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RIAS JUL 19, 2011
Real estate for advisory firm owners: 'Everything is negotiable'

Financial advisers around the United States are taking advantage of the depressed corporate-real-estate market to move into bigger or more impressive office space that they couldn't have afforded before prices dipped.

By Liz Skinner
Meredith Whitney's muni denial doesn't jibe with what ran on 60 Minutes: Mysak
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 19, 2011
Meredith Whitney's muni denial doesn't jibe with what ran on 60 Minutes: Mysak

Analyst claims she didn't say what she seemed to have said when she said it on national television

By Joe Mysak
Fund manager accused of threatening Schapiro: I'm being railroaded
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 19, 2011
Fund manager accused of threatening Schapiro: I'm being railroaded

Vincent McCrudden is not backing down. The fund manager accused of threatening to harm Mary Schapiro and officials at Finra claims he's been hounded by regulators for a decade -- and is now being railroaded by prosecutors. Says McCrudden: 'I'll defend 100% of what I've written.'

By John Goff
Gilded age not over as gold poised to set record, top forecasters says
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 18, 2011
Gilded age not over as gold poised to set record, top forecasters says

See precious metal rebounding to nearly $2,000 an ounce; 'loss of trust'

By John Goff
Dramatic course change at Magellan, as Fidelity dumps Lange
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 18, 2011
Dramatic course change at Magellan, as Fidelity dumps Lange

The Magellan Fund was once the envy of the industry. But in recent years, it has bled assets and consistently under performed. Fidelity had to do something to right the ship. On Wednesday it did, bringing in a new portfolio manager.

By John Goff
State Street, JPMorgan made a bundle propping up money funds
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 18, 2011
State Street, JPMorgan made a bundle propping up money funds

Fed used custodians as fronts to funnel cash to besieged money-market funds; 'national emergency'

By John Goff
Run-up in gold trails off as CME hikes margins
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 18, 2011
Run-up in gold trails off as CME hikes margins

Increase in cash requirement sends prices tumbling; topped $1,800 an ounce on Wednesday

By John Goff
Gold at $2,000? It's getting closer
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2011
Gold at $2,000? It's getting closer

Precious metal gains from race to debase currencies, now tops $1,800; BofA sees it at $2,000 in a year

By John Goff
Default, dear Brutus, could be bad news for money funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2011
Default, dear Brutus, could be bad news for money funds

Could put a hole in money-market funds, which hold $760 billion in Treasuries. The question is: should investors pull their money out now just in case lawmakers in Washington don't reach a debt-ceiling agreement by Aug. 2?

By John Goff
RIAS JUL 18, 2011
Will anybody buy E*Trade?

The online brokerage's largest investor wants the company to explore a sale. But given 'catastrophic losses' at the discount outfit, finding potential suitors may be tough.

By John Goff
Politicos fiddle while bond market burns
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2011
Politicos fiddle while bond market burns

Negative yields return, corporate debt's spurned, and money funds churn, as panicked investors seek out less-risky paper

By William D. Cohan
Cash is the new black
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 18, 2011
Cash is the new black

Concerns about European defaults, Chinese inflation, and American politics have big fund managers scrambling to de-risk their portfolios. How conservative are they getting? One of George Soros' funds in now 75% cash.

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2011
A slow go

In the initial year of Dodd-Frank, which reaches its first anniversary Thursday, regulators overseeing banking, commodities and securities have been pressed to conduct 73 studies and write 400 new rules. As of July 1, only 38 of those rules have been finalized.

By Mark Bruno
RIAS JUL 18, 2011
D.C. war has an unintended consequence

As the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act approaches its one-year anniversary, Washington's highly charged partisan response to the law may give rise to an unintended consequence: a brain drain at our financial regulators.

By MFXFeeder
RIAS JUL 17, 2011
TD Ameritrade strikes deal with AGs

Cooperating in probe by AGs over possible attempts by retail brokers to thwart new online brokerage

By AOSTERLAND
RIAS JUL 17, 2011
Penson clearing out of U.S. clearing business

Selling operation to Apex Clearing; currently serves 230 B-Ds

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2011
Wedbush ordered to pay $3.5M for 'morally reprehensible failure'

Wedbush Securities Inc. was ordered to pay former municipal bond trader Stephen Kelleher $3.5 million for failing to give him years' worth of incentive-based compensation he was owed

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2011
Investment nightmare not over for NFL player

A lawsuit by an NFL player against his investment advisers that was settled months ago has come back to life

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2011
SIFMA gives SEC ideas for a new fiduciary standard

By Doug Cubberley
INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 15, 2011
Ben Bernanke personal net worth takes a hit

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's assets may have declined in 2010 even as the stock market improved.

By Mark Bruno