritrade Institutional on Tuesday rolled out what the firm says is an expanded set of services to help its advisers offer unbundled retirement plan solutions.

By Dan Jamieson
Greenspan on U.S. deficit: 'Scary'
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Greenspan on U.S. deficit: 'Scary'

Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, says Uncle Sam's massive deficit is 'scary.' He offers some tough solutions.

By John Goff
Bill Gross: The path to prosperity is through production
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2010
Bill Gross: The path to prosperity is through production

Bill Gross, the Pimco co-CIO, says that the "best route to prosperity is the good old-fashioned route": investing in production.

By Bill Gross