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OPINION APR 20, 2009
Use technology to streamline client communications

To communicate with both ends of the client spectrum, top advisers employ technology to make processes predictable, sustainable and repeatable

By Maureen Wilke
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 20, 2009
Volume up, value down in insurance M&A worldwide

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. insurance industry lost value last year, while non-U.S. transactions plummeted, according to data from Conning Research and Consulting.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS APR 19, 2009
Ex-major league star Mo Vaughn and adviser in beanball battle

A financial adviser to former Major League baseball player Mo Vaughn is claiming that he threatened and intimidated her after she tried to rein in his "insane spending habits."

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Advisers take wait-and-see attitude toward insurers

Insurance stocks have outperformed the overall market during the past four weeks, but financial advisers are reluctant to jump in.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS APR 19, 2009
Let's focus on dangers of the future, Mr. Bernanke

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and his Fed colleagues must begin to address investors' concerns about inflation in more concrete terms than he did in his speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta last week.

By MFXFeeder
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 19, 2009
Lessons from students

College may be a great place to learn about the investment business, but professionals could learn a thing or two from a group of 20 students at Houston's Rice University.

By Jamie Burns
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 19, 2009
States pushing for authority over Reg D offerings

State securities regulators are asking Congress for expanded powers to review offerings of private securities.

By Dan Jamieson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Confusion heightened at AIG Advisor Group

Last week's layoffs and consolidation of key areas of operation at the three broker-dealers of the AIG Advisor Group only add to the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the network's future and the fate of its more than 6,000 representatives and financial advisers, sources said.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES APR 19, 2009
Schwab webcast to address its revised alternatives plan

The Charles Schwab Corp. has scheduled a webcast Thursday to brief registered investment advisers on its revised plans to wind down custody of alternative investments.

By Jed Horowitz
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 19, 2009
UBS to overhaul its retail business

As part of a massive overhaul of its U.S. wealth management business, UBS AG is set to shed up to 2,000 jobs, shrink its regional operations and consolidate a number of branches here over the next several months.

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Risky business?

Insurance companies that have been eliminated from the TARP pool are running up against a new obstacle: financial advisers who are reconsidering whether they want to do business with them.

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 19, 2009
In the financial dark

April is National Financial Literacy Month, and it couldn't arrive at a better time for Americans who can't answer the most basic questions concerning personal finance.

By Jamie Burns
RIAS APR 19, 2009
Schwab hit by slowing adviser assets

The Charles Schwab Corp. reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings last week, but buried in the numbers were signs that the headlong growth of the independent-adviser community may be waning, according to some analysts.

By Jed Horowitz
ALTERNATIVES APR 19, 2009
Advisers are wary of the federal toxic-debt program

The government's Public-Private Investment Program — designed to remove bad assets from bank balance sheets and promote lending — will help turn around the economy in the short run, but perhaps not long-term, according to financial advisers.

By Sara Hansard
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2009
Economy getting ‘less bad’ in some areas, Fed officials say

Despite a report by the Federal Reserve Board that found five out of 12 of its banking districts reporting a moderation in the pace of economic decline, many experts aren’t ready to predict the beginning of a recovery.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2009
Three ING Advisors Network B-Ds may be put on the block

Three broker-dealers in the ING Advisors Network are facing another round of strategic reviews that could lead to their sale, an ING spokesman said this morning.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2009
Mass. firms sue Citigroup for alleged ARS fraud

Several Braintree, Mass.-based firms filed suit yesterday in federal district court charging a Citigroup subsidiary with fraudulently selling auction rate securities while the firm was under investigation.

By Sue Asci
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2009
Citi's 1Q profit spike: Less than meets the eye

Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Vikram Pandit put his credibility on the line last month when he wrote a memo saying the bank, after five consecutive quarters of losses, at last was profitable. It turns out that depends on which definition of “profit” is used.

By Aaron Elstein
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2009
European stocks climb on Citigroup earnings

European stock markets rose today, with Wall Street expected to open higher, following better than expected earnings from U.S. banking giant Citigroup Inc. and General Electric Corp.

By D Hampton
OPINION APR 17, 2009
Now may be the time to buy that vacation home

By Charles J. Farrell