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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 05, 2011
B-D to pay clients $700K to settle private-placement suits

A broker-dealer that was a prominent seller of high-risk private placements that wound up going bust has almost wiped the slate clean of costly litigation that could have impaired the firm's financial condition.

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH AUG 05, 2011
A new tool kit to help advisers track household wealth

Envestnet Inc., a turnkey technology and wealth management provider that went public in July, is adding several unified-managed-household features to its platform this week.

By Davis Janowski
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
Envestnet to provide money management platform for SSG

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. has signed an agreement to provide a money management platform for Shareholders Service Group Inc., a San Diego-based custodial firm that serves 700 advisers.

By Dan Jamieson
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 04, 2011
Most Read: Ted Charles keeps it all in the family — sells firm to advisers

Investors Capital Holdings Ltd. has a new set of owners: its employees, advisers, and their clients.

By Doug Cubberley
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 03, 2011
Great-West, Lincoln Trust jump on plan and participant fee disclosures

Lincoln Trust and Great-West claim the Labor Department's disclosure rules don't go far enough when it comes to fixed general account fees for insurers.

By Darla Mercado
Boiler room convict whose trades beat the market seeks leniency
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 03, 2011
Boiler room convict whose trades beat the market seeks leniency

Kenneth Marsh, who pleaded guilty in April to charges he misled investors into paying fees for phony investment advice, should be sentenced leniently in part because he consistently helped clients turn profits, his lawyer said.

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 03, 2011
Mr. Bates goes to Washington?

A financial adviser for 13 years, Don Bates Jr. seems determined to find a place for himself in Congress

By Liz Skinner
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 03, 2011
Could LPL be a suitor for Investors Capital?

Investors Capital Holdings Ltd., a publicly traded independent broker-dealer that put itself up for sale this month, could be an attractive acquisition for LPL Investment Holdings Inc. and several other large broker-dealers, according to analysts

By Bruce Kelly
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama

Daily trading volume among 401(k) plan participants soared during the height of Congress' debt-ceiling debate, producing a massive transfer to fixed-income investments from equities, according to Aon Hewitt.

By Robert Steyer
Recession took bigger bite out of U.S. economy than estimated
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
Recession took bigger bite out of U.S. economy than estimated

The 2007-2009 recession gouged the world's largest economy more deeply than previously estimated and the recovery lost momentum throughout 2010 before stalling this year, revised figures show, painting a bleaker picture that may raise concern over the outlook for U.S. growth.

By Doug Cubberley
SEC blasts B-Ds over sales of reverse convertibles
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 02, 2011
SEC blasts B-Ds over sales of reverse convertibles

Broker-dealers have been engaging in sales practices for structured securities products that hurt retail investors, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission report.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
House Republicans call Dodd-Frank a failure as anniversary nears
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 02, 2011
House Republicans call Dodd-Frank a failure as anniversary nears

Report from Rep. Spencer Bachus outlines the law's impact and says the law has not lived up to the expectations set last year by Treasury Secretary Geithner and congressional Democrats.

By Doug Cubberley
GOP is starving Dodd-Frank, says law's co-author
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 02, 2011
GOP is starving Dodd-Frank, says law's co-author

Barney Frank says lack of funding is impeding implementation

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 01, 2011
Debt ceiling talks may foreshadow tax reform

In the days prior to the collapse Friday of negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, the outlines of major tax reform that likely will be required in the long run to restore fiscal balance in Washington began to take shape

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Trader who threatened to kill Schapiro, Finra officials pleads guilty
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 01, 2011
Trader who threatened to kill Schapiro, Finra officials pleads guilty

McCrudden faces ten years in prison for Internet threats against regulators; allegedly posted execution list on his company website

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 29, 2011
Taxes, rising rates will hit rich in the wallet, experts say

The year 2013 may snap a 12-year winning streak for wealthy Americans on taxes due on income, capital gains, dividends and money given to their heirs

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 28, 2011
Buzz: Finra sounds the alarm about these three investments

Finra has warned investors about chasing yield with structured products, junk bonds and floating-rate bank-loan funds.

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 28, 2011
SEC blasts B-Ds

Broker-dealers have been engaging in sales practices for structured securities products that hurt retail investors, according to an SEC report.

By Mark Bruno
Cost of U.S. downgrade? It's a big tab
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 28, 2011
Cost of U.S. downgrade? It's a big tab

Moody's estimates loss of AAA rating would add $100B to Uncle Sam's carrying costs; impact on Treasuries 'significant'

By John Goff
Massachusetts suing RBC Capital, rep over leveraged ETF sale
ETFS JUL 28, 2011
Massachusetts suing RBC Capital, rep over leveraged ETF sale

Massachusetts' top securities regulator is suing RBC Capital Markets LLC and one of its former registered representatives over the sale of leveraged exchange-traded funds, saying they sold them to clients who didn't understand how the investments worked.

By Doug Cubberley