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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
In reform, defending states' rights

Denise Voigt Crawford is fighting the war for the states.

By Dan Jamieson
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 13, 2009
Green investing isn't all it's cracked up to be

With representatives from nearly 200 countries hunkering down this week in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the Summit on Climate Change, the tendency to dwell on Earth-saving causes and carbon footprints is understandable and even noble.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 13, 2009
Unconventional wisdom

After questioning the underpinnings of Jeremy Siegel's “stocks for the long run” fame in 2009, Lubos Pastor may spend next year poking holes in the message of Burton Malkiel.

By Evan Cooper
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
When they talk, you'll listen

In these nail-biting times, advisers need to know who the big shots are.

By Jim Pavia
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
Once burned, he's not shy about demands

Sen. Christopher Dodd has his own reasons for pushing hard for financial services reform next year.

By David Hoffman
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 13, 2009
The adviser's intellectual

Advisers who grapple with the complexities of retirement income will be getting more help next year from Moshe Milevsky, an associate professor of finance at York University in Toronto and executive director of the Individual Finance and Insurance Decisions Centre.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
A policy wonk with a mission

J. Mark Iwry is the quarterback of the Obama administration's retirement policy team, but he'll play offense, defense and for the other side when it comes to his mission: to find new ways to help Americans save.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
Her past is a problem

Financial advisers see “Finra” plastered across SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro's forehead, and it makes them nervous.

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 13, 2009
On a quest for security

The mutual fund industry's Holy Grail is a fund that can provide investors with a guaranteed stream of income without tying up the client's money in an annuity.

By David Hoffman
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
At the helm in stormy seas

A leading securities regulator for the lion's share of his career, Finra chairman and chief executive Richard Ketchum is poised to oversee one of the most significant day-to-day changes most registered representatives will ever experience.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 13, 2009
For older Americans, it's a hard-knock life

The tough economic environment has forced many older Americans into a “recession lifestyle,” in which they're slashing spending and making other sacrifices in order to make ends meet, a new survey has found.

By Lisa Shidler
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Morningstar to buy data analysis firm for $51.5M

Morningstar Inc., a provider of investment research, said Friday it has agreed to buy Logical Information Machines Inc. for $51.5 million.

By Associated Press
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Stock futures hold gains after retail sales report

U.S. stock futures rose Friday, following overseas markets higher on a report that China's exports improved.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Stocks in Europe trade higher after Asian markets gain

European markets followed Asian stocks higher Friday as a big improvement in China's exports pointed to rising global demand.

By Associated Press
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Dow ends up higher on the week

Stocks rose Friday after a report on retail sales indicated consumers are picking up their spending.

By Associated Press
RIAS DEC 11, 2009
Stonegate Wealth Management, Family Financial Research merge

Stonegate Wealth Management LLC and Family Financial Research LLC announced yesterday that they have joined forces.

By Michelisa Lanche
WIREHOUSES DEC 11, 2009
Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney go toe-to-toe for top brokers

The broker recruiting wars are heating up, with wirehouses jacking up their offers to new heights to lure more representatives in 2010.

By Bruce Kelly
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Bob McCann lures four Merrill Lynch vets to UBS

Just A few weeks after officially joining UBS AG as the head of its U.S. wealth management business, Bob McCann has snared four veterans from his former firm, Merrill Lynch & Co., to help improve UBS' financial advisory business here.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 11, 2009
Barney Frank will move to scrap amendment that would expand Finra's reach

House Financial Markets Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., will move to strip a controversial amendment from the Investor Protection Act — which the House Financial Services Committee approved with a 41-28 vote today — that would give Finra power over a quarter of all federally-registered investment advisory firms.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 10, 2009
Kohl's oversight proposal is panned

The Financial Planning Coalition has found a last-minute angel in Sen. Herbert Kohl, who wants to establish a Federal oversight board for planners. Insurers and state regulators are less enthusiastic about the idea.

By Jed Horowitz and Hilary Johnson