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INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 16, 2007
Capital flows fell $163 billion in August

The figure includes the change in banks' dollar-denominated liabilities, which comprised most of the loss.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 16, 2007
'Full recovery' a ways off, says Bernanke

Market uncertainty remains unusually high as a result of subprime-mortgage turmoil, the Fed chief said last night.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES OCT 16, 2007
CFO's job not in peril, says Merrill

Merrill Lynch is stoutly denying that its finance chief, Jeffrey Edwards, will get the boot.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES OCT 16, 2007
Merrill appoints Boston wealth chief

Cory Little will head the private banking and investment unit in Boston's global wealth management group.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 16, 2007
LPL names head of affiliated B-Ds

LPL has plucked Derek Bruton from a custodian that caters to RIAs to oversee its network of affiliated B-Ds.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS OCT 15, 2007
Top-producing rep under scrutiny by Michigan regulator

One of the nation's top-producing independent brokers is under investigation by Michigan securities regulators.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 15, 2007
Banks to create fund to head off asset sale

The Master-Liquidity Enhancement Conduit seeks to prevent an asset fire sale and to stimulate credit markets.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS OCT 15, 2007
Schwab to roll out benefits package for advisers

In an effort to get more wirehouse brokers to break away and become independent registered investment advisers, Schwab Institutional plans to roll out today an all-in-one benefits and payroll package designed for the newly independent RIA.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS OCT 15, 2007
A.G. Edwards exodus spurs new suit

A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. has sued more brokers who left the firm in the wake of its recent merger with Wachovia Securities LLC.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2007
'Terror-free' investing draws public pension plans

Across the country, states are considering plans to apply "terror-free" investing strategies to their public pensions.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 15, 2007
Three Americans win economic Nobel

They were selected “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.”

By Bloomberg
OPINION OCT 15, 2007
What do we want? Social Security reform, now!

Social Security was once the third rail of politics. For years, the conventional wisdom held that if politicians mentioned the system's financial problems and so much as alluded to changing anything, they faced electrocution in the court of public opinion and a grisly end to their career

By Investment News Team
OPINION OCT 15, 2007
The Great Lakes State is all wet

There is something rotten in the state of Michigan. Gov. Jennifer Granholm and state lawmakers emerged from a recent late-night budget session with a new 6% sales-and-use tax that affects investment advice services, among about 20 other previously untaxed services.

By Investment News Team
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 12, 2007
Richest get even richer

The wealthiest Americans took a record slice of the income pie in 2005, according to an IRS report.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 12, 2007
Consumers spend despite price boosts

Rising energy costs bumped overall producer prices up 1.1% during, but consumers were happy to open their wallets.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 12, 2007
Nebraska insurance director dies

Nebraska insurance director L.Tim Wagner died on Tuesday, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 11, 2007
Michigan rep probed by regulators

One of the nation's top producing registered reps is under investigation by Michigan securities regulators.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 11, 2007
Private-equity tax said to be alive in House

The private-equity tax hike will not go gentle into that good night, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 11, 2007
House eyes replacement for AMT

House Republicans have introduced a bill that would repeal the AMT with an optional “simplified tax.”

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 10, 2007
Indies growing, but wirehouses have assets

The number of brokers at independent dealers will catch up to the number of wirehouses in three years.

By Bloomberg