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FINTECH SEP 07, 2010
NPH's WealthOne is central to B-Ds' recruitment strategy

With the launch of WealthOne, National Planning Holdings Inc.'s network of four broker-dealers has a major new set of tools at its disposal.

By Bloomberg
Burry slams Greenspan for 'missing the boat' on subprime mess
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 07, 2010
Burry slams Greenspan for 'missing the boat' on subprime mess

Money manager who saw the mortgage meltdown coming says the central bank boss needs to explain why the Fed didn't

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 07, 2010
SEC slaps Schwab with warning over bond funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission's warning to The Charles Schwab Corp. that it could face civil charges over two fixed-income mutual funds may have a direct effect on current and looming legal actions from investors over losses suffered in the funds.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 05, 2010
Regulators given broad powers over managers' pay

Money managers are jittery about a provision in the financial-reform law that gives the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal regulators authority to decide whether their compensation is “excessive.”

By Doug Halonen
FINTECH SEP 05, 2010
Social networking is here to stay

This year, while I was organizing a mission trip to Mississippi for teens and adults, I sent out weekly e-mails with up-dates on our travel plans.

By David Langton
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 03, 2010
It's not just 12(b)-1 fees, say SEC critics

As it attempts to crack down on 12(b)-1 fees, the Securities and Exchange Commission is ignoring a raft of mutual fund charges that investors are paying indirectly, critics contend.

By Dan Jamieson
FINTECH SEP 03, 2010
A solution for those tired of inputting client information

If Don Whalen had to make an elevator speech about his product, he would probably describe PreciseFP as an online universal client data entry form.

By Davis Janowski
FINTECH SEP 03, 2010
The most-sought-after ner-- uh, technologists on Wall Street

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 02, 2010
Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, economist Young says

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2010
U.S. Trust lures three advisers from Barclays Wealth

The firm named both Ray Schuville and George Jenckes private client advisers and Josh Glazer private client manager.

By Hilary Johnson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 01, 2010
Financial advisers, brokers in fiduciary-study rumble

It is usually very quiet in Washington in August. But over at the SEC, the late-summer calm has given way to a din as lobbyists battle over the standard of care for investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Texas firm latest B-D to close its doors
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 01, 2010
Texas firm latest B-D to close its doors

United Equity Securities LLC filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. on Aug. 12 to terminate its status as a broker-dealer.

By Jessica Toonkel
OPINION SEP 01, 2010
The role of a fiduciary is timeless

As required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun a six-month study of the regulation of brokers under the fair-dealing standard and advisers under the fiduciary standard.

By Blaine F. Aikin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 01, 2010
Fiduciary standard may imperil IPOs at retail brokerages

The securities industry is worried that if the SEC imposes a fiduciary standard on retail brokers, they may lose their ability to sell initial public offerings to individual investors.

By Jed Horowitz
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 01, 2010
Private-placement problems zap 12 indie B-Ds

Selling private placements has turned into a disaster for some independent broker-dealers.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 31, 2010
Court case could trigger 'crippling uncertainty' in securities biz

Suit filed by shareholder over statements made in firm's fund prospectuses could cause 'flood tide of additional securities litigation,' critics claim

By Jessica Toonkel
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2010
Top White House economist: Lax demand — not reform — is stifling businesses

On her way out the door, the top White House economist dismissed the notion that American corporations are sitting on nearly $2 trillion of cash because they're wary of how major new laws — and some policies currently under consideration — will affect their businesses.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 31, 2010
MaxxTrade the latest B-D to go belly-up

Another small broker-dealer has been shut down, with this one owing $1.2 million in damages and legal fees imposed on it in a recent arbitration decision.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS AUG 31, 2010
Schwab and Charles Goldman agree to arbitration

The Charles Schwab Corp. and Charles Goldman have agreed to meet with a private mediator next month to discuss the former executive vice president's demand for $736,000 in severance pay following his dismissal in 2008 as head of the firm's RIA business.

By Jed Horowitz
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2010
R.I. showering babies with cash for their 529s

The state will deposit $100 in a 529 account for any baby born after July 1, to encourage families to start saving for college.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez