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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2011
What's 'rich'? Millionaires up the bar

Apparently, $4M isn't what it used to be. When asked how much they'd need in investable assets to consider themselves wealthy, millionaires came back with a hefty number.

By John Goff
JPMorgan wealth adviser may determine when Derek Jeter gets 3,000th hit
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2011
JPMorgan wealth adviser may determine when Derek Jeter gets 3,000th hit

Strange as it may seem, JPMorgan wealth adviser Jordan Sprechman could determine when New York Yankee legend Derek Jeter gets his 3,000th hit. How? We're not tipping our pitch, so make a wide turn and read on.

By John Goff
Advisers not charging enough: Study
RIAS MAR 24, 2011
Advisers not charging enough: Study

Many fee-based advisers are under-charging for their services and cheaper rates do not bring in more clients, study finds

By Andrew Osterland
RIAS MAR 24, 2011
Are your wealthy clients cheating on you?

Reluctant to entrust their financial assets to any one financial adviser, the nation's top tier of investors is spreading its wealth. In fact, new research shows that well over half of wealthy clients now work with at least five advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
BROKER DEALERS MAR 24, 2011
Securities America cancels call with reps; brokers on edge

A mediation session to resolve hundreds of millions of dollars of investor claims against Securities America Inc. failed to yield a settlement last week, as the firm's 1,800 reps and advisers continue to speculate on whether the firm will survive.

By Bruce Kelly
EMERGING MARKETS MAR 24, 2011
Japan temblor alone probably won't swamp reinsurers

Probably not, although when paired with other recent disasters, carriers' pain could be chronic

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2011
What advisers think of 529 plans

By Mark Bruno
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2011
Advisers want sprinkles on plain-vanilla 529s

When it comes to Section 529 college savings plans, financial advisers say they wish they had more choices

By Liz Skinner
RIAS MAR 24, 2011
United Capital moving up the food chain, buys $1.6B RIA

Purchase of Zirkin-Cutler biggest acquisition to date for roll-up firm

By Jessica Toonkel
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 24, 2011
After beating, Stanford one step closer to getting out of jail

Persuades judge in civil trial to move him from prison cell to house arrest; 'wreck of a man'

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 23, 2011
Fund manager admits to adviser fraud, Ponzi scheme

Francisco Illarramendi, a hedge fund manager in Connecticut, pleaded guilty to fraud and two other men were charged with conspiracy in a U.S. probe of an alleged Ponzi scheme with potential investor and creditor losses of hundreds of millions of dollars, prosecutors said.

By Mark Bruno
BROKER DEALERS MAR 23, 2011
For B-Ds, crunch time on plan fee disclosure begins now

Service providers have an additional six months to prepare for plan fee disclosure regulations, and from the looks of it, broker-dealers are going to need all that time to make sure they're up to snuff.

By Darla Mercado
GAO lifts hood on target date funds – and finds big problems
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
GAO lifts hood on target date funds – and finds big problems

By Andrew Osterland
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam CEO to Congress: Save Social Security, don't privatize it

Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds came to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way Wall Street executives usually recommend.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam hooks former Hancock, Fidelity execs to boost DC biz

Putnam Investments has tapped former executives from John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and Fidelity Investments to help it expand its defined contribution business.

By Jessica Toonkel
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 23, 2011
Nevada launches Putnam 529 for America adviser-sold plan

Offering gives investors access to four absolute-return funds; some fees will be waived through 2012

By Jessica Toonkel
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 22, 2011
Citadel cuts E*Trade stake to under 10%

E*Trade Financial Corp. said Citadel LLC will sell shares of the online brokerage, cutting its stake to less than 10%, after it sold almost 24 million shares less than two months ago.

By Doug Cubberley
Six Japanese stocks to buy
OPINION MAR 22, 2011
Six Japanese stocks to buy

Japan's Nikkei 225 has fallen 12% since an earthquake ripped the country on March 11. U.S. investors should consider buying ADRs of Japanese stocks.

By John Dorfman
More fallout from looming nuclear disaster in Japan
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 22, 2011
More fallout from looming nuclear disaster in Japan

The ongoing drama at the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan sends world stock markets into a tailspin.

By John Goff
Regulators blast decision to halt state cases against Securities America
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2011
Regulators blast decision to halt state cases against Securities America

NASAA says ruling will have chilling effect on securities enforcement

By Bruce Kelly