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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2010
Advisers plunge into providing health care

Whether it's helping downsized clients, assisting retirees whose benefits are being chiseled away or advising small-business owners on health care options for their companies, a growing number of financial advisers find themselves navigating the murky waters of health care insurance.

By Lisa Shidler
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 11, 2010
Clearing firms used by the top independent broker-dealers

By MFXFeeder
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 11, 2010
Madoff lite? Petters trial commences this week

Until the Bernard Madoff scandal broke, it was a Minnesota businessman who stood accused of orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme authorities could ever recall.

By Associated Press
Charles Schwab beats the Street
RIAS OCT 10, 2010
Charles Schwab beats the Street

Charles Schwab Corp., the largest independent brokerage by client assets, reported third-quarter profit that beat the average analyst estimate as sales from earned interest offset a decline in trading revenue.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2010
Single-family offices could get a pass on regulation, SEC says

The commission proposes to reverse Dodd-Frank proviso and reinstate the exemption shielding smaller operations from the agency's oversight

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 10, 2010
Funded sports a hit with kids

As a child, William Sparks spent a lot of time alone at home while his single mother worked two jobs to make ends meet

By Lisa Shidler
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 10, 2010
Those irrational French are a lot like us Americans

It's so much fun to pick on the French

By Evan Cooper
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 10, 2010
Winners honored in NYC

Adopting a homeless teenager may seem like a huge commitment, but Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the inspiration for the best-selling book and motion picture “The Blind Side,” said they get too much credit

By Lisa Shidler
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 10, 2010
Gundlach is bouncing back

Jeffrey Gundlach hasn't lost his investment magic — or his famous ego — while running DoubleLine Capital LP, the money manager he formed after his highly publicized firing from TCW Group last December

By Randy Diamond
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 10, 2010
TARP bill likely to be fraction of initial forecast

Bailed-out banks, insurers and automakers are a sore spot for millions hurt by the financial crisis

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 10, 2010
J.R. Ewing hits a gusher: $11.5M arbitration award

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2010
Income: The Great political - and possibly, Geographic -- Divide

Without a doubt, the answer to the question “What makes a person rich” marks a political divide in this country – a divide that is widening by the second as the mid-term elections fast approach.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 10, 2010

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 10, 2010
State securities cops target structured products, gold scams

Broker-dealers' sales of structured products, including private-placement notes and reverse convertibles, remain a top concern of state securities regulators, according to Joseph Borg, director of the Alabama Securities Commission.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Artificial insemination a real headache for estate planners

In-vitro fertilization spawns confusion among wealth managers, trust attorneys; 'wide-open field'

By Bloomberg
RIAS OCT 08, 2010
The inside scoop from FPA Denver 2010 — what do you want to know?

<i>InvestmentNews</i> is off to Denver for the FPA's annual conference

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Stick with stocks, says one of world's oldest investors

When it comes to investment strategies, 94-year-old Edward Zajac takes the long view. And it's paid off handsomely.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 08, 2010
Economist who called recession's end sees recovery

By Bloomberg
Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, says economist Young
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, says economist Young

The longer Congress drags out setting an estate tax rate and exemption level, the less likely it is to impose a retroactive tax for 2010, according to an economist with a leading agricultural organization.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ETFS OCT 08, 2010
ETF providers want to curb market orders

ETF providers are lobbying for tighter restrictions on market orders as regulators consider additional rules to avert another &#8220;flash crash.&#8221;

By Jessica Toonkel