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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2012
Hartford deals individual-life unit to Prudential as sell-off continues

Pru to pay $615 million in cash for 700,000 life insurance contracts

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS OCT 19, 2012
Massachusetts seeks to deny registration to adviser

Massachusetts has filed a complaint against a midsize adviser for allegedly misstating assets under management.

By DJAMIESON
RIA NEWS OCT 19, 2012
Middle-income Americans wing it on financial decisions

That best describes the underpinnings of middle-income Americans' financial decisions. And a new survey reveals just how much it's costing them.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES OCT 19, 2012
Gamma ray: Retirement income security is not all about alpha

By Darla Mercado
Advisers irked as Pru locks vintage VAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2012
Advisers irked as Pru locks vintage VAs

Prudential Financial Inc.'s decision to cut off contributions into a slate of older variable annuities with attractive benefits has raised the ire of financial advisers, this time because they were given so little time to add money to the contracts.

By Darla Mercado
Pru pulls plug on another long-term-care product
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2012
Pru pulls plug on another long-term-care product

Bows out of group LTC insurance; halted sales of individual coverage in March

By Darla Mercado
Tardy midsize advisers warned about registration
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 19, 2012
Tardy midsize advisers warned about registration

June 28 is the day for advisers managing $25M-$90M to sign on for state oversight

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2012
Are advisers giving bad Social Security advice? Survey says yes

New research from Wharton shows that many financial advisers are giving their clients shortsighted -- or plain bad -- advice about Social Security.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Smith Barney write-down helped seal Pandit's ouster: Source
WIREHOUSES OCT 17, 2012
Smith Barney write-down helped seal Pandit's ouster: Source

A source claims Vikram Pandit was ousted as Citigroup CEO due to a series of missteps, not one incident. The last straw? The sizeable accounting hit the bank took from the plummeting valuation of Smith Barney.

By Gregory Crawford
INsider: Morgan Stanley in recruiting cross hairs, headhunters say
WIREHOUSES OCT 17, 2012
INsider: Morgan Stanley in recruiting cross hairs, headhunters say

Headhunters say rivals are stepping up efforts to recruit Morgan Stanley reps. But will they succeed?

By AOSTERLAND
WIREHOUSES OCT 17, 2012
BofA settles with investors, but what about reps?

Bank of America on Friday agreed to a $2.43B shareholder settlement over the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. It's unclear if this bodes well for ex-reps who are suing the brokerage for deferred comp.

By AOSTERLAND
Weil: Pandit's math on Smith Barney didn't add up
WIREHOUSES OCT 16, 2012
Weil: Pandit's math on Smith Barney didn't add up

Gain from sale included in non-GAAP numbers in 2009 -- but hit from recent write-down wasn't

By Jonathan Weil
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 16, 2012
Seniors to get puny Social Security COLA

By Mary Beth Franklin
Romney embraces his Inner Massachusetts
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 16, 2012
Romney embraces his Inner Massachusetts

In the first presidential debate on Wednesday night, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did something that he's resisted since he began his quest for the White House 18 months ago. He embraced his Inner Massachusetts. That moved him to the political center, where investment advisers reside.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisers: Romney performance will jump-start GOP campaign
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 16, 2012
Advisers: Romney performance will jump-start GOP campaign

Say debate clearly won by the Republican presidential candidate; 'extremely strong'

By Liz Skinner
Purchase of MSSB a steal of a deal?
WIREHOUSES OCT 16, 2012
Purchase of MSSB a steal of a deal?

An arbitrator this week said Morgan Stanley's brokerage unit is only worth $13.5 billion, not $22 billion. So how is that a victory for Morgan Stanley?

By John Goff
More reps' acting as PMs — but are they up to speed?
WIREHOUSES OCT 15, 2012
More reps' acting as PMs — but are they up to speed?

Morgan Stanley's Hatch says only about 10% of advisers currently have sufficient expertise in stock selection

By JKEPHART
RIA NEWS OCT 15, 2012
The dream B-D destination of breakaway advisers

Independent B-D LPL Financial LLC and regional brokerage Raymond James Financial Inc. top the list of most-desired destinations for potential breakaway advisers.

By AOSTERLAND
Health of long-term-care insurance business questionable: Moody's
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2012
Health of long-term-care insurance business questionable: Moody's

The outlook for the LTCI business is not good. The reason? Partly, the unexpectedly large tabs being rung up by existing policyholders.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2012
Coming soon: National Advisors Trust on Schwab platform

Company expanding its administrative services to yet another custodian's network

By DJAMIESON