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RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2010
Fidelity introduces Roth IRA conversion tool for RIAs, brokers

Fidelity Investments introduced a free online Roth IRA conversion calculator Tuesday for its independent registered investment advisers and the broker-dealer clients that clear through National Financial Services LLC.

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 21, 2010
Finra to shell out $1M on lobbying efforts

Finra has opened up its checkbook to lobby Congress for authority over investment advisers.

By Dan Jamieson
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Buffett tells students: "The bottom has come in stocks"

Capitalism is still alive and well, say the world's two richest men, despite lingering shocks from the longest, deepest recession since the Great Depression.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2010
Roth IRA conversions 101: The basics of the 2010 rule

In retirement, your paycheck might go away, but taxes won't.

By Associated Press
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Buffett: Economy not improving, but not worsening

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the economy appears to have leveled off at the bottom of the recession over the summer, but Berkshire Hathaway's CEO still isn't seeing much improvement.

By Associated Press
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Fidelity watchers ponder succession at the family firm

Although Fidelity executives last week quelled rumors about the potential departure of president Rodger Lawson, observers noted that the larger question about the firm is who will take over when chairman and chief executive Edward C. “Ned” Johnson III, 79, retires.

By Sue Asci
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2010
Greenberg to sell AIG stock for at least $278M

In an SEC filing, Mr. Greenberg's investment vehicle, Zug, Switzerland-based Starr International Co. Inc., said it would sell the shares to UBS Securities LLC during the next three years.

By Colleen Mccarthy
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 20, 2010
Wells Fargo reports unexpected 4Q profit

Wells Fargo is seeing early signs of improvement in its lending portfolios as it reports an unexpected fourth-quarter profit.

By Associated Press
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2010
Nearly one out of five insurance producers headed for the exit: Survey

Strong support systems — along with a mentoring culture and time management training — are just a couple of the factors that keep life insurance producers' feet planted at one company, according to a report from LIMRA International Inc.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2010
Life insurance premium levels at banks show 3Q spike

New life insurance premium levels at banks leapt nearly 60% during the third quarter, beating the overall industry's growth for the second consecutive quarter, according to data from Kehrer-LIMRA, a subsidiary of LIMRA International Inc.

By Darla Mercado
Taking the volatility out of equities
OPINION JAN 20, 2010
Taking the volatility out of equities

Investors seem to have re-gained some of their appetite for risk, and sidelined capital is again being to put to work in the markets.

By Walter A. Row
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 20, 2010
BlackRock's Kapito: Advisers need better risk tools

Broker-dealer firms are not providing advisers with the technology and resources they need to manage risk in their portfolios, Robert S. Kapito, president of BlackRock Inc., told attendees of the Investment Management Consultant Association's conference in New York today.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Making the case against short-term bonds
FIXED INCOME JAN 20, 2010
Making the case against short-term bonds

In November 2008, many investors believed we were on the edge of financial disaster. Panic was sweeping Wall Street and Main Street. The global economy was in disarray. Now, a little more than a year later, stock market values have rebounded sharply, frozen credit markets are now flowing more freely, and there is greater liquidity in the financial -system.

By John B. Fox
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 20, 2010
Both winners and losers in Dodd's departure?

The news that Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut will not seek re-election this fall is a welcome development for both the nation's most powerful banking regulator, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and its toughest, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chief Sheila Bair.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 20, 2010
House passes sweeping financial reform

A year after Wall Street failures plunged the nation into recession, the House on Friday passed the most ambitious restructuring of financial regulation since the New Deal.

By Associated Press
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 20, 2010
Kuwait books $1.1B profit in surprise Citi sale

Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund said Sunday it booked a profit of $1.1 billion by selling the stake it took in Citigroup Inc. less than two years ago when the banking giant was strapped for cash.

By Associated Press
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 20, 2010
Fidelity promotes Perold to asset management chief

Jacques Perold was named head of Fidelity Investments' $1.4 billion asset management group, which includes Pyramis Global Advisors, said Vincent Loporchio, spokesman.

By Barry B. Burr
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 19, 2010
Utah judge tosses suit by former advisers

A Utah judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by two former financial advisers accusing state regulators of violating their constitutional rights by bringing securities violations against them without proof of wrongdoing.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 19, 2010
Supreme Court won't review 401(k) suit against Deere, Fidelity

The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a review of the dismissal of a lawsuit against Deere & Co. and two Fidelity Investments units, claiming unreasonable fees were charged for investment options in Deere's $3.1 billion 401(k) plan.

By Doug Halonen
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 19, 2010
With an eye on U.S. expansion, RBC makes key exec appointment

RBC Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, announced Tuesday the appointment of Blair Fleming as head of U.S. investment banking.

By Associated Press