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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 20, 2009
Stanford said to decay healthy-teeth group’s funds

A trustee of a charitable foundation that helps poor people in Central America and Mexico has filed a civil case against Texas billionaire financier R. Allen Stanford.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 20, 2009
As market falls, arbitration claims rise

Broker-dealers and registered representatives are being hit by the legal fallout of the historic market collapse.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 20, 2009
Morningstar 4Q earnings slip 3.5%

Morningstar Inc. yesterday reported a 3.5% decline in fourth-quarter earnings and the launch of a series of cost-cutting measures.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 20, 2009
Iowa eases accounting rules for 11 insurers

The Iowa insurance commissioner has eased accounting rules for 11 insurers based in the state, allowing them to polish up their balance sheets.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 20, 2009
UBS Shares dropped 15%

Commentators in Switzerland voiced their anger at the bank's business practices and what they saw as heavy-handed treatment by U.S. authorities.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
Finra taps NYSE reg head Ketchum as chief

NYSE regulatory chief Richard Ketchum will be named the new chief executive of Finra, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 19, 2009
Unemployed ranks hit record high of 4.99M

The number of people collecting unemployment benefits rose to an all-time high of 4.99 million this month, according to the Department of Labor.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
N.Y. insurance super Dinallo cracks down

Insurers doing business in N.Y. that receive breaks on accounting rules in their home states must adhere to N.Y.'s accounting rules when filing annual statements.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
UBS fined $780 million in tax evasion scandal

UBS AG will pay $780 million in fines, interest and restitution to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges that it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
New SEC top enforcer: Khuzami

Former Deutsche Bank general counsel and federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami today was named director of enforcement at the SEC.

By Bloomberg
RIAS FEB 19, 2009
Pershing RIA sales bigwig exits

Paul Wichman, the former national sales manager of Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC of Jersey City, N.J., left the firm this month.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 19, 2009
Bernanke: Fed has taken steps to improve credit markets

While acknowledging that the economic indicators have been “dismal,” the Fed has taken steps beyond reducing short-term interest rates to improve credit markets, Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 19, 2009
January producer prices rose, ending five-month skid

Producer prices rose faster than expected in January, according to a Department of Labor report released today.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 19, 2009
U.S. sues UBS over identities of 52,000 American clients

The U.S. sued UBS AG today in an effort to get the Swiss bank to turn over the names of as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans who allegedly tried to evade taxes.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Pershing will aid clients caught in Stanford mess

Clients of the troubled Stanford companies who clear through Pershing LLC will be able to liquidate their accounts if approved by the court-appointed receiver, Dallas attorney Ralph Janvey.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
Insurance broker faces 20-year sentence

John W. Goff, owner of the Goff Group, may face at least 20 years in prison after his conviction yon charges of mail fraud, embezzlement and filing false documents.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 18, 2009
Greenspan: Bank nationalization may be needed

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that temporary nationalization of U.S. banks may be necessary.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 18, 2009
Housing starts dropped 16.8% in January

New residential-housing construction permits continued to decline last month, falling 4.8% from December.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Morgan Stanley exec charged with $2.5M fraud

A former Morgan Stanley employee has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from the firm, with the crimes allegedly occurring over more than seven years.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
States fight for right to regulate equity index annuities

When the SEC declared that equity index annuities are securities last year, it ignored the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

By Bloomberg