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NEWS RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Five secrets of the best wholesalers

The top fund hawkers generally take the same approach to winning over advisers

By Evan Cooper
IRS dropped the ball on $3.2B in 'erroneous' tax credits: Treasury
NEWS RIAS OCT 20, 2011
IRS dropped the ball on $3.2B in 'erroneous' tax credits: Treasury

A U.S. Treasury Department watchdog said 2.1 million taxpayers may have received “erroneous” education-related tax credits totaling about $3.2 billion.

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Tom Bradley: The evolution of the financial advisory model

TD Ameritrade's Tom Bradley discusses the recent rapid and major changes that are now shaping the advisory industry landscape. INTV reports from the Market Counsel 2011 Summit.

By Mark Bruno
Hatch urges Obama to drop plan to cap charitable deductions
NEWS RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Hatch urges Obama to drop plan to cap charitable deductions

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is urging the Obama administration to back away from a proposal to cap itemized deductions at 28%.

By Doug Cubberley
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley
NEWS RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley

Equity market volatility is creating opportunities for investment advisers to expand their businesses, according to Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 20, 2011
LPL aims to boost profit through Uvest integration

LPL Investment Holdings Inc. expects to save up to $12 million next year by moving brokers in its subsidiary Uvest Financial Services Group Inc. to LPL's proprietary clearing platform

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 20, 2011
LPL has plans to add 400 advisers a year

LPL Investment Holdings Inc., already the largest independent broker-dealer in the industry, wants to add 400 registered reps and investment advisers each year, chief executive Mark Casady said last week

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Investors and their advisers see two different worlds out there

By Lavonne Kuykendall
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
The last dance

Boogie Investment Group is the latest in a long line of small indie B-Ds that have gone out of business after selling Provident private placements | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111018&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=101809999&amp;Ref=PH>Top reasons employees leave advisory firms</a>

By John Goff
NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 19, 2011
Wirehouse snapshot: Q3 2011

By mlanche
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2011
Industry trade groups flex lobbying muscles

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Dollar's surprise rise slamming these stock sectors
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Dollar's surprise rise slamming these stock sectors

The import of exports: Companies that generate big revenue overseas not helped by strengthening greenback

By Jeff Benjamin
Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager

Add Chris Goolgasian to the list of investors bullish on gold &#8212; but not for the usual reasons.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
How high can gold go? More reason to be bullish on bullion
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
How high can gold go? More reason to be bullish on bullion

Gold advanced to records in New York and London as the global rout in equities deepened on concern the economic slowdown will worsen after Standard &amp; Poor's cut the U.S. credit rating.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
China the wild card when it comes to commodities bets

Price of oil seen rising, with supply of cheap crude already exhausted and demand in the PRC on the rise

By Jeff Benjamin
Thousands of wirehouse reps to be shown the door in next five years
NEWS WIREHOUSES OCT 18, 2011
Thousands of wirehouse reps to be shown the door in next five years

Management keen to boost productivity by thinning ranks; market share of four giants also dwindling

By Andrew Osterland
NEWS RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Raymond James working on no-fee ETF program

Raymond James Financial Inc. aims to have a no-fee ETF program up and running within six months.

By Dan Jamieson
Enter bashing: Finra small-firm candidates tee off on each other
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2011
Enter bashing: Finra small-firm candidates tee off on each other

Gloves off early as Fischer, Sobel engage in a little smackdown; 'rent-a-finop'

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2011
The dropouts

More advice firms are bailing on the broker-hiring protocol. The big question: Will any of the wirehouses? | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111017&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=101709999&amp;Ref=PH>The investment advice jobs that pay the best</a>

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Retail business keeping Raymond James in the black: CEO Reilly

Raymond James' retail businesses are still a steadying force during difficult times for its capital markets units.

By Bloomberg