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WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2013
Influential bank analyst says wirehouses looking good

Bank analyst sees wirehouses as big winners in wealth-management industry recovery. Light at the end of the tunnel?

By AOSTERLAND
RIAS MAY 05, 2013
UBS should hive off wealth management unit, shareholder says

In a letter to UBS staff and shareholders, Knight Vinke said the bank should split up its investment bank and wealth management units.

By Gregory Crawford
WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2013
UBS wealth management announces record profits, new money

Focus on wealth and asset management paying off as revamp from capital-heavy activities accelerates.

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2013
Jim Rogers: Gold is a 'buy' if it hits this price

Famed investor likes bullion -- if it falls to $1,300; commodity yet to set a 'proper bottom

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2013
Take Five: Janet Briaud on gold

Adviser recommends that clients have 5% to 10% allocated to the precious metal

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 04, 2013
Gold sell-off a buying opportunity for some advisers

Mixed signals from global economic uncertainty, currency war.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 04, 2013
Supremes may decide Finra-Schwab scuffle

The battle between Finra and Schwab over class-action waivers is not done. Lawyers say the case could get swept up in the national debate over consumer rights -- and ultimately end up before the Supreme Court.

By DJAMIESON
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 04, 2013
Schwab's class action win a blueprint for other firms

More brokerage firms are expected to demand that customers give up their right to file class actions against them

By DJAMIESON
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 03, 2013
Invest in growth, not geography, American Funds says

An adviser building an equity portfolio is very likely doing so around global benchmark indexes such as the S&P 500 or the MSCI EAFE, but according to American Funds, there is a better way.

By JKEPHART
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2013
More Americans giving up citizenship to dodge taxes

But financial advisers warn such moves could cost you more

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2013
Is renouncing U.S. citizenship financially favorable?

New data indicates more Americans are deciding that the cost of hanging on to U.S. citizenship is too much of a tax burden.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 03, 2013
College savings assets soar to $180B

Stock market gains account for much of the rise but advisers doing their part too.

By Liz Skinner
RIAS MAY 03, 2013
UBS listening to shareholders on wealth management split

A powerful shareholder thinks UBS should hive off its investment bank. Given the recent stellar performance of the company's wealth management business, this isn't such a whacky idea.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES MAY 03, 2013
April jobs report speeds ticking of bond bomb

Pickup in hiring, drop in jobless rate pushes stocks to record high ground — and Treasuries down.

By Gregory Crawford
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 03, 2013
Raymond James' Helck warns of state-level financial transaction taxes

Momentum building in Washington as some see Internet sales tax as opening a door.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 03, 2013
Walter says SEC puts priority on lifting Reg D ad ban

Republicans express frustration with slow pace, missed deadline

By cmollison
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 03, 2013
Manager plots strategy for the onset of inflation

Years of quantitative easing will have an effect; many prices already rising.

By Jeff Benjamin
WIREHOUSES MAY 03, 2013
Merrill Lynch bright spot in BofA earnings

Parent earnings miss estimates and stock takes a hit

By AOSTERLAND
RIAS MAY 03, 2013
Richest Olympic cheater of all time? Lance laps the field

Armstrong raked in an estimated $218M from cycling, endorsements; 'like an atomic bomb'

By John Goff
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 02, 2013
Oil pushing to $100?

Prices are at a one month high, with CNBC's Sharon Epperson and Helima Croft of Barclays

By cmollison