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WIREHOUSES OCT 19, 2011
Wirehouse snapshot: Q3 2011

By mlanche
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2011
Industry trade groups flex lobbying muscles

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Dollar's surprise rise slamming these stock sectors
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Dollar's surprise rise slamming these stock sectors

The import of exports: Companies that generate big revenue overseas not helped by strengthening greenback

By Jeff Benjamin
Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager

Add Chris Goolgasian to the list of investors bullish on gold — but not for the usual reasons.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
How high can gold go? More reason to be bullish on bullion
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
How high can gold go? More reason to be bullish on bullion

Gold advanced to records in New York and London as the global rout in equities deepened on concern the economic slowdown will worsen after Standard & Poor's cut the U.S. credit rating.

By Mark Bruno
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
China the wild card when it comes to commodities bets

Price of oil seen rising, with supply of cheap crude already exhausted and demand in the PRC on the rise

By Jeff Benjamin
Thousands of wirehouse reps to be shown the door in next five years
WIREHOUSES OCT 18, 2011
Thousands of wirehouse reps to be shown the door in next five years

Management keen to boost productivity by thinning ranks; market share of four giants also dwindling

By Andrew Osterland
RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Raymond James working on no-fee ETF program

Raymond James Financial Inc. aims to have a no-fee ETF program up and running within six months.

By Dan Jamieson
Enter bashing: Finra small-firm candidates tee off on each other
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2011
Enter bashing: Finra small-firm candidates tee off on each other

Gloves off early as Fischer, Sobel engage in a little smackdown; 'rent-a-finop'

By Dan Jamieson
'Best short EVER!' ends up costing Citi $285M
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2011
'Best short EVER!' ends up costing Citi $285M

Bank settles allegations that its B-D sold pool of mortgages to clients — then bet against them

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2011
NAPFA fears fallout from probe of ex-chairman

The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors is worried that its reputation will be tarnished in light of a second high-profile investigation involving one of its former executives

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2011
The dropouts

More advice firms are bailing on the broker-hiring protocol. The big question: Will any of the wirehouses? | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111017&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=101709999&amp;Ref=PH>The investment advice jobs that pay the best</a>

By John Goff
RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Retail business keeping Raymond James in the black: CEO Reilly

Raymond James' retail businesses are still a steadying force during difficult times for its capital markets units.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2011
Volcker rule could change bank profit dynamics

One unintended consequence of the long-awaited Volcker rule, which was mandated by Dodd-Frank and finally issued by U.S. regulators last week, may be increased pressure on the retail-wealth-management businesses of wirehouses to contribute more to overall profitability

By Andrew Osterland
Wall Street getting fed up with Washington's dithering on deficit
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2011
Wall Street getting fed up with Washington's dithering on deficit

Occupy Wall Street protesters are lashing out against what they see as a financial industry luxuriating in wealth created at the expense of the middle class. Wall Street, however, has its own grievances against Washington, which were on display last week.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Why 'mailbox money' is crucial to retirement

Aging baby boomers represent a historic opportunity to boost the sales of income-generating investment products, according to industry leaders who kicked off the Insured Retirement Institute conference in Boston last Monday

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 18, 2011
Merrill advisers rebuffed on bias suit

The Supreme Court has refused to revive a bid to sue Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit for allegedly paying 700 black financial advisers less than their white counterparts

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 18, 2011
Reynolds wants lifetime-income products policed

Bob Reynolds, chief executive of Putnam Investments, last week called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products

By Darla Mercado
Demonstrations point to growing cynicism among future investors
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2011
Demonstrations point to growing cynicism among future investors

Protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement are giving financial advisers something else to worry about: a generation of leery, cynical investors

By Darla Mercado
Dems propose 5% tax on millionaires
RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Dems propose 5% tax on millionaires

Levy would fund jobs bill; given GOP opposition, 5% rate also likely probability of passage

By John Goff