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INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 08, 2011
SEC backs investors' claim Merrill rigged ARS market, lawyer says

Claims amicus brief filed by commission supports plaintiffs' argument brokerage propped up auctions; 'unchartered territory'

By John Goff
MSSB to pare workforce – but advisers not on the chopping block
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2011
MSSB to pare workforce – but advisers not on the chopping block

Morgan Stanley is planning to lay off 2.6% of its workforce, but reps at MSSB are safe. An insider, however, says the brokerage 'won't entirely escape the belt-tightening.'

By Andrew Osterland
Lawmakers pile on insider-trading ban bandwagon
EQUITIES DEC 07, 2011
Lawmakers pile on insider-trading ban bandwagon

Bipartisan support is growing in the U.S. Congress for new rules banning insider trading by lawmakers amid concerns about waning trust among the public.

By Doug Cubberley
Insider-trading rule needed to restore trust: Lawmakers
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 07, 2011
Insider-trading rule needed to restore trust: Lawmakers

New restrictions on insider-trading by U.S. lawmakers are needed to help lift waning public trust in Congress.

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 07, 2011
Neuberger analyst put on leave amid probe

Neuberger Berman Group has put research analyst Fayad Abbasi on paid leave as it looks into insider-trading

By Doug Cubberley
RIAS DEC 07, 2011
Hark: Beware of Harkin tax plan

Investors, beware of the financial transactions tax proposed by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore

By MFXFeeder
ING to shutter registered indexed annuity
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 07, 2011
ING to shutter registered indexed annuity

ING Groep NV will close its registered indexed annuity to new sales Oct. 31 after a little more than a year.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 07, 2011
Critics fear government isn't promoting annuities enough

The government is hoping that its upcoming support for lifetime-income solutions such as annuities will encourage companies to add these options to their retirement plans for employees, but some worry that Uncle Sam isn't giving a big-enough push

By Liz Skinner
Supplies of natural gas bloated, but natural gas stocks still rising
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2011
Supplies of natural gas bloated, but natural gas stocks still rising

Index up 6.3% this year, far outstripping S&P 500; 'sweet spot'

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2011
Here comes the sun: Solar to rival coal in two years

Gains in performance -- and cuts in manufacturing costs -- have dramatically lowered the cost of solar energy. In fact, experts say the sun will rival coal as a cheap power source within two years. Says one expert: 'We're very close to grid parity.' Advisers, take note.

By John Goff
Nuclear-power stocks suffer meltdown in wake of Japan quake
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2011
Nuclear-power stocks suffer meltdown in wake of Japan quake

But alternative-energy shares getting a boost from renewed fears about atomic energy.

By Jessica Toonkel
Will year-end be naughty or nice for investors?
EQUITIES DEC 06, 2011
Will year-end be naughty or nice for investors?

History is on the side of a Santa Claus rally by the stock market at the end of the year, but the bigger issue is what it means for stocks next year if that year-end rally doesn't pan out.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 06, 2011
Private-placement due diligence 'sloppy'

Broker-dealers that sold billions of dollars in allegedly fraudulent private placements failed massively in their due-diligence responsibilities to investors.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 06, 2011
'Super' failure signals tax gridlock

The failure of the deficit reduction supercommittee last week all but guarantees that the gridlock over tax reform, including the Bush-era tax cuts, will continue beyond next year's presidential election

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Obama nixes 3% withholding tax for government contractors
RIAS DEC 06, 2011
Obama nixes 3% withholding tax for government contractors

President Barack Obama today signed into law a bill that would kill a withholding tax on government contractors even before it was levied for the first time.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 06, 2011
Tax code overhaul unlikely this year

Like baseball fans whose team came up short, those hoping for an overhaul of the tax code by the congressional deficit-cutting supercommittee likely will have to wait until next year

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Debate subtly shifting from whether to raise taxes — to how much
RIAS DEC 06, 2011
Debate subtly shifting from whether to raise taxes — to how much

Republican lawmakers coming over to the idea that Uncle Sam must raise more revenue to make real impact on deficit; Grover Norquist not thrilled

By John Goff
RIAS DEC 06, 2011
Advisers, regulators must heed MF's lessons

MF Global's bankruptcy illustrates again that excessive financial leverage is dangerous, that regulators must remain on high alert for dangerous situations and that they must act expeditiously when they perceive that a firm's leverage appears too high

By MFXFeeder
MF Global's 1,066 brokers fired by trustee
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 06, 2011
MF Global's 1,066 brokers fired by trustee

200 former employees will be hired to help with liquidation of bankrupt B-D; 'saddened'

By John Goff
INsider: Finra embarrassment will be long forgotten before Congress acts on SRO bill
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 06, 2011
INsider: Finra embarrassment will be long forgotten before Congress acts on SRO bill

Settlement with SEC a distant memory by the time investment adviser oversight issue is settled

By Bloomberg