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'Transformative events' shape client's financial thinking, survey finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2012
'Transformative events' shape client's financial thinking, survey finds

Upper-middle class more worried about life's big moments than the next 12 months

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS MAR 23, 2012
QB-turned-adviser goes RIA way

By Andrew Osterland
Ponzied placekicker sets NFL records after hitting bottom: ESPN.com
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2012
Ponzied placekicker sets NFL records after hitting bottom: ESPN.com

With a sick daughter, a missing fortune and an uncharacteristic hiccup in a key playoff game, luck just wasn't with current San Francisco 49ers kicker David Akers this time last year. What a difference a year makes.

By IN Staff
Fun is done: Frugality rules as tax refunds to be squirreled away
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2012
Fun is done: Frugality rules as tax refunds to be squirreled away

Survey shows a shift in what filers plan to do with checks from the IRS; 'more reserved and cautious'

By Lavonne Kuykendall
James Gorman: Market doesn't 'understand' Smith Barney deal
WIREHOUSES MAR 22, 2012
James Gorman: Market doesn't 'understand' Smith Barney deal

James Gorman, the CEO of Morgan Stanley, says the market doesn't understand the potential of the firm's acquisition of Smith Barney. "They're focused on what our margins have been."

By Mark Bruno
Worst nightmare as IRS wants $550K in penalties over $4K tax bill
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2012
Worst nightmare as IRS wants $550K in penalties over $4K tax bill

Agency taking dim view of hidden assets -- even if the hiding's not intentional

By John Goff
Taxpayers getting short shrift due to IRS 'shortcuts': Watchdog
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2012
Taxpayers getting short shrift due to IRS 'shortcuts': Watchdog

Lack of funds for agency leading to erosion of rights, citizens' advocate tells Congress

By John Goff
FINTECH MAR 21, 2012
Brinker Capital unwraps tablet allocation app

By Janowski Davis
RIA NEWS MAR 21, 2012
Breaking up is hard to do - especially with annuities

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2012
The top 25 sellers of variable annuities

Participating issuers, ranked by sales

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2012
The top 25 variable annuity providers through independent B-Ds

Top participating issuers of VAs

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2012
Longevity insurance promising - but higher rates would help

By Darla Mercado
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 20, 2012
The Reformed Broker: The day I realized 'the end was near'

The following is an excerpt from <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Backstage-Wall-Street-Insider%252019s-Investments/dp/007178232X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1333988682&amp;sr=8-1>Backstage Wall Street: An Insider's Guide to Knowing Who to Trust, Who to Run From, and How to Maximize Your Investments</a>, written by Josh Brown, vice president and financial adviser at Fushion Analytcis Investment Partners.</a>

By Josh Brown
Will BAML's new fiduciary service make big contribution to its DC business?
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2012
Will BAML's new fiduciary service make big contribution to its DC business?

Bank of America's new fiduciary service will be available to plans with at least $25 million in defined-contribution assets and their retirement plan specialist advisers

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 20, 2012
'Trading Places' would make a good PSA: CFTC enforcement chief

1983 movie &quot;trading Places,&quot; which hinges on insider trading, could persuade like recent 'Gordon Gekko' ads, said the CFTC's enforcement chief

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2012
What's behind money in motion

By Chris J. Brown and Laura Varas
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 20, 2012
Two Ameriprise advisers traded on info gleaned from AA meeting: SEC

The SEC claims two Ameriprise advisers made a killing by trading on inside information about an upcoming merger. Where did they come across the info? At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, says the commission.

By Liz Skinner
Record enforcement for SEC in 2011? It ain't necessarily so
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 20, 2012
Record enforcement for SEC in 2011? It ain't necessarily so

Follow-on actions from previous years helped goose the numbers; fewer original cases filed last year than in 2009

By John Goff
Crucial SEC vote leaves compliance officers in the dark
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 20, 2012
Crucial SEC vote leaves compliance officers in the dark

SEC dismisses case against Urban, but offers no clarification on scope of responsibility; 'back to where we started'

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 20, 2012
SIFMA, Finra clash over deadbeat brokers

Increasingly, brokerages are being stiffed by ex-reps who were given hefty loans as recruiting incentives. SIFMA wants Finra to write a tougher rule to help battle deadbeat brokers. So far, no dice.

By Dan Jamieson