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WIREHOUSES DEC 07, 2008
Tide change for traditional retail-brokerage firms expected

The outlook for traditional retail-brokerage firms has never been so uncertain.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 07, 2008
Brokers in no rush to go independent

As much as executives at custodian firms dream about scores of wirehouse brokers going independent, they say that it's just not happening.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 07, 2008
Price cuts coming to 401(k) fees

In an effort to maintain a tight grip on retirement assets, some major 401(k) providers — including The Charles Schwab Corp. — are considering lowering the investment management fees they charge to employers.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH DEC 05, 2008
Cabinet NG, Mint.com

Cabinet NG Inc. a provider of management systems has introduced a hosted product called CNG-ONLINE.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 04, 2008
It is time for IRA conversions

Before yearend, capitalize on low stock values by moving to Roth accounts.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 01, 2008
Independents take advantage of recruitment 'protocol'

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2008
Unconventional times call for unconventionable wisdom

Advisers find themselves in unusual situations in this roller coaster financial market, and some are offering advice — which might contradict conventional wisdom.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 30, 2008
Two surveys support idea of a wirehouse exodus

Two recent surveys lend credence to suggestions that the Wall Street meltdown may drive more financial advisers to independent firms from wirehouses.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2008
Financial advisers try last-resort strategies

When a client recently told her adviser that she would be losing her public relations job in six months, Morris Armstrong gave her advice that he never thought he would dispense: He told the single mother, who had been contributing significantly to her 401(k) plan, to stop.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH NOV 30, 2008
DTCC automates managed accounts

A new service from the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. automates the account setup and maintenance of managed accounts — eliminating an onerous and non-standardized manual process.

By MFXFeeder
OPINION NOV 30, 2008
Regulatory reforms needed to fix financial system

The incoming administration should consider the regulatory reforms for the financial markets that it will propose to Congress and the regulatory agencies when it takes office in January.

By MFXFeeder
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 30, 2008
Independents take advantage of recruitment 'protocol'

To attract disaffected wirehouse reps, more independent financial firms are signing on to the industry's recruitment protocol.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 26, 2008
Candor is key, NYSE reg chief says

America’s top financial watchdogs need to make haste in addressing transparency challenges posed by complex securities products, NYSE Reg chief executive Richard Ketchum emphasized Tuesday in a speech at Hofstra University.

By Bloomberg
OPINION NOV 26, 2008
Retirees need a two-pronged strategy to cover health care costs

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2008
Employees keep faith with 401(k)s

Despite the fact that employees are losing a lot of money in their 401(k)s, most are staying the course with their retirement plans, according to an analysis by Hewitt Associates LLC.

By Bloomberg
Harvesting losses with options
OPINION NOV 23, 2008
Harvesting losses with options

Investors and their advisers are rightfully concerned about running afoul of the wash sale rule and triggering a taxable event. As you know, a wash sale — as defined in Section 1091 of the Internal Revenue Code — occurs when an investor sells property at a loss and within 30 days acquires "substantially identical" property.

By Robert N. Gordon
OPINION NOV 23, 2008
Next up for feds, tonic for hurting homeowners

Job no. 1 for the Federal Reserve Board and the Department of the Treasury was to stabilize the capital markets.

By MFXFeeder
WIREHOUSES NOV 23, 2008
Fate of Merrill brokers still a question mark

By MFXFeeder
OPINION NOV 21, 2008
ETFs: The advisers answer for all markets

By Bloomberg
FINTECH NOV 21, 2008
Money Tree, Advent and Mediant

A new version of the most comprehensive planning software available from Money Tree Software Ltd. was rolled out with new features this week.

By Bloomberg