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OPINION MAY 30, 2008
Ignoring Medicare enrollment rules can cost your client plenty

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAY 30, 2008
Laserfiche8, Cheshire, and archival docs

Laserfiche, an electronic-document-management system firm, announced this the latest version of its software.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 29, 2008
LPL poised for acquisitions

LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent-contractor broker-dealer, is on the lookout for plum acquisition candidates, although a top executive says growth through current advisers is the company's prime goal.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 26, 2008
SEC cannot do more with less

What a time to be tightening the Securities and Exchange Commission's budget.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2008
Financial advisers, sponsors offered new yardstick for retirement plan fees

A new software service lets employers benchmark 401(k) plan costs.

By Sue Asci
FINTECH MAY 26, 2008
Transamerica Financial Advisers rolls out paperless system

Independent broker-dealer Transamerica Financial Advisers Inc. is rolling out a soup-to-nuts paperless document management and e-signature system called TFA Synergy, and some advisers who have used it report that it saves time dramatically.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2008
SEC files action against hedger

The SEC has filed an injunctive action against James G. Marquez, a principal of the failed Bayou Fund.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2008
Eight indicted for kickbacks, fraud

Former employees of Morgan Stanley and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC were indicted on kickbacks and fraud charges.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2008
BlackRock recruits exec

BlackRock Inc. has hired Craig Phillips to head its financial markets advisory group, a unit of BlackRock Solutions.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 22, 2008
Florida pension fund sues AIG

A Florida pension fund yesterday filed suit against AIG and four executives of making misleading statements about the company’s finances.

By mstrickberger
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 20, 2008
SEC investigating Franklin Bank

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Franklin Bank after an internal probe revealed accounting errors tied to residential real estate loans.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2008
401(k) biz brisk despite economy

Despite the economic downturn, demand for small-business 401(k) plans remains strong, according to ShareBuilder Advisors.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2008
Fate of book rests on coin toss

When they started their partnership in 1990 at Morgan Stanley, brokers Gerald P. Kessler and Paul S. Baker probably never imagined that the dissolution of their book of business — $470 million in assets, producing an estimated $3 million a year in fees and commissions — would hinge on a coin toss.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2008
Sarbanes urges stricter fiscal oversight

The U.S. subprime meltdown will result in more-stringent banking regulations, according to former Sen. Paul Sarbanes.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 19, 2008
Industry must address adviser shortage

Has anyone noticed that the financial advisory industry is shrinking?

By MFXFeeder
WIREHOUSES MAY 19, 2008
Citi to take more active role in SMAs

For the first time, starting in July, Citigroup Inc.'s managed-account platforms will start advising Smith Barney reps and Citi private bankers on when to buy and sell specific money managers and mutual funds for their clients.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 16, 2008
Six tax-lowering ideas for retirement income portfolios

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 16, 2008
Energy tax bill approved by House

The Energy and Tax Extenders Act may be taken up next week by the House of Representatives.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAY 16, 2008
Laserfiche, EZ Data and EMSI

The document-management unit of Compulink Management Center has announced the release of Laserfiche 8.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 15, 2008
Health care is part of wealth care

What would be the financial consequence if one of your clients lost his or her physical and/or mental independence?

By Lewis J. Walker