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RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 13, 2011
Can't 401(k) reps and record keepers get along?

Instead of fighting with advisers over the estimated $1.5 trillion in 401(k) rollover assets, record keepers may want to work with them.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
Fiduciary? Not a fiduciary? Labor Dept. to update definition

The Labor Department is poised to issue a regulation that clarifies who is a fiduciary under federal retirement law.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
States may collaborate on adviser examinations
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 13, 2011
States may collaborate on adviser examinations

State securities regulators are meeting next week to begin planning for the examinations of more than 3,000 investment advisers expected to come under their jurisdiction next year.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
States may yet wrest some control over Reg D offerings

So-called 'bad boy' provision still under discussion, says Texas regulator; definition of 'accredited investor' also said to be on the table

By Bruce Kelly
State regulator says SEC dropped the ball on private placements
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
State regulator says SEC dropped the ball on private placements

Don't blame state regulators for the financial crisis; blame those who took power away from state regulators.

By Sara Hansard
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds
RIA NEWS JAN 12, 2011
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds

To avoid future panics in money market funds, the mutual fund industry is calling on federal regulators to force broker-dealers to disclose information about their money fund clients.

By Jessica Toonkel
Vanguard offers details about money fund backstop
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2011
Vanguard offers details about money fund backstop

It's been slow in coming, but the mutual fund industry is finally beginning to offer specifics about the type of backstop it wants to set up for money market funds.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2011
Seizing the 401(k) opportunity

Is it truly worth the time and effort to build a 401(k) practice — or expand your existing one?

By Jeff Masom
WIREHOUSES JAN 12, 2011
How will the wirehouses continue to make money?

Then: Brokerage commissions for trades were high with a client routinely paying more than $1,000 for a large equity transaction.

By Danny Sarch
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 12, 2011
How allegedly fraudulent investments have put some B-Ds in 'a world of hurt'

Some of the broker-dealers that sold allegedly fraudulent private placements appear to have allowed their net-capital positions to fall dangerously low, a situation that could threaten their existence if they have to pay large legal claims.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JAN 11, 2011
MSSB provides advisers with internal social network

By Davis Janowski
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 11, 2011
Employee advisers rate Edward Jones best, MSSB worst in B-D satisfaction

Edward Jones is tops and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC the worst in terms of financial adviser satisfaction at six national broker-dealers, according to a J.D. Power and Associates Survey released last Friday

By Jessica Toonkel
New Form ADV-2 adding costs, confusion
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 11, 2011
New Form ADV-2 adding costs, confusion

A new rule aimed at making the financial advisory business more understandable to clients is giving advisers a headache.

By Lisa Shidler
Vanguard pairing 401(k) investors with CFPs
RIA NEWS JAN 10, 2011
Vanguard pairing 401(k) investors with CFPs

Participants in some 401(k) retirement plans managed by Vanguard Group Inc. now have access to advice from certified financial planners.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS JAN 09, 2011
The next frontiers in wealth management

As we enter the New Year, financial advisers are probably asking themselves about the strength of the recovery and whether their firm is positioned to capture new clients and talent

By Alvi Abuaf
OPINION JAN 09, 2011
Review the process, not just performance

At this time of year, investment stewards — retirement plan sponsors, and managers and trustees of charitable organization investment committees — are receiving 2010 year-end investment performance reports and poring over them to prepare for their first 2011 meetings with their advisers and money managers

By Blaine F. Aikin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 07, 2011
Finra to step up surveillance of stock exchanges in 2011

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JAN 06, 2011
TD Ameritrade Institutional reporting progress on its open API initiative

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2011
SEC budget boost dashed by Senate

The Securities and Exchange Commission is unlikely to see its budget increased over the next couple months as it continues to implement Dodd-Frank.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 06, 2011
Prudential latest to rev up hybrid LTC product

Like automobiles, the future of long-term-care insurance may lie in hybrids.

By Darla Mercado