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INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Charles Goldman to leave Fidelity

Charles Goldman, who one year ago joined Fidelity Investments to run its RIA custody, correspondent clearing and family office businesses, is leaving the firm.

By Jed Horowitz
JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly: The forces of stability and chaos
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly: The forces of stability and chaos

In theory, it's quite simple.

By David Kelly
Wall Street soars on $1T rescue plan for Europe
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Wall Street soars on $1T rescue plan for Europe

Stocks are surging after European leaders agreed to a nearly $1 trillion rescue plan to avoid a major debt crisis and the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would also provide loans overseas.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Natalie Choate's tips — and traps — for IRA conversions

Natalie Choate, a retirement planning expert with Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, talks with Morningstar's Christine Benz at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit about four factors that favor conversion, and includes some pitfalls to avoid when doing and IRA conversion.

By Mark Bruno
Stock pickers: Price plunge makes for buying opportunity
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Stock pickers: Price plunge makes for buying opportunity

With corporate earnings improving -- and share prices way down -- P/e ratios suddenly look more attractive

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Sparked by a trading error, volatility returns

The stampede to the exits on Thursday illustrated to financial advisers and market strategists just how skittish investors have become, and especially how frightened they are about the instability of the European economy.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Advisers scramble to calm clients after market suffers big drop

Thursday's stock market whipsaw sent many financial advisers into client management mode — fielding calls and sending out soothing e-mails as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly tested a record 1,000-point drop.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 11, 2010
Key Republican senator warms to idea of fiduciary reform

As Senate floor debate on financial-regulatory-reform legislation begins, a key Republican senator plans to offer an amendment on fiduciary standards that could be broader than language contained in a bill that the House passed late last year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Advisers: How to talk to clients about elder care

Elder Care issues can create one of the most stressful situations of your clients' lives.

By Ben A. Neiburger
Key Republican presses Goldman execs on fiduciary obligations
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Key Republican presses Goldman execs on fiduciary obligations

Fiduciary standard for B-Ds dead and buried? Not so fast. During the grilling of Goldman Sachs execs in Congress today, a key Republican senator raised the issue again

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
CEO refocusing UBS on adviser strength, wealthier clients

UBS Wealth Management Americas, the profit-starved U.S. retail-brokerage unit of UBS AG, will rebuild its reputation and revenue by marketing the advisory strength of its brokers and minting better products for wealthy investors, its new chief executive told brokers last week in outlining his strategy for the firm.

By Jed Horowitz
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
UBS' McCann, turning on brokerage's Swiss parent, says he'll focus on advisers

The U.S. retail brokerage aims to rebuild its reputation and revenue by marketing the advisory strength of its brokers and minting better products for wealthy investors, its new chief executive says

By Jed Horowitz
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Go beyond the call of duty - just not for everyone

Although some financial advisers are always thinking of ways to go above and beyond to provide extra services to clients, Paul Baumbach sticks to managing his clients' investments.

By Lisa Shidler
BROKER DEALERS MAY 11, 2010
Regal Financial and its 100 advisers bolt from AIG's SagePoint

In a huge blow to SagePoint Financial Inc., one of three broker-dealers that make up the AIG Advisor Group Inc., its largest group of reps and advisers is walking out the door following a bitter dispute over group's role and future at SagePoint.

By Bruce Kelly
European shares, U.S. futures soar on EU rescue package
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 10, 2010
European shares, U.S. futures soar on EU rescue package

Following an emergency session, the European Union unveiled a $1T plan to backstop sovereign debt on the continent. The result? World stock prices are surging | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100510/FREE/100519998>UBS: 'All in' bet to boost Euro a temporary fix</a>

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAY 10, 2010
No tech or system failures associated with yesterday's decline: Nasdaq

By Davis Janowski
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 10, 2010
BlackRock's Bob Doll: Markets remain vulnerable to corrective forces

Last week was a difficult one for equity markets as ratings downgrades on European sovereign bonds raised fears of credit contagion.

By Bob Doll
RIAS MAY 10, 2010
Washington has found its scapegoat in Goldman&#160;

The hearings last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations into The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s behavior during the mortgage bubble was a show trial designed to deflect responsibility for the bubble and its aftermath from Washington.

By MFXFeeder
WIREHOUSES MAY 10, 2010
Stifel CEO: Breakaway reps, often low producers, can be very profitable

By Jed Horowitz
Edward Jones axes longtime research boss Alan Skrainka
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 09, 2010
Edward Jones axes longtime research boss Alan Skrainka

Alan Skrainka, a familiar face on CNBC, had worked at the firm for nearly 30 years. His time at Jones came to a screeching halt, however, after the brokerage fired him for using written material without proper attribution

By Bruce Kelly