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FINTECH OCT 17, 2010
Advisers: Be careful out there in cyberspace

The online security landscape is changing in fundamental ways

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 17, 2010
States gird for expansion in regulation

State regulators are bracing for an onslaught of investment advisers who will have to register with them for the first time next year

By Jessica Toonkel
FIXED INCOME OCT 17, 2010
Framework for appropriate disclosure on munis is needed

The following are remarks delivered by Securities and Exchange Commission member Elisse B. Walter on Sept. 21 in San Francisco at the SEC's inaugural hearing on the state of the municipal-securities market

By MFXFeeder
Ramped-up IRA withdrawals this year could cut retirees' taxes next year
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2010
Ramped-up IRA withdrawals this year could cut retirees' taxes next year

Looming hike marginal tax rates makes 2010 a good time to take bigger distributions, say advisers

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 15, 2010
Fiduciary standard's biggest critic? Insurance agents

The staunchest opposition to a universal fiduciary standard that would put clients' interests first isn't from securities brokers. It's from insurance agents, comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission show.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 15, 2010
Finra members want say-on-pay, independent Madoff investigation

U.S. brokerages want to weigh in on how much the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority pays its senior executives and urged the watchdog to hire outsiders to investigate its ties to convicted money manager Bernard Madoff.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH OCT 15, 2010
TD to open Veo architecture to third parties to lure advisers

By Davis Janowski
TD Ameritrade launches tech initiative, moves toward completely open architecture
FINTECH OCT 15, 2010
TD Ameritrade launches tech initiative, moves toward completely open architecture

If carried to fruition, TD Ameritrade Institutional's latest technology initiative will be the first to open its application program interface completely to third-party technology firms able to pass muster during the custodian's security review of their systems.

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 15, 2010
Finra: Just say 'no' to proxy proposals

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. is telling its member firms to vote against a series of proxy proposals put forth by a small California broker-dealer.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 15, 2010
Ex-Ameriprise adviser gets five years for fraud; ordered to repay B-D $2.7M

An Ooltewah, Tenn., financial adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.7 million in restitution to his former broker-dealer, Ameriprise Financial Inc., after pleading guilty to misappropriating his clients' money while he worked for the Minneapolis-based firm.

By Staff Report
Wealth manager with the most cachet? A new king is crowned
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2010
Wealth manager with the most cachet? A new king is crowned

Boston Private Bank & Trust, Inc. has knocked Bessemer Trust Co. off its perch in a poll of wealthy consumers.

By Hilary Johnson
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 14, 2010
Lincoln Financial hit with hefty arbitration award over selling away

Finra panel ruled that the B-D was 'negligent in not preventing' the outside business activities of a former broker

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 14, 2010
B-Ds bullying clients to settle arbitration cases: Regulator

Broker-dealers are browbeating clients to settle arbitration cases by inundating them with requests for discovery information, according to a top state securities regulator.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 14, 2010
Finra fines brokerage $1M over illicit trading strategy

Market regulators have fined a New York-based brokerage firm $1 million for creating a false sense of demand for stocks that earned it profits.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 14, 2010
SEC to mutual fund biz: More clarity on derivatives, please

U.S. regulators said mutual funds aren't telling investors enough about why they use derivatives, with some funds providing “generic” disclosures and others failing to explain how the products affect performance.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 13, 2010
Finra proposal on public arbitration wins praise

Finra's efforts last week to open up its arbitration process have pleased — but not satisfied — critics who claim that the proposal doesn't go far enough to protect investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 13, 2010
End of Bush tax cuts will clobber rich clients, advisers say

Highest earners will take big hits from hiked tax rate, cap gains charge; 'really scary'

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 13, 2010
Jamie Dimon: Next crisis could be 2015—before reform kicks in

The financial system experiences a crisis “every five to seven years,” JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in January.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES OCT 12, 2010
King of dividends? Banking sector no longer tops

IT industry jumps ahead of banks in total payouts to shareholders 'excess cash'

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2010
CPAs continue to add planning to their practices

Certified public accountants have been working on ways to add financial planning to their practices for the past 20 years

By Deborah Nason