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INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 02, 2010
'Worst should be behind us,' says BlackRock's Doll

Financial market volatility has increased over the past several weeks amid growing investor concern over happenings in Europe, the prospect of increased financial market regulation in the United States and, more generally, worry that the economic recovery has hit a rough patch.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2010
For NFL rookies, playbook now includes financial advice

Whether they earn the league minimum or a superstar's salary, football players have to know the basics of handling money to succeed financially.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 01, 2010
Christopher C. Davis: Inflation on the horizon

Christopher C. Davis is a portfolio manager of the Davis Large Cap Value Portfolios.

By MFXFeeder
Congress passes fiduciary ball to SEC
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 01, 2010
Congress passes fiduciary ball to SEC

In signing off last Friday on the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression, congressional negotiators took a major step toward empowering the SEC to decide whether stockbrokers should be more accountable to individual investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Tougher House fiduciary language makes it into final financial-reg bill
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 01, 2010
Tougher House fiduciary language makes it into final financial-reg bill

House and Senate negotiators agreed to include the stronger House provision on fiduciary duty in the sweeping financial regulatory reform bill. <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100625/FREE/100629931><b>(Get the rundown on the full reform, and how advisers and planners will be impacted.)</b></a>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2010
Two years after crash, wealthy still leery of financial advisers

In 2009, only 59% of the millionaires said they had regained trust in their financial advisers, while 56% said they had the same feelings about their wealth management firms and financial institutions.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES JUL 01, 2010
Advisers on the Move: Morgan Stanley snags $700M+ team

Joseph Fortuna, Timothy Prete and Salvatore Tartaglione have left UBS for MSSB in Hartford, Conn.

By Mark Bruno
OPINION JUL 01, 2010
Institutional arrogance at MSSB?

By Danny Sarch
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 01, 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney elevates wealth management exec

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC today appointed a new head of international wealth management products and services.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 01, 2010
The most unforgettable commercials from the brokerage and advice industry

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 01, 2010
Morgan Stanley's Gorman: Smith Barney 'increasingly important'

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman, who took over from John Mack in January, said he's not content with results for last year, when the company reported its first per-share annual loss.

By Bloomberg
SEC to restrict some political donations by investment advisers
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 30, 2010
SEC to restrict some political donations by investment advisers

U.S. regulators are poised to restrict investment advisers from giving money to politicians to win pension business in response to abuses in an industry that oversees $2.4 trillion of public retirement funds.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 30, 2010
OpINion Online: Inside the Obama-BP meeting

As you probably have heard by now, British oil giant BP PLC has agreed to endow the $20 billion mea culpa fund ordered by President Obama in his Tuesday night address to the nation.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 30, 2010
Finra board challengers gain support

A slate of challengers for three small-firm seats on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. board have gathered enough support to seek a spot on the ballot for the upcoming board election.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 30, 2010
'Emotional' market obscuring great stocks, says Goldman's Barry

Macro events such European debt issues, regulatory rhetoric and high unemployment all create opportunities.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 30, 2010
Advisers make a mad dash for cash

Desperate to hang on to the gains in their clients' portfolios over the past few months, financial advisers are selling positions and moving into cash.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 30, 2010
Finra board election is getting heated

Finra-backed candidates who represent large and midsize firms are running unopposed so far in the regulator's upcoming board election, but a battle is brewing for three open small-firm seats.

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 30, 2010
Whistleblower pans SEC for Pequot case

A former SEC attorney who spearheaded the investigation of Pequot Capital Management Inc. &#8212; until he was fired in 2005 &#8212; says his own continuing efforts drove the Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue the hedge fund and its founder Arthur Samberg for insider trading.

By Dan Jamieson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2010
Life insurance sales boom in first quarter

Shaken by the recession and concerned about risk, brokerage firm clients are buying life insurance.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 30, 2010
Expanded wealth management platform in the works at The Hartford

Insurer looks to branch out with new products aimed at affluent customers, business owners

By Darla Mercado