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RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 23, 2010
Five states that will get hit hardest by Obama tax hikes

Study reveals which locales will end up with highest total marginal tax rates; Hawaiian punch

By Bloomberg
FINTECH SEP 23, 2010
Moxy 7.0 trade order management now available from Advent

Advent Software yesterday announced availability of Moxy 7.0, the latest version of the trade order management system that's so popular with registered investment advisory firms

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 23, 2010
Are high-tech market makers making a mess of the markets?

SEC eyes tougher rules for high-frequency traders; loss of specialists bemoaned

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 23, 2010
Will GAO study trump the SEC's fiduciary review?

The commission launched its study of fiduciary requirements amid fanfare and a flood of public input. But the GAO is quietly examining the regulation of the entire financial planning industry.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
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
RETIREMENT PLANNING 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, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE 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
RETIREMENT PLANNING 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