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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Death tax dead, but wealthy clients standing by

The temporary suspension of the estate tax is not spurring high-net-worth Americans to take action on their estate plans.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2010
Seniors on investment info: Keep it short

Apparently, seniors set aren't big readers — at least when it comes to information about their investments.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Third Avenue's Marty Whitman: In defense of managed mutual funds

The Investment Company Act of 1940 has resulted in very, very important benefits to Outside, Passive, Minority Investors (“OPMIs”) because of the plethora of substantive protections it brings to OPMIs.

By Marty Whitman
RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Money manager Hussman likens CNBC to 'Gomer Pyle'

In a blistering attack, money manager John Hussman raps CNBC, blasting the financial network for what he says is myopic and 'cartoonish' content

By Jeff Benjamin
Suspected shooter in attack on Dallas financial advisers dies
RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Suspected shooter in attack on Dallas financial advisers dies

Robert Mustard was thought to be the person who assaulted a father and son team of reps on Monday. The former client was said to be 'unhappy over some business dealings.'

By Bruce Kelly
Father-and-son advisers wounded in Dallas office shooting
RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Father-and-son advisers wounded in Dallas office shooting

Richard Smith and son R. Chris Smith — reps at Smith Financial in Dallas — apparently had an ongoing dispute with the suspect, who also turned the gun on himself and is in critical condition.

By Jeff Nash
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2010
S&P picks: Why the biotech sector looks healthy

Standard & Poor's Equity Research recently upgraded its outlook for the biotechnology industry to positive from neutral.

By lkoueiter
Life insurers sue B-Ds over third-party VA sales
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 12, 2010
Life insurers sue B-Ds over third-party VA sales

Two life insurers are suing a trio of broker-dealers, accusing them of fraudulently selling to third parties variable annuities with lucrative death benefits on terminally ill individuals.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 12, 2010
Fast facts: Sizing up the largest B-Ds and the most active recruiters

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 12, 2010
B-Ds fret over proposed placement agent rules

A bill introduced last week in the California Legislature would require money manager placement agents to register as lobbyists and regulate their compensation.

By Dan Jamieson
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
What's the world's richest man buying? BlackRock

Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes magazine, has acquired shares of BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, expanding his U.S. holdings.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS MAR 11, 2010
Investment adviser used funds for personal chef, prosecutors claim

Donald Anthony Young also diverted clients' cash into a horse farm, authorities say

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
Theft of Swiss bank account data could spell big trouble for HSBC customers

Info from 24,000 of its Swiss bank accounts was stolen between 2006 and 2007, HSBC reported today. Tax authorities in foreign countries can expect to be hearing from the data bandits -- if they haven't already, that is.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
Your next frontier

Their parents are getting all the attention, but 30-somethings want (and need) financial advice. Now

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
Blood tests and Facebook: Life insurers reveal their to-do list for 2010

With the life insurance industry recovering from a year of falling revenue, as sales of variable annuities, universal- and variable-universal life insurance all off, carriers are gearing up to make some changes.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
American Equity fined $275K for unapproved annuity sales

The Minnesota Commerce Department claims that the insurer sold 541 contracts worth $28 million that weren't OK'd by state

By Darla Mercado
$14M haul for Wells' brokerage and wealth head David Carroll
RIA NEWS MAR 11, 2010
$14M haul for Wells' brokerage and wealth head David Carroll

The senior executive vice president in charge of Wells Fargo & Co.'s Wealth Management, Brokerage and Retirement Services Division made the bulk of his pay from an option award and a retention bonus.

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 11, 2010
Dodd seen scrapping fiduciary requirement for brokers in proposal

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is expected to introduce new financial reform legislation this week that excludes applying a fiduciary standard to brokers offering investment advice.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 11, 2010
Expected about-face on placement agents invites criticism

The Securities and Exchange Commission's expected move to regulate placement agents as broker-dealers instead of prohibiting investment advisers from using them won't curb influence-peddling, some critics say.

By Dan Jamieson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
Will regulators kill off fledgling secondary market for death benefits?

By Darla Mercado