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RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
Doubling down on 529 tax breaks

With marginal rates likely going up, now is a good time for clients to rethink how they can get the most out of their tax-deferred college-savings plans

By Liz Skinner
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2011
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds

Plenty of complications in ensuring the wealthy pay same percentage as middle-class earners; 'opening the door for tax lawyers'

By John Goff
View: Bachmann shifts into overdrive, but attack on Buffett a clunker
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2011
View: Bachmann shifts into overdrive, but attack on Buffett a clunker

Slam of Oracle's willingess to pay more taxes made a good sound byte -- but not much sense

By John Goff
Republicans savage Buffett and his tax proposal
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2011
Republicans savage Buffett and his tax proposal

Berkshire boss suddenly a lightning rod for criticism after stating wealthy should pay more; 'needs a day job'

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2011
Stock-selling baby boomers may stall equity prices for decades: Fed

Aging baby boomers may hold down U.S. stock values for the next two decades as they sell their investments to finance retirement, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

By John Goff
Big companies more sociable than ever, survey finds
FINTECH AUG 16, 2011
Big companies more sociable than ever, survey finds

Social media used by more than half of large businesses; lots of monitoring going on

By Lavonne Kuykendall
FINTECH AUG 16, 2011
Using video in your practice: Are you ready for your close-up?

Video has been around for ages (remember VHS?), but its use as a strategic marketing and communication tool among small businesses is about to explode.

By MFXFeeder
401(k) holders who bailed on stocks in 2008 made out worse: Fidelity
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
401(k) holders who bailed on stocks in 2008 made out worse: Fidelity

Fund firm says staying the course works; investors' resolve tested sorely this week

By John Goff
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 15, 2011
SIFMA pushes for adaptable fiduciary standard

The major lobbying group for large broker-dealers last week urged the SEC to develop a new fiduciary standard that could change from customer to customer and which would be spelled out at the start of an adviser-client relationship

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Brooklyn money manager gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 15, 2011
Brooklyn money manager gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme

The longest-running Ponzi scheme ever? Philip Barry, a money manager from Brooklyn, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a $45 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors over three decades.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
Sun better than a 529 plan? Don't scoff

By John Goff
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 14, 2011
New landscape may spur committee to take action

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH AUG 14, 2011
Financeware sues UBS over patent

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2011
Adviser SRO teams with fi360 to ready its fiduciary exam

The exam brings the SROIIA a little bit closer to acting as a self-regulatory organization over investment advisers. But will the SEC approve?

By Darla Mercado
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 12, 2011
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers

Taxpayers will be able to examine the qualifications of paid tax-return preparers in a database being built by the IRS that may be available as soon as 2013.

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2011
How negotiations may affect tax reform

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2011
FSI to back Moloney in Finra race

Influential group will endorse one of its own for small-firm seat; ramped-up regulations No.1 concern

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2011
Broker-dealer groups heavily armed in fiduciary battle

In the high-stakes political game surrounding the adoption of a fiduciary standard, broker-dealer interest groups have outgunned their opposition in spending.

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2011
SRO push is gaining momentum

The creation of a self-regulatory organization for investment advisers took a step forward last week when the Consumer Federation of America dropped its longtime opposition to the idea, saying that an SRO would be better than relying on the chronically underfunded SEC as a regulator

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Want to blow the whistle? Don't try calling the SEC
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 12, 2011
Want to blow the whistle? Don't try calling the SEC

Commission wants complaints lodged via e-mail, fax or online — but not by phone; what would McGruff think?

By Dan Jamieson