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RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2009
Back on the sidelines: Wary portfolio managers opting for cash

While most portfolio managers remain optimistic about global economic recovery, more managers are keeping additional cash on the side as they re-evaluate the markets, according to a new survey of fund managers.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2009
More assets, more attention: Asset managers zero in on RIAs

Asset managers are courting RIAs with a slew of marketing and education materials. Yet, advisers aren't always impressed with the outreach, according to a new survey from Morningstar and SwanDog.

By Sue Asci
RIA NEWS SEP 16, 2009
The RIA Giants: $124B in assets and counting

By Charles Paikert
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 16, 2009
Former Merrill rep stripped of insurance license and fined in funeral trust case

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2009
When clients have limited liability, but are not limited partners - Tax News & Information - Investment News

Your client has invested in an LLC or LLP that sustains losses. Since the IRS considers him or her to be a limited partner, the losses are considered passive and the client is unable to offset salary and investment income with the losses.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2009
U.S. wholesale prices soar 1.7% in August

U.S. inflation at the wholesale level shot up at double the expected rate in August as gasoline prices soared by the largest amount in a decade.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2009
Bernanke says recession 'very likely over'

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2009
Retail sales rise more than expected in August

Retail sales jumped in August, spurred by widespread gains beyond the increases of auto and gasoline sales that economists expected.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2009
What health care reform may mean for your clients' taxes- Tax News & Information - Investment News

The Senate bill contains tax credits for low- and middle-income families, but the House bill has proposals that would affect high earners.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 15, 2009
Genworth opens $500M public stock offering

Genworth Financial Inc. yesterday kicked off a $500 million public stock offering of its Class A shares.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 15, 2009
New York Insurance Department to hold hearing on life insurance and annuities sales to seniors

The New York Insurance Department will hold a public hearing tomorrow on the marketing of life insurance and annuities, specifically focusing on suitability of sales to seniors.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2009
Affluent more upbeat and likely to fuel recovery, report suggests

In what could be an indicator that the economy is <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/ article/20090915/REG/909159984>approaching recovery</a>, optimism is rising among affluent adults in the United States, according to data from Ipsos Mendelsohn's third online Affluent Barometer survey of this year.

By Michelisa Lanche
WIREHOUSES SEP 15, 2009
Schwab sees surge in breakaway brokers in just last six weeks

The Charles Schwab Corp. said its campaign to help wirehouse brokers become independent investment advisers is picking up speed at summer's end.

By Jed Horowitz
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2009
John Hancock retirement unit to open up its retirement plan products to Edward Jones

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services today kicked off a relationship with Edward D. Jones &amp; Co. LP, providing the firm's financial advisers with access to its retirement plan products.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2009
Russell 2000 loaded with smallest companies in years

The stock market downturn has led to a significant reshuffling of the Russell 2000 Index, loading the benchmark with the smallest companies it has seen since 1993.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 14, 2009
Genworth mortgage unit settles arbitration case related to coverage on a block of loans

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 14, 2009
Outlook for insurers still dim, S&P notes

Although the economy appears to be brightening, the insurance sector in North America will remain on a negative outlook, according to a report from Standard and Poor's Ratings Services.

By Darla Mercado
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 14, 2009
Schwab says advisers are growing 'cautiously optimistic'

Managing client expectations about investment performance remains independent advisers' biggest challenge, but they are regaining confidence in the economy and directing more investments to equities and away from cash and bonds, according to The Charles Schwab Corp.'s semiannual Independent Advisor Outlook Study.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2009
One and done: A year after the massive meltdown, some clients are still swearing off equities

One year after the fall of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the start of the financial meltdown, investors still appear to be anxious that a market collapse could happen again &#8212; and they're changing how they invest as a result.

By Sue Asci
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2009
BlackRock and Pimco CEOs preach caution to advisers

The worst of the recession may be over, but the financial system still faces risks, Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of Pacific Investment Management Co., and Laurence Fink, chief executive at BlackRock, warned financial advisers at an industry event.

By Dan Jamieson