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OPINION SEP 23, 2010
Sector selector: How do the major industry groups grade out?

Here's how the 10 major industry groups in the S&P 500 grade out, according to John Dorfman

By John Dorfman
Citigroup to triple hedge fund offerings for wealthy clients
RIA NEWS SEP 23, 2010
Citigroup to triple hedge fund offerings for wealthy clients

Citigroup Inc.'s private bank will triple the number of hedge funds such as Paulson & Co. that its wealthy clients can invest in, under a push to increase money-management revenue.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 22, 2010
Principal Financial to check out of health insurance biz

Move frees company to focus on asset management; insurance less profitable

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 22, 2010
The knock on group LTC plans

Long-term care insurance is considered a valuable benefit by employees, but advisers seldom share their enthusiasm.

By Darla Mercado
INcite: Congress should tell the SEC to 'go fund itself'
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 22, 2010
INcite: Congress should tell the SEC to 'go fund itself'

Self-funding would give the regulator a fighting chance of keeping up with the growing number of investment advisers

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 22, 2010
Allen Stanford slipped through SEC's suspicions for eight years: Report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't conduct a meaningful probe of indicted money manager R. Allen Stanford until 2005 even though examiners suspected him of operating a Ponzi scheme eight years earlier, an internal report found.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 21, 2010
Fidelity to integrate WealthCentral with BlueSky portfolio management

Black Diamond's BlueSky first of new wave of coming integrations to be added to platform

By Davis Janowski
FINTECH SEP 21, 2010
TD Ameritrade adds brokers at record clip

TD Ameritrade Institutional attracted more breakaway brokers in the last nine months than it did in all of its 2009 fiscal year, company executives said last week.

By Dan Jamieson And Jed Horowitz
TD Ameritrade to spend $30M on tech in 2011
FINTECH SEP 21, 2010
TD Ameritrade to spend $30M on tech in 2011

Despite expectations that interest rates will remain near zero for another year, the interest-sensitive TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. plans to invest $30 million in technology and “client-facing” activities in fiscal 2011.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 21, 2010
Dodd bill calls for study — but not regulation — of financial planners

Among other things, GAO charged with examining professional standards that currently govern planners and advisers

By Jed Horowitz
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 21, 2010
Financial-reform bill: Good, Bad and Ugly

The Senate financial-reform bill introduced by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., tackled a lot of difficult issues, made some tough decisions and punted on a relatively easy one — requiring financial professionals who give investment advice to accept fiduciary responsibility.

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 20, 2010
Ponzi schemer gets max sentence for $77M fraud

Tearful, angry victims of a $77 million Ponzi scheme that targeted hundreds of often working-class Italian-Americans crowded into a Chicago courtroom Thursday to tell their stories before a judge handed the convicted swindler a maximum 23-year prison term.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 20, 2010
Executives from tainted B-Ds find the past isn't a problem

Last month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. shut down APS Financial Corp. for overcharging clients $1.3 million for bond trades in 2005 and 2006.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS SEP 19, 2010
UBS woos Asia's ultra rich amid incredible wealth spurt

UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, is putting more focus on its richest clients in Asia and bringing its investment bankers closer to asset managers to meet their demands.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 19, 2010
Buckingham snaps up $400M wealth manager

The Buckingham Family of Financial Services today announced a merger with Wealth Management Consultants LLC.

By Dan Jamieson
FINTECH SEP 19, 2010
Don't overlook eFileCabinet offering

Being an opinionated bunch, financial advisers let me know when I write a story that fails to include a product they like.

By Davis Janowski
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 19, 2010
Will Supreme Court reverse decision in Janus lawsuit?

The securities industry hopes that the Supreme Court will reverse a lower-court decision that it fears could put all mutual fund companies and financial advisers who sell their funds at a greater risk of being targets of class actions, observers say.

By Jessica Toonkel
Pre-retirees a great niche – but advisers not scratching
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2010
Pre-retirees a great niche – but advisers not scratching

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2010
Seniors get additional time to make 2010 IRA charitable rollovers

Can elect to appy donations made this month to last year's tax returns

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 17, 2010
Regulators sound alarm about latest investment rage

P2P lending gaining in popularity, but state securities cops warn about potential perils

By Liz Skinner