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RIAS MAY 18, 2010
Roll-up firms get squeezed by backers and RIA firms

Businesses that specialize in consolidating independent-advisory firms — particularly, consolidators known as roll-ups — are under strain, according to participants in the ventures, investment bankers and consultants.

By Jed Horowitz
WIREHOUSES MAY 17, 2010
Advisers on the Move: UBS snags $380M Morgan Stanley duo

Douglas Johnson and Daniel Legan jumped to UBS and joined the firm's Indian Wells, California office.

By Mark Bruno
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 17, 2010
Special report: The top-performing SMAs

What were the 10 best-performing separately managed accounts across six different assets classes? Find out here with exclusive data from Prima Capital.

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 17, 2010
Insurance agents' gameplan

Most financial services companies invest heavily in new field agents, only to see one out of every two leave within two years. What's their gameplan?

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Target target date risk much earlier, says research firm

The Financial Research Corp. is recommending that target-date funds sharply curtail riskier investments well before they approach maturity — based on the assumption that investors will roll over their assets.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 17, 2010
Cuomo subpoenaes Goldman, Morgan Stanley, UBS and five others over securities

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, UBS AG and five other banks were subpoenaed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over whether they misled rating agencies about mortgage-backed securities, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

By Bloomberg
U.S. probing Morgan Stanley's 'Dead Presidents' deals: Report
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 17, 2010
U.S. probing Morgan Stanley's 'Dead Presidents' deals: Report

Near the end of the real estate boom, Morgan Stanley sold two series of CDOs named after Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. Now, the Justice Department reportedly wants to know if the bank told clients its trading desk might bet against the 'Dead Presidents' deals

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Come again? Robust retirees face highest health care costs

Living longer has its price, study finds

By Darla Mercado
Goldman throws perfect game
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 17, 2010
Goldman throws perfect game

Dallas Braden, move over: Goldman Sachs recorded a trading profit every single day in the first quarter -- a feat the Wall Street giant has never accomplished before

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Labor Dept. inches closer to providing target date guidance

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is planning to publish a compliance checklist for target date fund selection this spring

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Merrill Lynch: Wealthy afraid of health care costs, retirement

The percentage of survey respondents who said they are concerned about whether their assets will last throughout their lifetime rose to 61% last quarter, from 53% in the fourth quarter.

By Hilary Johnson
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 17, 2010
Guess who's buying gold now

The world is turning upside down when central bankers are accumulating gold and ordinary people are not

By Addison Wiggin
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 16, 2010
Fidelity's institutional services boss exiting

Peter Cieszko, president of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services, is leaving at the end of January “

By Douglas Appell
What's in Obama's portfolio?
RIAS MAY 16, 2010
What's in Obama's portfolio?

President Barack Obama's success as an author continued to add to his wealth last year as he and first lady Michelle Obama reported having assets of between $2.3 million and $7.7 million.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 16, 2010
Don't ignore the death of a loved one

For better or worse, professionals rely on our society's standard conventions and accepted phrases to offer solace at a wake or funeral

By Amy Florian
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 16, 2010
An optimistic view of the dollar

The following is an edited transcript of a webcast held April 20 in New York.

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 14, 2010
Prosecution of Wall Street titans? Short it

Revelations about the firms' shadier practices incensed both politicians and the public. Don't count on any indictments being handed out, however

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 14, 2010
Ex-Credit Suisse broker avoids prison -- for now

Former Credit Suisse Group AG broker Eric Butler will remain free while a judge reviews a decision that ordered him to prison during the appeal of his conviction for fraudulently selling securities that cost investors more than $1.1 billion in losses.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES MAY 14, 2010
Waddell & Reed: Don't blame us for market tailspin

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., the mutual-fund manager started in 1937, said it didn't intend to disrupt markets on May 6 when the plunge in stocks temporarily erased more than $1 trillion of value.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2010
“Secret” Social Security strategies for advisers

Many financial planners are in the dark about ways to help clients boost their monthly government checks. That needs to change, says one expert.

By Lisa Shidler