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BROKER DEALERS MAR 23, 2011
For B-Ds, crunch time on plan fee disclosure begins now

Service providers have an additional six months to prepare for plan fee disclosure regulations, and from the looks of it, broker-dealers are going to need all that time to make sure they're up to snuff.

By Darla Mercado
GAO lifts hood on target date funds – and finds big problems
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
GAO lifts hood on target date funds – and finds big problems

By Andrew Osterland
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam CEO to Congress: Save Social Security, don't privatize it

Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds came to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way Wall Street executives usually recommend.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam hooks former Hancock, Fidelity execs to boost DC biz

Putnam Investments has tapped former executives from John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and Fidelity Investments to help it expand its defined contribution business.

By Jessica Toonkel
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 23, 2011
Nevada launches Putnam 529 for America adviser-sold plan

Offering gives investors access to four absolute-return funds; some fees will be waived through 2012

By Jessica Toonkel
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 22, 2011
Citadel cuts E*Trade stake to under 10%

E*Trade Financial Corp. said Citadel LLC will sell shares of the online brokerage, cutting its stake to less than 10%, after it sold almost 24 million shares less than two months ago.

By Doug Cubberley
Six Japanese stocks to buy
OPINION MAR 22, 2011
Six Japanese stocks to buy

Japan's Nikkei 225 has fallen 12% since an earthquake ripped the country on March 11. U.S. investors should consider buying ADRs of Japanese stocks.

By John Dorfman
More fallout from looming nuclear disaster in Japan
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 22, 2011
More fallout from looming nuclear disaster in Japan

The ongoing drama at the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan sends world stock markets into a tailspin.

By John Goff
Regulators blast decision to halt state cases against Securities America
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2011
Regulators blast decision to halt state cases against Securities America

NASAA says ruling will have chilling effect on securities enforcement

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 21, 2011
Regulators warn about yen scams

Events in Japan have fraudsters pulling increasing number of Forex scams

By Liz Skinner
9.0 quake in Japan 'wasn't big enough' to lift Black Swan Fund
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 21, 2011
9.0 quake in Japan 'wasn't big enough' to lift Black Swan Fund

Options portfolio that gained 234% during 2008 financial crisis saw no bump up from calamity in Nippon

By John Goff
David Kelly: All eyes on oil
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 21, 2011
David Kelly: All eyes on oil

Once again this week, markets will focus on events far from both Wall Street and Washington.

By David Kelly
SEC should step up scrutiny of Finra: Report
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 21, 2011
SEC should step up scrutiny of Finra: Report

This may come as no surprise to reps, but a report released this week said the Commission needs to dramatically beef up its oversight of Finra.

By Dan Jamieson
<h1>SEC punts on SRO for advisers</h1>
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 21, 2011
<h1>SEC punts on SRO for advisers</h1>

The SEC finally released its much-trumpeted report on the best way to oversee the advisory industry. And in the end, the commission couldn't agree on a single course of action. <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20110116/REG/301169998> (Watch INTV for views on the fiduciary standard and creation of an SRO.)</a>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS MAR 20, 2011
Schapiro must learn from her mistakes or go

Mary Schapiro, chairman of the SEC, cannot be surprised that she is taking heat from Congress for hiring a general counsel who played a role in determining how victims of Bernard Madoff would be compensated, even though he had benefited from an investment with the notorious financial criminal

By MFXFeeder
IRA ALERT MAR 20, 2011
Reporting Roth IRA conversions

Get ready for an avalanche of Form 8606 questions

By Ed Slott
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2011
Investors are going short with their cash

By Lavonne Kuykendall
OPINION MAR 20, 2011
A different take on managing risk

As the markets continue to recover, it is time to take a fresh look at investment risk

By Wylie A. Tollette
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
GAO skewers lending by plans

The Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Government Accountability Office have called upon the Labor Department to give employers guidance on securities-lending activities that are taking place within retirement plans

By Darla Mercado
RIAS MAR 20, 2011
A fiduciary field guide

By Davis Janowski