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Sue Asci

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Evergreen to pay $40M for misrepresenting mortgage-backed securities

Evergreen Investment Management Co. LLC and Evergreen Investment Services Inc. have agreed to pay $40 million to settle SEC charges related to securities law violations.

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Natixis Global Associates closes small-cap fund to new investors

Natixis Global Associates, the distribution arm of Natixis Global Asset Management, today announced that it will close the Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund (NEFJX) to new investors, effective July 31.

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A planner’s recipe for success

Many financial decisions are made around the dinner table rather than a conference table, according to one financial planner and foodie who believes in presenting financial planning concepts in a more digestible way.

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TD Ameritrade to close on thinkorswim Group acquisition

TD Ameritrade expects to close its deal to acquire Chicago-based thinkorswim Group Inc. on June 9, Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional of Jersey City, N.J., told members of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors today in Washington at the Arlington Heights, Ill.-based organization’s annual convention.

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Watch out for regulatory minefields, TD Ameritrade’s Tom Bradley says

Business is looking up and there are many growth opportunities, but advisers need to keep an eye on federal regulatory reform proposals on the horizon, Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional of Jersey City, N.J., told members of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors today in Washington.

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Special planning critical for special-needs individuals

Advisers have more clients that have children with disabilities than in the past. As a result, they need to understand the financial planning issues that those families face and become skilled in the use of special-needs trusts, a legal expert said today at the annual convention of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors in Washington.

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Advisers seek ways to buffer seniors in downturns

Setting aside a few years of spending money in so-called safe investments for clients is key to creating a regular income for retirees, according to an educational session at the annual conference of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors being held this week in Washington.

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Downturn makes painful task of caring for aged parents even more difficult

Many advisers working with clients who are caring for the elderly parents are grappling with the inherent difficulty of a situation exacerbated by current economic conditions, gerontologist Cheryl Kuba said yesterday at the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors’ annual convention.

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William Baldwin is NAPFA’s new chairman-elect

William Baldwin, president of Pillar Financial Advisors Inc. of Waltham, Mass., has been selected to be the new chairman of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors.

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Investors beware: Rally may not last, MFS strategist says

While investors are likely to see an end to the recession later this year, the current stock market rally be a harbinger of better times, according to an investment report presented by MFS Investment Management of Boston yesterday.