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Karen DeMasters
What should a client do if she retires right before a severe market slide, turning any previous planning topsy-turvy?
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The SEC has obtained an emergency court
order freezing the assets of an Illinois money manager who is charged
with stealing millions from clients' retirement plans.
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Karen DeMasters
A big opportunity exists for financial advisors to build business by helping small business owners provide retirement plans to their employees--and then do personal financial planning for the owners...
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Putnam Investments has announced plans to launch new funds and a planning tool to help advisors work with retirees and soon-to-be-retirees to develop monthly income flows.
Michael Oxley, the former congressman who co-wrote the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, has registered as a lobbyist for Finra to promote self-regulation of investment advisors.
The world is beset by crises, from an earthquake and
tsunami in Japan to revolution and repression in the Middle East. For
one small segment of the population, however, it's party time.
The Federal Reserve will disclose details of emergency loans it made to
banks in 2008, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an industry appeal.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to buy Benchmark Asset Management Co.,
India's largest provider of index-tracking funds.
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Charles Schwab Corp. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Chicago-based OptionsXpress Holdings Inc. for about $1 billion.
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From the market lows of March 2009 to the geopolitical volatility of March 2011, financial advisors reflect on how client attitudes have changed during the past two years.
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Evan Simonoff
Fiduciary Network has entered an agreement to invest in Adviser
Investments and finance its acquisition of Kobren Insight Management from
E*Trade Financial.
The Fed's stringent stress tests on U.S. banks may mean downscaled proposals to restore dividends and share repurchases.
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Jennifer Connelly
Developing true thought leadership is about more than winning media
exposure-it's about the ideas you convey and put into action.
The meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has prompted many financial commentators and others to plant their feet firmly in their mouths.
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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards announced the appointment of Joseph Maugeri to head its business development.
Pimco's CEO believes it is too early to conclude the disaster taking place in Japan, and its aftermath, will have only a transitory economic impact.
The yen strengthened against the dollar on speculation Japan will delay intervention to limit the
currency's advance as the nation struggles to avert disaster at a
nuclear-power plant.
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Baby boomers rank preserving their savings and charitable giving as
their highest priorities, according to a Charles Schwab survey.
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Seventy-five percent of financial advisors expect their business growth
to be in the double digits this year, according to a Russell Investments
survey.
As signs of a sustained U.S. recovery increase, so do
the ranks of big-name investors warning that economic growth will be
undercut by the rising federal budget deficit.
