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INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 08, 2011
It's not you, it's your firm

It's been about two months since Sallie Krawcheck was ousted from her job at Bank of America Global Wealth Management. At a conference on Monday, the former head of Merrill Lynch's thundering herd praised advisers. She was less generous about the actual firms that advisers work for. | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CI&amp;Dato=20110616&amp;Kategori=FREE&amp;Lopenr=616009999&amp;Ref=PH>How clients rate the big advisory firms</a>

By John Goff
TAX NOV 08, 2011
Social Security beneficiaries to receive 3.6% increase

Fifty-five million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment next year, the U.S. government said last week

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 08, 2011
Wirehouses warming to indexed annuities

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 08, 2011
Insurance regulators seek stronger annuity disclosure

A group of state insurance regulators voted last week to adopt amendments to an annuity disclosure model that would give customers a detailed breakdown of product features

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2011
&lt;font color=red&gt;FPA Convention &lt;/font&gt;What's the right age to take Social Security?

If the drawdown of assets is done properly, it's best to delay taking that government check.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2011
Retirement experts clash over tax breaks for 401(k) plans

Some want to boost the deferral limit &#8211; others want to do away with it

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 08, 2011
John Hussman: Inside a 'surface' recovery

On the surface, the U.S. economy is gradually recovering

By John Hussman
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 07, 2011
Despite the fright, retirement savers rode out the storm

The following is an edited version of an Oct. 12 speech by Paul Schott Stevens, president and chief executive of the Investment Company Institute, before the Rotary Club of Seattle

By MFXFeeder
Darnell to Merrill brokers: I'll stay out of your way
WIREHOUSES NOV 07, 2011
Darnell to Merrill brokers: I'll stay out of your way

Bank of America Corp.'s David Darnell, the commercial banker put in charge of the lender's Merrill Lynch brokerage, promised employees he'll do anything including &#8220;get out of the way&#8221; to help them improve results.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 07, 2011
Ousted Krawcheck could be bounced from Finra board

It may not be her biggest concern right now, but the recently departed Sallie Krawcheck will have to land a new gig at a large brokerage firm or resign her newly won seat on Finra's board

By Dan Jamieson
Opinion: 'Must hang' Sallie
INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 07, 2011
Opinion: 'Must hang' Sallie

Given the recent spate of bad news, it seemed that somebody big had to go at Bank of America. Merrill Lynch president Sallie Krawcheck drew the short straw. The real question is: Did Sallie ever really have a chance of succeeding at BofA?

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 07, 2011
SEC's floating-NAV proposal slowly sinking

Apparently, the GOP is not so keen on the SEC's plan to let the net asset value of money market funds drift, rather than remain at a constant $1 per share. Fund firms are no doubt happy to hear it.

By Jessica Toonkel
Vanguard boss: Regulatory changes would kill off money funds
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 07, 2011
Vanguard boss: Regulatory changes would kill off money funds

McNabb opposes excess capital requirements or floating rate NAV; 'will disappear'

By Bloomberg
Money fund 'fiction' a real threat to investors: FDIC's Bair
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 07, 2011
Money fund 'fiction' a real threat to investors: FDIC's Bair

FDIC boss Sheila Bair says money funds' stable NAV is 'destabilizing' the financial system. The fund industry begs to disagree.

By John Goff
Ex-Schwab pro launches M&A, succession advice business
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 06, 2011
Ex-Schwab pro launches M&A, succession advice business

The former managing director of strategic business development at Schwab Advisor Services, has launched his own consulting practice.

By Dan Jamieson
RIAS NOV 06, 2011
Focus Financial in the zone – does yet another deal

Sapient makes it No. 8 on the year, boosting firm's AUM to $45B; 'suffocating' at the wirehouse

By Andrew Osterland
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 06, 2011
Special report: Tax planning

The lack of leaks is an indication that the panel has decided to refrain from fighting in the media and actually come to the table.

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 06, 2011
All eyes on Washington

A bipartisan, bicameral 12-member panel, the supercommittee may be the best chance for any kind of substantial tax changes before next year's election

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
BROKER DEALERS NOV 06, 2011
UL reserve requirements catch eye of regulators

State regulators have signaled a push for recalculating reserve requirements on a certain type of universal-life insurance, a change that could lead to higher costs for policyholders, as well as fewer insurers' selling the product

By Darla Mercado
RIAS NOV 06, 2011
What the Kansas City incident should teach Finra

Let's hope that Finra has learned a lesson from the public flogging it received after it was reported that a regional official allegedly doctored the minutes of internal staff meetings that were then turned over to SEC examiners

By MFXFeeder