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Two complex managers latest to leave MSSB
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Two complex managers latest to leave MSSB

Pete Secret and Peter Ardolino join the growing list of complex managers who have exited the firm since its merger with Smith Barney

By Jed Horowitz
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2010
Edward Jones to hire 1,000 advisers this year

St. Louis-based brokerage firm says it is reaping the benefits from the national trend of financial advisers exiting bigger brokerages and bringing their clients with them

By InvestmentNews Staff
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Target date fund returns rebounded in 2009

Target-date funds in Ibbotson Associates' research universe returned an average of 27.1% in 2009, compared to a 30.8% loss in the previous year.

By Robert Steyer
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Jobless rate rose in 43 states last month

Unemployment rates rose in 43 states last month, the government said Friday, painting a bleak picture of the job market that illustrated nationwide data released two weeks ago.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Santa Claus rally nicked, as stocks end day down

Stocks fluctuated in a narrow range Tuesday after reports on home prices and consumer confidence came in largely as expected, showing a gradual improvement in the economy.

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
UBS' topped-up recruiting package lags plans at MSSB, Merrill Lynch

UBS Wealth Management Americas is beefing up its recruiting package in the chase for elite financial advisers, but the deal falls short of those recently offered by two top rivals.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 22, 2010
Insurers poised for better 2010

Major insurance companies, some of which were all but left for dead at this time last year, have staged a dramatic rebound, shoring up capital and increasing profits as they look forward to 2010.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
McCann rolls out enhanced pay plan at UBS

Robert McCann is rewarding the veteran brokers who have stayed with UBS Financial Services Inc. through the past two years.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Why the CPI is a 'massive shell game'

Investors in Treasury inflation-protected securities should be aware the “government is playing games with the CPI numbers” in an attempt to keep inflation low, said Robert Arnott, chairman of Research Affiliates LLC.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2010
Meltdown jolts consumers from financial fairyland

Financial planners around the country say there is a sense that people are returning to basic principles: Maximize savings; limit use of credit cards; keep a substantial emergency fund; understand risk; diversify; and don't short-cut your way to wealth.

By Bloomberg
LPL's purchase of NRP: A closer look
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2010
LPL's purchase of NRP: A closer look

With anticipation building about its $600 million IPO, LPL Investment Holdings Inc. last week said that it is acquiring the assets of National Retirement Partners Corp., an advisory and brokerage firm that specializes in defined-contribution retirement plans.

By Jessica Toonkel
Once 'America's hottest investor,' CMG's Heebner on a cold streak
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Once 'America's hottest investor,' CMG's Heebner on a cold streak

In May 2008, Ken Heebner was touted as 'America's hottest investor.' He's cooled off considerably since then. Can the CMG Focus Fund boss regain his touch?

By Charles Stein, Bloomberg News
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Does LPL's filing reveal an unspoken truth about indie B-Ds?

When it comes to controlling client assets, LPL Investment Holdings Inc.'s recent IPO registration offers clear proof that the remaining four wirehouse broker-dealers still dwarf the more diverse galaxy of independent broker-dealers.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 21, 2010
What to expect from revived life insurers: UBS analyst

Life carriers' outlook appears to be taking a turn for the better, according to a prominent equities analyst.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 21, 2010
Sun Life LTC hybrid pits insurer against Lincoln National

Former Lincoln National execs launch Sun Life combo product that will go up against MoneyGuard; 'we know the formula'

By Darla Mercado
O'Hanley: Heir to Fidelity throne, or just passing through?
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
O'Hanley: Heir to Fidelity throne, or just passing through?

Ronald P. O'Hanley has the temperament and business savvy needed to occupy the premier industry hot seat between Edward “Ned” Johnson, chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments, and his daughter Abigail -- but does he have the inside track?

By Douglas Appell
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 21, 2010
Broker-dealer industry revenue down 10%

The independent broker-dealer industry took a giant step backward last year, with the largest 25 firms collectively reporting a 10.3% drop in gross revenue.

By Bruce Kelly
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 21, 2010
Who - or what - killed GunnAllen Financial?

As the stock market was climbing to its historical peak in late summer 2007, GunnAllen Financial Inc. executives told people that the firm was working to put the worst elements from its brief, intense past of breakneck growth behind it.

By Bruce Kelly
GunnAllen's top-producers bolt for a new broker-dealer
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 21, 2010
GunnAllen's top-producers bolt for a new broker-dealer

The biggest-producing branch of dead-in-the water GunnAllen Financial Inc. is heading to a new independent broker-dealer, Aegis Capital Corp.

By Bruce Kelly
Finra shuts down GunnAllen
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 21, 2010
Finra shuts down GunnAllen

Embattled firm said to be in net capital violation after eleventh-hour effort failed to raise fresh funds

By Bruce Kelly