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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 20, 2009
UBS Shares dropped 15%

Commentators in Switzerland voiced their anger at the bank's business practices and what they saw as heavy-handed treatment by U.S. authorities.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 20, 2009
As market falls, arbitration claims rise

Broker-dealers and registered representatives are being hit by the legal fallout of the historic market collapse.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 20, 2009
Stanford employee raised concerns with regulators in 2003

While R. Allen Stanford's investors were swallowing claims of vast returns on safe investments, some of his employees weren't so sure.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
Finra taps NYSE reg head Ketchum as chief

NYSE regulatory chief Richard Ketchum will be named the new chief executive of Finra, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
UBS fined $780 million in tax evasion scandal

UBS AG will pay $780 million in fines, interest and restitution to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges that it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
N.Y. insurance super Dinallo cracks down

Insurers doing business in N.Y. that receive breaks on accounting rules in their home states must adhere to N.Y.'s accounting rules when filing annual statements.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 19, 2009
New SEC top enforcer: Khuzami

Former Deutsche Bank general counsel and federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami today was named director of enforcement at the SEC.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 19, 2009
U.S. sues UBS over identities of 52,000 American clients

The U.S. sued UBS AG today in an effort to get the Swiss bank to turn over the names of as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans who allegedly tried to evade taxes.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH FEB 18, 2009
High-tech tool for retirement income withdrawals

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Pershing will aid clients caught in Stanford mess

Clients of the troubled Stanford companies who clear through Pershing LLC will be able to liquidate their accounts if approved by the court-appointed receiver, Dallas attorney Ralph Janvey.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
Insurance broker faces 20-year sentence

John W. Goff, owner of the Goff Group, may face at least 20 years in prison after his conviction yon charges of mail fraud, embezzlement and filing false documents.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Morgan Stanley exec charged with $2.5M fraud

A former Morgan Stanley employee has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from the firm, with the crimes allegedly occurring over more than seven years.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Obama plan targets 9M homeowners

President Obama’s mortgage plan aims to keep up to 9 million families from losing their homes to foreclosure.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 17, 2009
SEC: Stanford ‘inflated’ fund wrap results

The SEC today charged that Allen Stanford and his financial companies also falsely promoted the Stanford Allocation Strategy fund mutual fund wrap program.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 17, 2009
Obama signs stimulus bill

President Obama today signed into law the $787 billion stimulus bill.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS FEB 17, 2009
Brokers depart Smith Barney for Robert W. Baird

Smith Barney has lost 15 advisers in the Baltimore area to Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2009
Plan sponsors’ use of target funds jumps

Employers persuaded their employees to put their 401(k) investments in the stock market, but now they are trying to persuade them not to abandon their investments.

By Bloomberg
OPINION FEB 15, 2009
It's time to rescue the bank rescue plan

The equity market reacted to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's much-anticipated bank rescue plan last week with a resounding thud.

By MFXFeeder
OPINION FEB 15, 2009
Don’t dance around principles

By Bloomberg
FINTECH FEB 15, 2009
Envestnet targets hybrid brokers

The steady migration of independent brokers to a fee-based model has created a large universe of advisers whose revenue is a mix of fees and commissions.

By Bloomberg