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RIA NEWS OCT 23, 2011
Top marginal tax rates may skyrocket

The political winds have shifted and “millionaires” now are expected to shoulder much of the burden of balancing the budget

By Robert N. Gordon
RIA NEWS OCT 23, 2011
College bound

Most parents are aware of Section 529 college savings plans and like them. So why do only about 21% actually use them?

By Ashley Tavoularis
RIA NEWS OCT 23, 2011
The cost of a fatter America

By MFXFeeder
WIREHOUSES OCT 23, 2011
Volcker rule would affect rich clients most

As work begins on the final version of the Volcker rule, wirehouse financial advisers say that their high-net-worth clients would feel the biggest impact from any new regulations that placed investment restrictions on financial institutions

By Andrew Osterland
RIA NEWS OCT 23, 2011
MedCap exec Lampariello faces tax evasion charges

By MFXFeeder
SEC sets record in crackdown on advisers, B-Ds
RIA NEWS OCT 21, 2011
SEC sets record in crackdown on advisers, B-Ds

Enforcement actions against advisers up by nearly a third, B-Ds by 60%; 'settlements are not feeble'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
IRS warns weaker enforcement, slow service would follow cuts
RIA NEWS OCT 21, 2011
IRS warns weaker enforcement, slow service would follow cuts

IRS warns of “noticeable degradation” of taxpayer services and enforcement if Congress follows through on a plan to cut about $500 million from the agency's budget for fiscal 2012.

By Doug Cubberley
RIA NEWS OCT 21, 2011
State securities cops find more compliance violations

In their biennial tracking of the compliance violations of small investment advisers, state regulators have found a slight uptick in deficiencies per adviser, with about 45% of advisers found to have at least one books-and-records violation

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS OCT 21, 2011
Commodities slide feared as replay of financial crisis

Concerns over a global economic slowdown — especially in emerging markets — have hammered commodities, resurrecting frightful memories of their meltdown during the financial crisis

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2011
Five secrets of the best wholesalers

The top fund hawkers generally take the same approach to winning over advisers

By Evan Cooper
IRS dropped the ball on $3.2B in 'erroneous' tax credits: Treasury
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2011
IRS dropped the ball on $3.2B in 'erroneous' tax credits: Treasury

A U.S. Treasury Department watchdog said 2.1 million taxpayers may have received “erroneous” education-related tax credits totaling about $3.2 billion.

By Doug Cubberley
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2011
Tom Bradley: The evolution of the financial advisory model

TD Ameritrade's Tom Bradley discusses the recent rapid and major changes that are now shaping the advisory industry landscape. INTV reports from the Market Counsel 2011 Summit.

By Mark Bruno
Hatch urges Obama to drop plan to cap charitable deductions
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2011
Hatch urges Obama to drop plan to cap charitable deductions

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is urging the Obama administration to back away from a proposal to cap itemized deductions at 28%.

By Doug Cubberley
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2011
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley

Equity market volatility is creating opportunities for investment advisers to expand their businesses, according to Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS OCT 20, 2011
LPL aims to boost profit through Uvest integration

LPL Investment Holdings Inc. expects to save up to $12 million next year by moving brokers in its subsidiary Uvest Financial Services Group Inc. to LPL's proprietary clearing platform

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 20, 2011
LPL has plans to add 400 advisers a year

LPL Investment Holdings Inc., already the largest independent broker-dealer in the industry, wants to add 400 registered reps and investment advisers each year, chief executive Mark Casady said last week

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Investors and their advisers see two different worlds out there

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RIA NEWS OCT 19, 2011
The last dance

Boogie Investment Group is the latest in a long line of small indie B-Ds that have gone out of business after selling Provident private placements | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111018&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=101809999&amp;Ref=PH>Top reasons employees leave advisory firms</a>

By John Goff
WIREHOUSES OCT 19, 2011
Wirehouse snapshot: Q3 2011

By mlanche
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2011
Industry trade groups flex lobbying muscles

By Mark Schoeff Jr.