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Volatility: Now the one certainty in this uncertain market
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 15, 2011
Volatility: Now the one certainty in this uncertain market

In the wake of the <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110804/FREE/110809928>worst one-day stock market decline since 2008</a>, analysts and advisers are mixed on where the markets and economy go from here. But one thing is certain: Brace yourself for increased volatility

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAs moving to fees — but will clients move with them?
RIAS AUG 15, 2011
RIAs moving to fees — but will clients move with them?

Clear explanation will help ease fears, says analyst; still, some clients reluctant to pay for advice

By Lavonne Kuykendall
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 15, 2011
SIFMA pushes for adaptable fiduciary standard

The major lobbying group for large broker-dealers last week urged the SEC to develop a new fiduciary standard that could change from customer to customer and which would be spelled out at the start of an adviser-client relationship

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 15, 2011
Private-equity funds seek indie B-Ds

By Bruce Kelly
J.P. Morgan to manage investments, distribute N.Y.'s adviser-sold 529 plan
RIAS AUG 15, 2011
J.P. Morgan to manage investments, distribute N.Y.'s adviser-sold 529 plan

J.P. Morgan Asset Management will replace Columbia Management Group as investment manager for New York's $1.9 billion adviser-sold college savings plan

By Liz Skinner
Brooklyn money manager gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 15, 2011
Brooklyn money manager gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme

The longest-running Ponzi scheme ever? Philip Barry, a money manager from Brooklyn, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a $45 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors over three decades.

By Doug Cubberley
Fee vs. commission: No doubt which investors prefer
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 15, 2011
Fee vs. commission: No doubt which investors prefer

A new survey by Cerulli Associates asked investors whether they prefer paying fees or commissions to their advisers. The result? It wasn't even close.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
Sun better than a 529 plan? Don't scoff

By John Goff
Hedge funds limited losses in first half of August
ALTERNATIVES AUG 14, 2011
Hedge funds limited losses in first half of August

Through the first two weeks of the month, while the S&amp;P 500 Index fell by 13.2%, the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was down 3.7%.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 14, 2011
New landscape may spur committee to take action

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2011
Insurers on more solid footing this time

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH AUG 14, 2011
Financeware sues UBS over patent

By Davis Janowski
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 14, 2011
Special report: The top-performing SMAs (2Q 2011)

Volatility is the name of the game in today's markets.

By Mark Bruno
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 14, 2011
Comic relief: A new approach to reviving Carnegie's wisdom

Although Napoleon Hill has been dead for more than 40 years, his popular wealth-building book has found a hip new outlet.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 12, 2011
Adviser SRO teams with fi360 to ready its fiduciary exam

The exam brings the SROIIA a little bit closer to acting as a self-regulatory organization over investment advisers. But will the SEC approve?

By Darla Mercado
RIAS AUG 12, 2011
Finalists announced for 2011 Community Leadership Awards

The awards, which will be presented Sept. 14, honor financial advisers who make a difference in their communities.

By Deborah Nason
Money funds get $38B deposits after debt-ceiling deal
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Money funds get $38B deposits after debt-ceiling deal

Money-market mutual funds took in $24.9 billion yesterday, bouncing back from their second-worst week of withdrawals, as investors unsettled by the debate over raising the U.S. debt ceiling returned to the market.

By Doug Cubberley
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers
RIAS AUG 12, 2011
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers

Taxpayers will be able to examine the qualifications of paid tax-return preparers in a database being built by the IRS that may be available as soon as 2013.

By Doug Cubberley
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Ratings drop for U.S. won't hurt insurers, Moody's says

Four major life insurers with pristine Aaa ratings are likely to hold on to their status, provided that the United States' government bond rating doesn't fall by more than one rung

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 12, 2011
How negotiations may affect tax reform

By MFXFeeder