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Sallie Krawcheck: Bring on the indies
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 04, 2011
Sallie Krawcheck: Bring on the indies

The BofA-Merrill boss sounds set to take on recruiters, the threat of the rising RIA model, and anyone else who steps in her path

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS APR 04, 2011
BofA slaps 'garden leave' restrictions on advisers

Has Bank of America Corp. upped the ante in the battle between the wirehouses and the independent advisory firms gunning for their top producers?

By Andrew Osterland
RIA NEWS APR 04, 2011
Vanguard ousts AllianceBernstein as subadviser of U.S. Growth

Firm hires Delaware Investment and Wellington Management to manage one-third of $3.7B fund, joining William Blair

By Jessica Toonkel
You having a laugh, mate? U.K. proposes $225 a week flat-rate state pension
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 03, 2011
You having a laugh, mate? U.K. proposes $225 a week flat-rate state pension

The U.K. government proposed replacing its current means-tested state pension with a flat-rate payment of about 140 pounds ($225) a week, with the goal of increasing incentives for people to save for their old age.

By Doug Cubberley
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 03, 2011
Some states give a break on the deadline for filing ADVs

Although many federally registered advisers were scrambling last week to meet the March 31 filing date for the new ADV Part 2 forms, state-registered advisers in several states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas, were enjoying a bit of a reprieve

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS APR 03, 2011
CFPB should not be undermined

Republican lawmakers should stand down in their efforts to delay and obstruct the shaping of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which if properly implemented will go down in history as the most significant and innovative change to come out of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law

By MFXFeeder
RIA NEWS APR 03, 2011
Gen X/Y: Advisers just don't understand

Advisers and Generation X and Y investors aren't seeing eye to eye on investment issues

By Anya Khalamayzer
RIA NEWS APR 01, 2011
Hot topic: Advisers not charging enough: Study

Many fee-based advisers leaving money on the table; cheaper rates do not bring in more clients

By Mark Bruno
Lady or the tiger? Betting on takeovers 'a dangerous game'
RIA NEWS MAR 31, 2011
Lady or the tiger? Betting on takeovers 'a dangerous game'

Investors get all hopped up when takeover rumors begin to swirl around a company. But contrary to conventional wisdom, sweetened bids or rival acquirers do not always materialize.

By John Goff
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 31, 2011
ADV overhaul: Plain English is Greek to some advisers

Many financial advisers are finding out that they aren't as fluent in English as they thought

By Liz Skinner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 31, 2011
Profiling? Advisers get more time to work up bios of staff

Advisers have an additional four months to prepare “plain English” brochure supplements about their investment personnel thanks to an extension granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission late last month.

By Liz Skinner
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 31, 2011
No stalling on VA transfers, judge warns insurer

A recent court decision against Pacific Life Insurance Co. may give advisers and broker-dealers legal leverage against insurers that take too long to perform Section 1035 exchanges of variable life policies.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 30, 2011
Garage sale

Housing prices are once again on the decline. These ten U.S. cities were the biggest losers over the past year.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2011
DOL expected to issue guidance for retirement plan distributions

By Darla Mercado
Workers making a hash of nest eggs
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2011
Workers making a hash of nest eggs

Retirement funds not even close to what employees say they'll likely need; confidence level lowest in 20 years

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 30, 2011
Market rise stung by oil price spike

Escalating political unrest in Libya proved to be the tipping point last week for a U.S. stock market that might have been looking for an excuse to pull back from an extended rally.

By Jeff Benjamin
U.S. Trust loses $5.9B adviser to new wealth venture
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2011
U.S. Trust loses $5.9B adviser to new wealth venture

Todd S. Thomson, Citigroup Inc.'s former head of wealth management, lured a top Bank of America Corp. financial adviser with $5.9 billion in client assets to join a new business that caters to independent advisory firms.

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 29, 2011
Alleged lack of records costs A.G. Edwards $755K in VA dispute

A.G Edwards, a unit of Wells Fargo, agrees to settle charges filed by Missouri regulators arising from the sales of variable annuities to seniors

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2011
Four battered stocks that could make you some serious dough: Dorfman

By John Goff
What's wrong with this picture? Stock prices low, earnings off the charts
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2011
What's wrong with this picture? Stock prices low, earnings off the charts

Share prices have yet to catch up with historic rebound in corporate profits; 'self-sustaining recovery'

By John Goff