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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 21, 2010
GunnAllen founders jumping to rival broker-dealer in wake of firm's collapse

After watching the fall of GunnAllen Financial Inc. become official this morning, the firm's founders —Donald James “Jay” Gunn and Richard Allen Frueh —are apparently moving to a rival broker-dealer.

By Bruce Kelly
Six broker-dealers subpoenaed over private placements
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 21, 2010
Six broker-dealers subpoenaed over private placements

Massachusetts widens the net in its ongoing probe of private placements gone bad.

By Bruce Kelly
Wirehouse walls set to come tumbling down?
WIREHOUSES JAN 21, 2010
Wirehouse walls set to come tumbling down?

Right now, defections to other firms aren't that common. But the big Wall Street firms could soon see an exodus of top-level brokers

By Evan Cooper
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 21, 2010
U.S. life insurers have plenty of liquidity

But new study by Moody's finds that the financial stability of U.S. carriers trails that of rivals in Asia

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Profits up, stocks down: Market madness this week?

Stocks got carried away about the recovery. That at least is one interpretation of two curious market moves so far this earnings season. Intel Corp. blew away expectations Thursday. Ditto for JPMorgan Chase & Co. the next day.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES JAN 21, 2010
Large adviser teams control 80% of wirehouse assets

Large adviser teams at wirehouses control, on average, 80% of their firm's assets, and about a third of the industry's total adviser-managed assets, according to Cerulli Associates Inc.

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 21, 2010
Finra to get tough on Reg D offerings

Finra expects to bring cases against brokerage firms involved in selling private-placement offerings next year, its head of enforcement said last week.

By Sara Hansard
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2010
Fidelity introduces Roth IRA conversion tool for RIAs, brokers

Fidelity Investments introduced a free online Roth IRA conversion calculator Tuesday for its independent registered investment advisers and the broker-dealer clients that clear through National Financial Services LLC.

By Davis Janowski
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Buffett tells students: "The bottom has come in stocks"

Capitalism is still alive and well, say the world's two richest men, despite lingering shocks from the longest, deepest recession since the Great Depression.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2010
Roth IRA conversions 101: The basics of the 2010 rule

In retirement, your paycheck might go away, but taxes won't.

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Advisers find that conversions to Roth IRAs are a tough sell

With the upcoming changes to the Roth IRA conversion rules, financial advisers might think that clients would be banging down their doors to convert their traditional individual retirement accounts.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Buffett: Economy not improving, but not worsening

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the economy appears to have leveled off at the bottom of the recession over the summer, but Berkshire Hathaway's CEO still isn't seeing much improvement.

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS JAN 21, 2010
Fidelity watchers ponder succession at the family firm

Although Fidelity executives last week quelled rumors about the potential departure of president Rodger Lawson, observers noted that the larger question about the firm is who will take over when chairman and chief executive Edward C. “Ned” Johnson III, 79, retires.

By Sue Asci
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2010
Greenberg to sell AIG stock for at least $278M

In an SEC filing, Mr. Greenberg's investment vehicle, Zug, Switzerland-based Starr International Co. Inc., said it would sell the shares to UBS Securities LLC during the next three years.

By Colleen Mccarthy
RIA NEWS JAN 20, 2010
Wells Fargo reports unexpected 4Q profit

Wells Fargo is seeing early signs of improvement in its lending portfolios as it reports an unexpected fourth-quarter profit.

By Associated Press
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2010
Nearly one out of five insurance producers headed for the exit: Survey

Strong support systems — along with a mentoring culture and time management training — are just a couple of the factors that keep life insurance producers' feet planted at one company, according to a report from LIMRA International Inc.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2010
Life insurance premium levels at banks show 3Q spike

New life insurance premium levels at banks leapt nearly 60% during the third quarter, beating the overall industry's growth for the second consecutive quarter, according to data from Kehrer-LIMRA, a subsidiary of LIMRA International Inc.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JAN 20, 2010
BlackRock's Kapito: Advisers need better risk tools

Broker-dealer firms are not providing advisers with the technology and resources they need to manage risk in their portfolios, Robert S. Kapito, president of BlackRock Inc., told attendees of the Investment Management Consultant Association's conference in New York today.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Making the case against short-term bonds
FIXED INCOME JAN 20, 2010
Making the case against short-term bonds

In November 2008, many investors believed we were on the edge of financial disaster. Panic was sweeping Wall Street and Main Street. The global economy was in disarray. Now, a little more than a year later, stock market values have rebounded sharply, frozen credit markets are now flowing more freely, and there is greater liquidity in the financial -system.

By John B. Fox
RIA NEWS JAN 20, 2010
Kuwait books $1.1B profit in surprise Citi sale

Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund said Sunday it booked a profit of $1.1 billion by selling the stake it took in Citigroup Inc. less than two years ago when the banking giant was strapped for cash.

By Associated Press