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EQUITIES JUL 30, 2010
The stocks Warren Buffett is selling

The number of U.S. stocks in Berkshire's $51 billion stock portfolio slipped to 33 as of March 31, compared with 39 a year earlier and 37 in 2008. Here are some of the notable reductions —and eliminations— Berkshire's portfolio.

By Mark Bruno
BNY Mellon buys $3B wealth manager
RIA NEWS JUL 27, 2010
BNY Mellon buys $3B wealth manager

BNY Mellon on Friday said it reached a deal to buy I(3) Advisors of Toronto, an independent company with more than C$3.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in assets under advisement.

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS JUL 27, 2010
BNY Mellon names Hughes to lead Its wealth management unit

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. named Lawrence Hughes head of its wealth-management unit, replacing David Lamere, who resigned.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 27, 2010
Rockefeller & Co. comes up with new name, but no new CEO

Rockefeller & Co., Inc., the wealth management firm that has been looking for a chief executive since the suicide of CEO James McDonald last fall, has changed its name to Rockefeller Financial.

By Hilary Johnson
RIA NEWS JUL 20, 2010
Silver Bridge to buy advisory firm with $400M in assets

Officials for Silver Bridge Advisors LLC said today they to plan to purchase a San Francisco-area investment adviser, adding that their firm has created a separate entity to better market itself to wealthy families and family offices.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 20, 2010
Advisers weighing Goldman's push into 401(k) market

Goldman Sachs Asset Management's effort to expand its small defined-contribution business by offering custom target date funds has caught the attention of advisers.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2010
Advisers flummoxed by BP stock disaster

For financial advisers, the epicenter of the Deepwater Horizon disaster may not be the Gulf of Mexico but Whiting, Ind.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2010
Economy teetering, but Wall Street back to buying posh beach homes

The tide is high, as house sales in the Hamptons surge; plowing market profits 'into real estate'

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2010
DOL finally issues rules on 401(k) fee disclosure

The Labor Department today issued much anticipated fee disclosure rules for providers of services to employee pension benefit plans.

By Bloomberg
Cheap source of startup capital? Your 401(k)
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2010
Cheap source of startup capital? Your 401(k)

Investors are taking advantage of a loophole that lets them use their pension money to invest in new businesses -- tax free. But snares await

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2010
401(k) providers brace for new fee disclosure regs

As one 401(k) provider rolls out enhanced fee disclosures for plans, rivals are keeping a close watch on upcoming regulations that will likely require them to follow suit.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2010
Industry groups slam Labor Dept. over proposed 401(k) advice rules

The groups also claim the Labor Department is stepping outside the bounds of ERISA by claiming the authority to define what investments are appropriate for plans

By Darla Mercado
Motion to block L'Oreal estate trial lacks foundation: Court
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 09, 2010
Motion to block L'Oreal estate trial lacks foundation: Court

Elderly heiress loses bid to stop daughter from challenging $1.4B in gifts to younger man

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2010
For NFL rookies, playbook now includes financial advice

Whether they earn the league minimum or a superstar's salary, football players have to know the basics of handling money to succeed financially.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 01, 2010
Two years after crash, wealthy still leery of financial advisers

In 2009, only 59% of the millionaires said they had regained trust in their financial advisers, while 56% said they had the same feelings about their wealth management firms and financial institutions.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 29, 2010
SEC inquiry sacks home health stocks

Shares of home health providers sank Wednesday as an investigation into the industry's Medicare reimbursement practices expanded.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 29, 2010
New York's top court says estates can bring malpractice suits

Overturning state law, New York's highest court this month ruled that estates and beneficiaries can sue estate-planning attorneys for malpractice.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 29, 2010
GenSpring nabs wealth management vet to lead California expansion

Mark A. Mushkat, a 20 year veteran of the wealth management industry, comes from Harris myCFO, a unit of Harris Private Bank.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 27, 2010
More retirement plans offering self-directed brokerage accounts

Defined contribution plans are adding self-directed brokerage accounts as a way of giving participants more choices even as some plans reduce the number of core investment options.

By Robert Steyer
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 27, 2010
Stuck in the middle

They're in their prime earning years, often saving for their kids' college education at the same time they're forced to support an aging parent (while, of course, trying to save for their own retirements, too.) In this exclusive <i>Lifestages</i> special report, <i>InvestmentNews</i> focuses on the middle years: 40 to 60.

By Mark Bruno