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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 05, 2012
Adviser with national radio show misled prospective clients, SEC says

Regulator claims "Buckets of Money" strategy not backtested

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 05, 2012
Training firm boss 'misappropriated' exam questions: Finra

Finra claims a consultant's employees took tests to help prep clients on what would be asked in later exams.

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 05, 2012
Hartford pressured to cash out VA holders

By Bloomberg
The Hartford would take its lumps in cashing out VA holders
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 05, 2012
The Hartford would take its lumps in cashing out VA holders

Major upfront expense needed to get out from under 'ungodly' liabilities

By John Goff
$790M team jumps to Merrill after four months at Barclays
WIREHOUSES SEP 05, 2012
$790M team jumps to Merrill after four months at Barclays

Celenza, DiGioia make quick exit from U.K. bank after 11 years at Smith Barney; location, location, location

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
HighTower still hot, snags $1B team

Dillig Group exits Credit Suisse; eighth recruiting win for HighTower this year

By DJAMIESON
How you can collect on your ex
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 04, 2012
How you can collect on your ex

Answers to some questions about Social Security claiming strategies for divorced spouses.

By Mary Beth Franklin
WIREHOUSES SEP 04, 2012
HighTower's Weissbluth: Wirehouses are like Proctor & Gamble

By John Goff
Cetera closes deal for Genworth
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Cetera closes deal for Genworth

Cetera Financial Group completed the acquisition of Genworth Financial Investment Services yesterday.

By AOSTERLAND
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Cetera Financial strikes again, snagging B-D with 2,000 advisers

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2012
Valerie Brown: Cetera boss sees an opening in closings

Consolidation among independent broker-dealers is inevitable, according to Cetera Financial Group chief executive Valerie Brown, and the inability or unwillingness of firms to stay open is benefiting her firm.

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION SEP 02, 2012
When duty clashes with public policy

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 02, 2012
Expungement ruling could have wide impact

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 02, 2012
SEC: Adviser stuck clients with losses

By Liz Skinner
Advisers need to practice what they preach
OPINION SEP 02, 2012
Advisers need to practice what they preach

Advisers who continue to put off developing and implementing a succession plan are being shortsighted.

By Jim Pavia
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2012
Advisers blow Social Security benefits quiz

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2012
LPL premieres video that explains VAs without hard sell

By Darla Mercado
WIREHOUSES SEP 02, 2012
Finra fighting expungement granted by its own panel

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2012
Brokers churned accounts and lost $2.7 million for clients, SEC says

Three former brokers at an Atlanta investment firm churned client accounts and racked up $845,000 in commissions and fees for themselves and the brokerage while those customers lost $2.7 million, regulators said.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: The secrets of successful savers

New survey reveals how prudent planners go about reaching their retirement goals

By Mary Beth Franklin