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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 18, 2010
LPL Investment raises $470M in IPO

LPL Investment Holdings Inc., the brokerage and investment advisory firm owned by private equity firms TPG Capital and Hellman & Friedman LLC, raised $470 million in its initial public offering.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2010
Going public: Where is LPL headed?

How big will a publicly owned LPL Investment Holdings Inc. become?

By Bruce Kelly
LPL star reps about to pocket millions on IPO
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 18, 2010
LPL star reps about to pocket millions on IPO

Some of LPL Investment Holdings Inc.'s most noted and longest-affiliated advisers will see a windfall once the company goes public and shares begin to trade.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2010
Franklin Resources sitting pretty, despite 12(b)-1 reform: Analyst

Franklin Resources Inc. is one of the “best-positioned asset managers in this environment” of expected 12(b)-1 fee reform, according to a stock report issued today by FBR Capital Markets.

By Jessica Toonkel
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2010
Target date funds back on target: Morningstar

Retirement funds have recouped losses from 2008 market crash; 2010 funds up 5% from 2007

By John Goff
Investors: We're done with stocks
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2010
Investors: We're done with stocks

Survey reveals deep mistrust of equity markets; a third of respondents fully in cash

By Jessica Toonkel
TD Ameritrade broadens bond platform for advisers
FIXED INCOME NOV 17, 2010
TD Ameritrade broadens bond platform for advisers

TD Ameritrade Inc. announced today that it will offer new-issue municipal bonds both to its discount clients and the investment advisers who hold assets in custody at the firm.

By Dan Jamieson
Pimco looking to cash in on banks' fire sale: Sources
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2010
Pimco looking to cash in on banks' fire sale: Sources

Pacific Investment Management Co., manager of the world's largest mutual fund, is raising at least $1 billion for a private fund to buy troubled loans from banks divesting assets to meet new rules, said two people briefed on the plans.

By John Goff
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2010
The 5 fund firms with the most outflows this year

By John Goff
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2010
Advisers need to give clients a Social Security reality check: IN's Pavia

The uncertainty of the Social Security system is making retirement's three-legged stool a bit wobbly.

By Jim Pavia
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2010
LPL star aims to build national wealth manager

Ron Carson, LPL Financial Corp.'s most prominent financial adviser, seeks to create a national wealth management franchise, joining the fray with other noted investment advisers desiring a national footprint.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2010
Labor Dept. eyes reports of advisers exploiting retirees

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2010
A time to discuss retirement policy

The Great Depression was the trigger for the creation of the Social Security system, which greatly reduced poverty in old age.

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 17, 2010
Goldman Sachs sued for alleged discrimination

The plaintiffs, H. Cristina Chen-Oster, a former vice president, Lisa Parisi, a former managing director, and Shanna Orlich, a former associate, seek class-action status to represent all female Goldman employees with those job titles.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 17, 2010
Merrill Lynch defeats bid by black financial advisers to sue as group

Merrill Lynch & Co., the Bank of America Corp. securities brokerage unit, won a U.S. judge's ruling denying a bid by 17 black financial advisers for group status in their five-year-old discrimination case.

By Bloomberg
Female advisers slap Bank of America with sex discrimination suit
RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2010
Female advisers slap Bank of America with sex discrimination suit

Three female advisers claim they were treated as “second-class citizens,” according to a class action lawsuit filed against the bank

By Hilary Johnson
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 17, 2010
TD Ameritrade data theft settlement talks resume

A lawsuit over the theft of contact information for more than 6 million TD Ameritrade customers has been ordered into mediation, so the search for a satisfactory settlement will continue.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS NOV 16, 2010
Asness, economists look to sink QE2

Send letter to Fed boss Ben Bernanke urging central back to halt latest round of quantative easing

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS NOV 16, 2010
Fed has awakened bond vigilantes who fear inflation

On October 29, the bond vigilantes, after being in hibernation for many years, suddenly awoke and fired a warning shot at the Federal Reserve, the stock market and millions of other investors.

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 16, 2010
SEC's pay rules may mimic TARP's

Compensation for brokers and firm executives would be subject to claw-backs if deemed excessive

By Bruce Kelly