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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 20, 2009
Florida Atlantic University strips Barry Kaye's name from business school

Florida Atlantic University's College of Business yesterday stripped life insurance guru Barry Kaye's name from the school, according to published reports.

By Darla Mercado
OPINION AUG 19, 2009
A Conversation in Sarch's office. In 2016. (Part 1)

Hold onto your books. Because Management is not what is used to be--Or will be.

By Danny Sarch
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 18, 2009
Fidelity, Vanguard, others spent big bucks on 2Q lobbying

Boston's Fidelity Investments spent $940,000 — both directly and via third-party firms – during the second quarter to lobby Washington lawmakers on financial regulatory reform, retirement, taxes and other issues, according to recent filings with the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

By David Hoffman
OPINION AUG 18, 2009
Windows 7: What advisers need to know

Microsoft's latest operating system will become available to advisers and the rest of the world Oct. 22. The system will grace the shelves of retailers in all its shrink-wrapped glory, but most folks will be buying it pre-installed on new desktop or laptop PCs. Experts believe that the buy-it-installed route is the way most users,

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 18, 2009
FPA urges SEC to restrict Finra's enforcement authority

The Financial Planning Association has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to restrict the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s enforcement power.

By Sara Hansard
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2009
Merrill Lynch confronts arbitration claim involving financials' preferred stock

A retired Michigan couple has filed a securities arbitration claim against Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. alleging that improper sales practices led to a loss of $650,000 — the latest example of what some securities lawyers see as a rising tide of claims involving the preferred stock of financial firms.

By Sue Asci
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 16, 2009
The latest threat to independent advisers

History is rife with examples of adverse, unintended consequences resulting from well-intentioned lawmaking acting in the face of a crisis.

By Dale E. Brown
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2009
Former executive at Securities America feared a "run on the bank'

A former top executive of Securities America feared “a panicked run on the bank” from clients who invested in private securities of Medical Capital Holdings Inc., which the Securities and Exchange Commission sued last month for fraud.

By Bloomberg
OPINION AUG 16, 2009
The process of picking a co-fiduciary

By definition, prudence involves the exercise of skill and good judgment in the use of resources. It is a core fiduciary duty.

By Blaine F. Aikin
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2009
Health care plan makes for interesting reading

I like to read important proposed legislation. Actually, I don't so much like it — the text is often mind-numbing — but I make myself do it because I think that it is important.

By Mike Clowes
ALTERNATIVES AUG 16, 2009
Treasury unveils bill to reform derivatives on OTC

The Department of the Treasury last Tuesday sent to Capitol Hill the final piece of its financial regulatory reform legislation, a 115-page bill aimed at reforming regulation of over-the-counter derivatives.

By Sara Hansard
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 16, 2009
Ex-rep claims discrimination in lawsuit

A former broker with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC of St. Louis has sued the firm for sexual discrimination.

By Dan Jamieson
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 14, 2009
Stifel set to absorb 350 UBS reps, add new recruits

Having already added nearly 300 financial advisers in the first six months of the year, Stifel Financial Corp. is now poised to add another 350 new advisers — at least — in the second half of 2009.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 14, 2009
Former AIG execs to pay $115M to settle bid rigging and fraud charges

The state of Ohio yesterday reached a $115 million settlement with ex-AIG chief executive Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg and a handful of former AIG executives in a suit that alleged bid rigging and accounting fraud.

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 14, 2009
'Charlatan' promoter barred from marketing fraudulent tax schemes

Daniel Andersen, a promoter serving time in prison, was permanently barred from marketing fraudulent tax schemes by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH AUG 14, 2009
New turnkey tax management overlay announced by Envestnet

Envestnet unveils tax management overlay; Cabinet NG's document management software updated

By Davis Janowski
OPINION AUG 13, 2009
Wirehouse Woes

The Four Remaining Wire Houses Will Succeed or Fail Based on How Well They Address These Three Things

By Danny Sarch
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE AUG 13, 2009
Foundation socks Merrill with $33M suit over Madoff investment

Just months before his now-infamous Ponzi scheme collapsed, Bernie Madoff snookered a Merrill Lynch adviser who was attempting to perform due diligence on him for a foundation that serves the elderly, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida last week.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 13, 2009
Axa Advisors to pay $50,000 settlement in connection to retirement-fund fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday filed an administrative proceeding against Axa Advisors LLC for failing to supervise a former registered representative who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in January 2008.

By Sara Hansard
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 12, 2009
Hong Kong regulator bans ex-CLSA banker for life

Hong Kong regulators on Monday banned a former banker at one of Asia's top stock brokerages from the territory's financial industry for life after he was jailed for insider trading.

By Associated Press