Finra backs off social media regs, also aims to hike transaction fees; Congress extends payroll tax deduction - and a millionaires' tax continues to bounce back after multiple rejections. More on these recent developments and other key happenings on The Hill that will impact financial advisers.
Commission gives thumbs up again to Alternative Investment Product
Debate continues over more than $30 billion in so-called tax extenders, such as the research and development tax credit and the ability for financial services companies to defer taxation on income earned outside the U.S.
Pimco chief discusses how successful investing in a deleveraging, low interest rate environment will require defensive in addition to offensive skills.
Last week, U.S. News & World Report released its <a href=http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2012/02/27/the-best-25-jobs-of-2012-rankings>25 best jobs of 2012</a> ranking, and we couldn't help but notice that 'financial adviser' cracked the list.
Tightening job market will make it harder for companies to keep a lid on wages; there go the record profit margins
Snow Capital PM looks to buy stocks when they're out of favor; big on health care, infrastructure stocks
Rush to buy acreage fueling bubble in the north forty; 'kind of scary'
Turnaround at UBS Wealth Management Americas in progress; 'seemed lost a few years ago'
UBS AG appears to be making good on its pledge to sharpen its focus on wealth management and rein in its investment banking operations.
Insurer mulling raising fees and cutting benefits on popular product; low interest rates to blame
Class action discrimination suit looks set to go to trial after latest court ruling
Supreme court considers request for Social Security survivor benefits for twins born 18 months after father's death.
Lincoln Investment Planning Inc., a fast growing independent broker-dealer, is hitting its reps and advisers who run their own RIAs with a new, annual supervision and compliance fee of up to $20,000.
Over the last decade, advisers and their clients have seen it all - recessions, rallies, record-setting intra-day swings (both ways) and, at times, unprecedented correlations across asset classes.
