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RIAS SEP 22, 2010
Brokerages with the most CFPs

See a breakdown of the largest brokerage firms -- and the percentage of CFPs in the total adviser force.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 22, 2010
The knock on group LTC plans

Long-term care insurance is considered a valuable benefit by employees, but advisers seldom share their enthusiasm.

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 22, 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney: A Tale of Two "Lifers"

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 22, 2010
LTC insurance a hard sell to boomers

For Tori Fontenot, the clarion call to consider long-term-care insurance for herself and her husband came as she tried to coordinate care for her elderly mother.

By Darla Mercado
INcite: Congress should tell the SEC to 'go fund itself'
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 22, 2010
INcite: Congress should tell the SEC to 'go fund itself'

Self-funding would give the regulator a fighting chance of keeping up with the growing number of investment advisers

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 22, 2010
Allen Stanford slipped through SEC's suspicions for eight years: Report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't conduct a meaningful probe of indicted money manager R. Allen Stanford until 2005 even though examiners suspected him of operating a Ponzi scheme eight years earlier, an internal report found.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 21, 2010
Law targets insurance agents barred by other regulators

Florida measure empowers state to revoke licenses of brokers who have run afoul of various agencies

By Bloomberg
Conservative streak helped Canada skirt financial crisis: TD's Tomczyk
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 21, 2010
Conservative streak helped Canada skirt financial crisis: TD's Tomczyk

How did Canada avoid the worst of the banking crisis? "Generally speaking, Canadians are more conservative," Fred Tomczyk, president and chief executive of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., said in an interview Monday.

By Dan Jamieson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 21, 2010
A renewed confidence

Investment advisers' confidence in the financial health of the insurance industry &#8212; though still underwhelming &#8212; is on the rebound, according to the <i>InvestmentNews </i>2010 Insurance Product Survey.

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 21, 2010
Return of the Great Recession? More like a soft patch, says Bob Doll

The economic recovery will continue; we do not believe that the economy will endure a double-dip recession. Growth levels should remain positive for the time being, although the pace of growth will be slower than that typically associated with recoveries.

By Bob Doll
FINTECH SEP 21, 2010
TD Ameritrade adds brokers at record clip

TD Ameritrade Institutional attracted more breakaway brokers in the last nine months than it did in all of its 2009 fiscal year, company executives said last week.

By Dan Jamieson And Jed Horowitz
TD Ameritrade to spend $30M on tech in 2011
FINTECH SEP 21, 2010
TD Ameritrade to spend $30M on tech in 2011

Despite expectations that interest rates will remain near zero for another year, the interest-sensitive TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. plans to invest $30 million in technology and &#8220;client-facing&#8221; activities in fiscal 2011.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 21, 2010
Dodd bill calls for study — but not regulation — of financial planners

Among other things, GAO charged with examining professional standards that currently govern planners and advisers

By Jed Horowitz
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 21, 2010
Financial-reform bill: Good, Bad and Ugly

The Senate financial-reform bill introduced by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., tackled a lot of difficult issues, made some tough decisions and punted on a relatively easy one &#8212; requiring financial professionals who give investment advice to accept fiduciary responsibility.

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 21, 2010
Dreman Value Management cuts 20% of staff

David Dreman, an iconoclastic value fund manager, has eliminated a significant portion of his staff at his investment management firm as it looks to reduce costs, an executive confirmed today.

By Mark Bruno
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 20, 2010
Stocks set to extend rally ahead of Fed meeting

Stocks were set to extend their September rally into a fourth week Monday as traders eye the Federal Reserve's meeting later in the week.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 20, 2010
Five Midwest branches sold by RBC wealth unit will stay on as clearing clients

Brokerage firm Wunderlich Securities Inc. plans to buy five RBC (U.S.) Wealth Management offices in Michigan and Ohio with 21 retail brokers and about $700 million in client assets under administration, the firms said.

By Jed Horowitz
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 20, 2010
Ponzi schemer gets max sentence for $77M fraud

Tearful, angry victims of a $77 million Ponzi scheme that targeted hundreds of often working-class Italian-Americans crowded into a Chicago courtroom Thursday to tell their stories before a judge handed the convicted swindler a maximum 23-year prison term.

By Associated Press
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 20, 2010
Unprecedented number of stock bears as VIX futures recall rally

Concern that stocks will plunge has never been higher in global options markets, and that may mean it's time to buy.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 20, 2010
Executives from tainted B-Ds find the past isn't a problem

Last month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. shut down APS Financial Corp. for overcharging clients $1.3 million for bond trades in 2005 and 2006.

By Bruce Kelly