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RIA NEWS MAY 01, 2011
Clients seek more advice about philanthropy

Financial advisers play an increasingly important role in helping wealthy clients get the most bang for their philanthropic bucks

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS MAY 01, 2011
Finra critic held liable in 'sham' money fund sale

A federal judge has found vocal Finra critic Richard Goble guilty of SEC charges filed against him nearly three years ago

By Dan Jamieson
WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2011
Thiel a 'safe pick' to head Merrill unit

The appointment last week of John Thiel as head of U.S. wealth management for Bank of America Merrill Lynch ends one chapter — and opens another — in the ever-changing management saga at the nation's second-largest wirehouse

By Andrew Osterland
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 29, 2011
SagePoint Financial back on offense with Spectrum Capital purchase

After struggling during the darkest days of the credit crisis, SagePoint Financial Inc., which is owned by American International Group Inc., is back to playing offense, today closing a purchase of the assets of Spectrum Capital Inc.

By Bruce Kelly
Info on closed-end funds scarce – but advisers hawking them anyway
RIA NEWS APR 29, 2011
Info on closed-end funds scarce – but advisers hawking them anyway

Close to half of advisers who recommend closed end mutual funds to their clients admit that research on most of the funds is 'inadequate.' This is not exactly a confidence-builder.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 29, 2011
John Hancock will draw the curtains on AnnuityNote simplified VA

By Darla Mercado
Wealthy parents keeping kids in dark about inheritances
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2011
Wealthy parents keeping kids in dark about inheritances

Rich folks, worried that the specter of a large bequeath could kill a child's drive to succeed, are increasingly keeping mum about their estates

By John Goff
RIA NEWS APR 28, 2011
North American Clearing to be liquidated

The firm was put under receivership in May after the SEC brought charges against the firm and its owner, Richard Goble.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS APR 27, 2011
A big private placements win for broker-dealer J.P. Turner

A judge in Georgia decided this week that J.P. Turner & Co. was not required to perform due diligence on stock from now-bankrupt Provident Royalties. A big deal? It is if the ruling boosts other B-Ds being sued for Reg D offerings that went south.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 27, 2011
Barclays to get $1.1B from Lehman brokerage trustee

Barclays Plc, which bought Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s North American business, will get $1.1 billion in trading assets from the trustee liquidating the remnants of Lehman's brokerage, the trustee's lawyer said.

By Doug Cubberley
FIXED INCOME APR 27, 2011
Credit Suisse analyst: No more QE2? No problem

Still, June expiration has many worried; institutions to the rescue?

By Dan Jamieson
Merrill trumpets advisers in massive ad campaign
RIA NEWS APR 27, 2011
Merrill trumpets advisers in massive ad campaign

'The Power of the Right Advisor' set to launch this week

By Andrew Osterland
Is the Fed raising rates on the QT?
RIA NEWS APR 27, 2011
Is the Fed raising rates on the QT?

A recent mortgage-backed securities sale and reverse repos have gone unnoticed by investors fixated on Fed funds rate.

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS APR 27, 2011
United Capital Acquires $170M financial planning firm

United Capital Financial Advisers today announced the acquisition of financial planning firm Vantage Point Advisors. Vantage Point, which manages $170 million in assets, will now operate under the name of United Capital Private Wealth Counseling.

By Andrew Osterland
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 27, 2011
Merger pace slow for U.S. life insurers in 2010

U.S. life carriers had a fairly small appetite for mergers and acquisitions in 2010, with much of the activity taking place in AIG's shedding of its foreign life insurance subsidiaries.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS APR 27, 2011
IMCA targeting indie reps and advisers

The Investment Management Consultants Association is zeroing in on independent advisers as it attempts to attract new members to certain designations.

By Dan Jamieson
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 26, 2011
On the rise: Largest B-Ds float a come-back after the storm

The independent broker-dealer industry came roaring back in 2010, with the 25 biggest firms collectively reporting a 16.9% increase in total revenue, compared with the year before

By Bruce Kelly
Ameriprise, investors seek court's OK on deal
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 26, 2011
Ameriprise, investors seek court's OK on deal

Ameriprise Financial Inc., two of its Securities America units and a group of investors who sued them asked a U.S. judge to approve a proposed $80 million cash settlement.

By Doug Cubberley
White House unveils 'your tax dollars at work' receipt
RIA NEWS APR 26, 2011
White House unveils 'your tax dollars at work' receipt

Breakdown of where the money goes now available online; a simple 'thanks' would suffice

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 26, 2011
UBS officially taps Bob McCann to run wealth management

After months of speculation, UBS today named Robert McCann as its new head of wealth management in the Americas

By Staff Report