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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 16, 2011
Garrett promises to take 'more thoughtful approach' to financial regulation

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2011
Help in getting a handle on medical expenses

By Davis Janowski
FIXED INCOME JAN 16, 2011
Another lawsuit filed over Schwab bond fund

The Charles Schwab Corp. has been hit with another lawsuit claiming that its Total Bond Market Fund, which was represented as tracking the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, loaded up with mortgage-backed securities prior to the financial crisis.

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS JAN 16, 2011
Schwab hit with another suit over bond fund

The Charles Schwab Corp. has been hit with another lawsuit claiming that its Total Bond Market Fund, which was represented as tracking the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, loaded up with mortgage-backed securities prior to the financial crisis.

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS JAN 14, 2011
Joe Montana's private bank taps former Citi exec

Modern Bank NA, a lender to the wealthy where former football quarterback Joe Montana is vice chairman, hired Citigroup Inc. veteran Damian Kozlowski to lead a turnaround after almost $30 million of losses in five years.

By Mark Bruno
FINTECH JAN 14, 2011
Fiserv gives APL managed-account platform a new look with OneView

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
Texas names new top cop for securities industry

The Texas State Securities Board yesterday appointed Benette L. Zivley as the next Texas securities commissioner.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 13, 2011
Can't 401(k) reps and record keepers get along?

Instead of fighting with advisers over the estimated $1.5 trillion in 401(k) rollover assets, record keepers may want to work with them.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
Fiduciary? Not a fiduciary? Labor Dept. to update definition

The Labor Department is poised to issue a regulation that clarifies who is a fiduciary under federal retirement law.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
States may collaborate on adviser examinations
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 13, 2011
States may collaborate on adviser examinations

State securities regulators are meeting next week to begin planning for the examinations of more than 3,000 investment advisers expected to come under their jurisdiction next year.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
States may yet wrest some control over Reg D offerings

So-called 'bad boy' provision still under discussion, says Texas regulator; definition of 'accredited investor' also said to be on the table

By Bruce Kelly
State regulator says SEC dropped the ball on private placements
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
State regulator says SEC dropped the ball on private placements

Don't blame state regulators for the financial crisis; blame those who took power away from state regulators.

By Sara Hansard
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds
RIA NEWS JAN 12, 2011
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds

To avoid future panics in money market funds, the mutual fund industry is calling on federal regulators to force broker-dealers to disclose information about their money fund clients.

By Jessica Toonkel
Vanguard offers details about money fund backstop
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2011
Vanguard offers details about money fund backstop

It's been slow in coming, but the mutual fund industry is finally beginning to offer specifics about the type of backstop it wants to set up for money market funds.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2011
Seizing the 401(k) opportunity

Is it truly worth the time and effort to build a 401(k) practice — or expand your existing one?

By Jeff Masom
WIREHOUSES JAN 12, 2011
How will the wirehouses continue to make money?

Then: Brokerage commissions for trades were high with a client routinely paying more than $1,000 for a large equity transaction.

By Danny Sarch
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 12, 2011
How allegedly fraudulent investments have put some B-Ds in 'a world of hurt'

Some of the broker-dealers that sold allegedly fraudulent private placements appear to have allowed their net-capital positions to fall dangerously low, a situation that could threaten their existence if they have to pay large legal claims.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JAN 11, 2011
MSSB provides advisers with internal social network

By Davis Janowski
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 11, 2011
Employee advisers rate Edward Jones best, MSSB worst in B-D satisfaction

Edward Jones is tops and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC the worst in terms of financial adviser satisfaction at six national broker-dealers, according to a J.D. Power and Associates Survey released last Friday

By Jessica Toonkel
New Form ADV-2 adding costs, confusion
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 11, 2011
New Form ADV-2 adding costs, confusion

A new rule aimed at making the financial advisory business more understandable to clients is giving advisers a headache.

By Lisa Shidler