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RIAS JUN 30, 2011
Jackson pares funds to curb VA liability

By Darla Mercado
Elder financial fraud claiming nearly $3B
RIAS JUN 29, 2011
Elder financial fraud claiming nearly $3B

Ah, retirement. Golf. Cruises. Leisurely walks. And getting financially abused by family members, strangers and businesses.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 29, 2011
Retirement savings tax breaks targeted

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
WIREHOUSES JUN 29, 2011
Reps face belt-tightening at MSSB

By Andrew Osterland
Morgan Stanley worth more dead than alive?
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 29, 2011
Morgan Stanley worth more dead than alive?

Analyst Brad Hintz says Morgan Stanley could shut down its enormous trading business -- and the bank would still be worth more than what its stock is currently trading at. The takeaway? Investors are missing a good bet.

By John Goff
Lawmakers look to tighten the 401(k) tap
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 29, 2011
Lawmakers look to tighten the 401(k) tap

Aim to get rid of debit cards for the retirement plan, reduce number of loans workers can take

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 29, 2011
ARS mess could cost Raymond James up to $50M

Raymond James Financial Inc. could face a loss of $25 million to $50 million if it has to buy back distressed auction-rate securities from clients immediately

By Bruce Kelly
RJ brokerage boss: We're not looking to buy
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 29, 2011
RJ brokerage boss: We're not looking to buy

Securities America, other B-Ds may be seeking suitors, but Averitt says acquisition 'makes no sense' for Raymond James Financial Services

By Robert Hordt
In break from Allianz, Pimco to launch its own brokerage biz
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 29, 2011
In break from Allianz, Pimco to launch its own brokerage biz

With its assets rising six-fold, mutual fund giant Pimco is set to launch its own brokerage operation. The real question: what does the move say about the fund firm's relationship with parent Allianz?

By John Goff
ALTERNATIVES JUN 28, 2011
Schapiro says GSA will take over SEC leasing after $557M mistake

SEC chairman Mary Schapiro told House lawmakers that the agency's system for leasing space had “significant flaws,” and that the federal General Services Administration will likely take over that role

By Doug Cubberley
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 28, 2011
Finra to update adviser exams

Finra yesterday began surveying registered representatives and principals about their job functions as a first step in updating qualification exams.

By Dan Jamieson
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 2011
It's never too early

You're never too young to start learning about money and how to manage it

By Andrew Osterland
RIAS JUN 28, 2011
Report: Clients confused about standards and don't care

While the financial advice industry wrangles with regulators and lawmakers over a universal fiduciary standard, most investors are far more concerned about getting their phone calls returned

By Lavonne Kuykendall
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 28, 2011
Finra champions adviser SRO - and its own suitability for the job

Finra is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars this year to lobby Congress to authorize a self-regulatory organization for investment advisers — a role that it would like to fill itself

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 28, 2011
Ketchum warns that Finra is focusing on 'hot' investment

Just as financial advisers are embracing alternative investments as a way to generate income for clients, their chief regulator is warning them of the perils of one such type of offering: structured products

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS JUN 28, 2011
Advisers prepare for end of Jackson variable annuity bonanza

News that Jackson National Life Insurance Co. will curtail sales of its popular variable annuity products — likely by limiting investments — has financial advisers on the lookout for the next best thing and its competitors waiting with open arms for an expected uptick in sales

By Darla Mercado
Jackson National's VA sales will be dialed back by parent
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 28, 2011
Jackson National's VA sales will be dialed back by parent

Variable annuity sales at Jackson National Life Insurance have been surging -- so much so that parent company, Britain's Prudential, has deciced to dial back on the product. Yes, you read that right.

By Darla Mercado
Finra in Reg D crackdown
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 28, 2011
Finra in Reg D crackdown

Regulator hits Workman Securities with $700K fine; also sanctions execs at other firms that sold several soured private placements

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS JUN 28, 2011
QA3 tangles with insurer over private-placement coverage

<a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=datajoe&amp;djoPage=summary&amp;issuedate=20100423&amp;sid=BD0426&amp;djoProjId=10994&amp;djoRecordId=290006>QA3 Financial Corp.</a>, an independent broker-dealer that was a leading seller of high-risk private placements over the last decade, in a recent lawsuit said its insurance carrier was pushing it into bankruptcy by failing to back up its coverage.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 27, 2011
N.Y. Life shows its pride

In time for Gay Pride Month, New York Life Insurance Co. has launched a LGBT channel on its website to address financial and estate-planning needs unique to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

By Jana Kasperkevic