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FINTECH FEB 22, 2009
Technology simplifies retirement-account tax management

Taking the grunt work and the guesswork out of retirement-account tax management could be right around the corner, assuming a new product from LifeYield LLC can live up to the hype building around it.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH FEB 20, 2009
ACS Compliance Solutions, AdviceAmerica

Automated Compliance Solutions has unveiled compliance software for brokers, and AdviceAmerica Inc. has released a client relationship management solution.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 20, 2009
Madoff’s market making operation being sold

Trustees handling Bernard L. Madoff Securities is in the process of selling the market making operation connected with the firm, trustee Irving Picard said today .

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 20, 2009
UBS Shares dropped 15%

Commentators in Switzerland voiced their anger at the bank's business practices and what they saw as heavy-handed treatment by U.S. authorities.

By Bloomberg
OPINION FEB 20, 2009
Should you dump mutual funds in favor of ETFs?

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 20, 2009
ASPPA: Employers need a break from required contributions

ASPPA is asking the government to give employers a break from rules that require many companies to contribute 3% to their employees’ 401(k) plans.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 20, 2009
Stanford said to decay healthy-teeth group’s funds

A trustee of a charitable foundation that helps poor people in Central America and Mexico has filed a civil case against Texas billionaire financier R. Allen Stanford.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 20, 2009
As market falls, arbitration claims rise

Broker-dealers and registered representatives are being hit by the legal fallout of the historic market collapse.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 20, 2009
Stanford employee raised concerns with regulators in 2003

While R. Allen Stanford's investors were swallowing claims of vast returns on safe investments, some of his employees weren't so sure.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
Finra taps NYSE reg head Ketchum as chief

NYSE regulatory chief Richard Ketchum will be named the new chief executive of Finra, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
New SEC top enforcer: Khuzami

Former Deutsche Bank general counsel and federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami today was named director of enforcement at the SEC.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
UBS fined $780 million in tax evasion scandal

UBS AG will pay $780 million in fines, interest and restitution to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges that it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 19, 2009
U.S. sues UBS over identities of 52,000 American clients

The U.S. sued UBS AG today in an effort to get the Swiss bank to turn over the names of as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans who allegedly tried to evade taxes.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 19, 2009
N.Y. insurance super Dinallo cracks down

Insurers doing business in N.Y. that receive breaks on accounting rules in their home states must adhere to N.Y.'s accounting rules when filing annual statements.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH FEB 18, 2009
High-tech tool for retirement income withdrawals

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
Insurance broker faces 20-year sentence

John W. Goff, owner of the Goff Group, may face at least 20 years in prison after his conviction yon charges of mail fraud, embezzlement and filing false documents.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 18, 2009
Pershing will aid clients caught in Stanford mess

Clients of the troubled Stanford companies who clear through Pershing LLC will be able to liquidate their accounts if approved by the court-appointed receiver, Dallas attorney Ralph Janvey.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 18, 2009
Obama plan targets 9M homeowners

President Obama’s mortgage plan aims to keep up to 9 million families from losing their homes to foreclosure.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 18, 2009
Morgan Stanley exec charged with $2.5M fraud

A former Morgan Stanley employee has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from the firm, with the crimes allegedly occurring over more than seven years.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 17, 2009
SEC: Stanford ‘inflated’ fund wrap results

The SEC today charged that Allen Stanford and his financial companies also falsely promoted the Stanford Allocation Strategy fund mutual fund wrap program.

By Bloomberg