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Old-age question: Are LTC policies good deals for younger clients?
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 19, 2012
Old-age question: Are LTC policies good deals for younger clients?

Number of people under 45 who buy long-term-care insurance is on the rise; cheap premiums

By Liz Skinner
LPL getting good mileage out of hybrid platform, lands another large RIA
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 19, 2012
LPL getting good mileage out of hybrid platform, lands another large RIA

Bridgeworth latest registered investment adviser to sign on; $1B in AUM

By AOSTERLAND
World's wealthiest people ended last week $3B richer
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 19, 2012
World's wealthiest people ended last week $3B richer

What economic crisis? A Swedish retail mogul's holdings surged almost 10% last week and Larry Ellison is buying a Hawaiian island

By Doug Cubberley
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 18, 2012
Why Ben Bernanke needs to go

By Robert L. Rodriguez
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 18, 2012
Supervision lacking at broker-dealers: NASAA

By DJAMIESON
PFG customers clamber to sell claims at 25 cents or less
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 18, 2012
PFG customers clamber to sell claims at 25 cents or less

Quotes of 22 cents on the dollar to 25 cents were given to half a dozen Peregrine customers who called CRT Capital Group LLC, which buys and sells distressed debt.

By Doug Cubberley
Peregrine chief Wasendorf lied to regulators, U.S. charges
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 18, 2012
Peregrine chief Wasendorf lied to regulators, U.S. charges

Peregrine Financial Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Russell Wasendorf Sr. said in a signed statement linked to his suicide attempt that he committed fraud for two decades at his Cedar Falls, Iowa-based company, according to a federal complaint.

By Doug Cubberley
Brokerage PFGBest on the rocks, owner attempted suicide: Sources
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 18, 2012
Brokerage PFGBest on the rocks, owner attempted suicide: Sources

Futures firm in Iowa may not have sufficent funds to pay off customers; NFA has stepped in

By John Goff
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2012
Anna Nicole Smith's daughter-in-law now fourth-richest woman in U.S.

Seventy-year-old Elaine Tettemer Marshall holds 15% stake in Koch industries; worth $12.7B

By John Goff
FPA boss Tuttle to step down early
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2012
FPA boss Tuttle to step down early

Tuttle originally planned to retire in 2014; COO tapped as replacement

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2012
10 social-media timesavers for busy advisers

By Amy McIlwain
Advisers looking harder at social media, pay-to-play compliance
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 17, 2012
Advisers looking harder at social media, pay-to-play compliance

About 80% of advisory firms now have written policies about social networking, compared with 64% last year and 43% in 2010, a recent survey of 555 compliance professionals found

By Liz Skinner
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2012
New health care law: advice needed

Financial advisers will have opportunities to help their clients navigate the new health care law.

By Jeff Benjamin
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2012
Soaring health care costs squeeze retirees

By Darla Mercado
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2012
Rodman & Renshaw is on verge of shutting

By Bruce Kelly
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 16, 2012
Now work really starts at MSSB

Brokers and other observers say a culture clash and cost cutting have left legacy Smith Barney reps feeling demoralized and could cause more of the firm's brokers to leave.

By DJAMIESON
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2012
Brokers churned accounts, SEC says

By Liz Skinner
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2012
Top rep in AIG B-D network joins Sterne Agee

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2012
Fiduciary duty: Between a regulatory rock and a political hard place

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2012
Deadline for Roth conversions is near

By MFXFeeder