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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 03, 2010
Raymond James' Jeffrey Saut: What investors can learn from water

In the markets, you must be flexible. As the old sailor's axiom states – you can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sails.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2010
Barton Biggs: It's time to buy (again)

Barton Biggs, the hedge fund manager who sold half his equity holdings at the start of July, said today that signs the U.S. economy will avoid a recession spurred him to build the stakes back up.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS AUG 02, 2010
Advisers will have their hands full with the reform law

The Dodd-Frank financial-reform bill has been signed into law by President Barack Obama, for better or worse.

By MFXFeeder
NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 02, 2010
High-profile HighTower attracts controversy as well as brokers

When HighTower Advisors LLC was launched in 2008, its pedigree and promise caught the industry's attention and the interest of a number of highly successful advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS AUG 02, 2010
HighTower adds adviser recruiters from Fidelity, UBS

HighTower Advisors LLC, a dually-registered firm that has been successful in luring talent from wirehouses, today announced that it is furthering its expansion efforts by hiring two recruiters who will focus on the Midwest and Western regions of the country.

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS WIREHOUSES AUG 02, 2010
UBS' McCann: It's all about the financial adviser

UBS will rebuild its reputation and revenue by marketing the advisory strength of its brokers and minting better products for wealthy investors, according to its new CEO

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RIAS AUG 02, 2010
HighTower chief blasts lift-out lawsuit from Morgan Stanley

Elliot Weissbluth calls suit an intimidation tactic designed to deter other advisers from leaving

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS RIAS AUG 02, 2010
MSSB team in N.Y. jumps ship to join surging HighTower

HighTower Advisors LLC last Tuesday announced that it had snapped up another team of advisers, this time from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.

By Hilary Johnson
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 02, 2010
UBS revamps wealth management unit

After weeks of discussions, UBS AG has announced a reorganization of its wealth management business to help integrate the unit with its financial adviser business.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 30, 2010
The dollar: How low can it go?

The dollar touched a level below 86 yen for the first time this year and headed for a third straight monthly loss as a government report showed U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
Ex-Wells Fargo broker opens indie shop in his branch's shadow

Jeffrey Sica spent more than four years plotting his move from Wells Fargo Advisors LLC to independence but stumbled a day before he planned to give notice.

By Jed Horowitz
NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
TD Ameritrade recruiting breakaway brokers at a rapid clip

TD Ameritrade Institutional reported today that it has attracted more breakaway advisers to the firm during the first nine months of its current fiscal year than it did in all of fiscal 2009.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
Finra should err on the side of openness

By MFXFeeder
NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
Finra could add board to oversee RIAs: Pershing's Brueckner

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. could oversee registered investment advisers through a separate governance structure, according to Richard Brueckner, a longtime member of the self-regulatory organization's board.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUL 30, 2010
RIAs increasing payouts, employee benefits: TD survey

Registered investment advisers are starting to increase compensation levels at their firms — and are also spending more on employee benefits — according to a survey from TD Ameritrade Institutional.

By Lisa Shidler
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 30, 2010
The stocks Warren Buffett is selling

The number of U.S. stocks in Berkshire's $51 billion stock portfolio slipped to 33 as of March 31, compared with 39 a year earlier and 37 in 2008. Here are some of the notable reductions —and eliminations— Berkshire's portfolio.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 29, 2010
New corn ETF second only to buying actual corn, says Teucrium's Gilbertie

The corn ETF, like Teucrium's other ETFs in registration, uses staggered futures contracts to track the current price of the commodity.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 29, 2010
Jesup & Lamont cuts 'non-essential personnel'

All salaries and commissions have been terminated, except for a “limited” number of workers

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 28, 2010
Chipmakers face slowing growth

Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services has a neutral 12-month fundamental outlook for the semiconductor industry.

By Standard and Poor's
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 28, 2010
New 12(b)-1 plan could hurt investors: FSI's Brown

The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal this week to revamp 12(b)-1 fees is likely to leave investors with less choice in how they purchase funds, according to Dale Brown, president of the Financial Services Institute Inc.

By Jessica Toonkel