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Prison fight — not high blood pressure — sent Bernie Madoff to the hospital
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Prison fight — not high blood pressure — sent Bernie Madoff to the hospital

Contrary to what his lawyer indicated at the time, the Ponzi king apparently got crowned in big house bust-up in December

By InvestmentNews Staff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Fla. man admits role in $20M N.J. stock scheme

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say a Florida man has admitted his role in a $20 million stock fraud and money laundering scheme.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 29, 2009
As rules change, a watchdog growls

New accounting rules and underpriced universal life insurance are just a couple of the issues keeping Joseph M. Belth up at night.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Fund manager gets 14 years in $33M Ponzi scheme

An investment fund manager from Tennessee drew a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a $33 million Ponzi scheme that cheated more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica.

By Associated Press
WIREHOUSES DEC 29, 2009
'Too-big-to-fail' could jack up loan costs for brokerages, banks

Provisions in legislation aimed at “too-big-to-fail” financial firms will increase borrowing costs for large institutions — and will make it harder to get secured lending, according to financial industry officials.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Bernanke defends Fed's role

The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize monetary policy.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Fund manager gets 15 years in prison for $35M scam

A Philadelphia-area fund manager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of $35 million.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Feds charge Conn. man with running a Ponzi scheme for 12 years

Federal authorities today charged a Connecticut man with running a Ponzi scheme that allegedly bilked investors out of $20 million over nearly 12 years.

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
ARS battle no easy win for large investors

Two recent legal victories by securities firms involving the sale of auction rate securities suggest that institutional investors could find it tough to prevail in similar battles.

By Bruce Kelly
Is high unemployment an ugly long-term trend?
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 27, 2009
Is high unemployment an ugly long-term trend?

The nation's 10.2% unemployment rate — the highest level in 23 years — is being viewed by some analysts not as a peak but as the beginning of a sustained period of above-average unemployment.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 23, 2009
Adviser groups blow tops over House bill's 'hat-switching' clause

Investment adviser groups are up in arms about a one-sentence provision buried in the sweeping financial services reform legislation approved last week by the House of Representatives.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 22, 2009
Bill targeting independent contractors could pit unions against advisers

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts will look at whether financial advisers should continue to be classified as independent contractors.

By Sara Hansard
FINTECH DEC 22, 2009
News from the account aggregation front

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 22, 2009
Calif. woman, 62, owns up to investment scam

An Emeryville, Calif., woman remains in federal custody after prosecutors say she admitted to defrauding hundreds of investors out of more than $8 million.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 22, 2009
Report: Target date funds expected to boom by 2018

Total assets in target date funds will grow to $2.6 trillion by 2018, attracting 80% of new and reallocated flows into defined-contribution plans for the next decade, according to a projection in a recent Casey Quirk & Associates LLC report.

By Barry B. Burr
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 22, 2009
Target date's pain is target risk's gain

In the wake of the performance meltdown of many target date funds, a growing number of 401(k) plans are adding target risk funds to their lineup.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
State Street settles lawsuit, bulks up legal reserve
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 22, 2009
State Street settles lawsuit, bulks up legal reserve

State Street Corp. will pay $89.75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with a group of employee benefit plans invested in certain active fixed-income strategies managed by its SSgA unit, confirmed Arlene Roberts, State Street spokeswoman.

By Barry B. Burr
OPINION DEC 22, 2009
Helping retired clients get back to work

Many of your retired clients are discovering that their accumulated savings are insufficient to meet their current expenses, which translates into a need for more retirement income.

By Maureen Wilke
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 22, 2009
Judge Rakoff to rule on NASD suits before yearend

The final fate of two lawsuits arising from the 2007 merger of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange's regulatory unit could be decided in the coming months.

By Dan Jamieson
FINTECH DEC 21, 2009
SunGard unveils cost-basis-reporting product that integrates with WealthStation, others

By Davis Janowski