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Massive Federal Bailout on the Way
By Melanie WaddellIn a bid to stem the mammoth financial crisis the U.S. is now facing, top members of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are hammering out with Congress a plan to create a government agency that would buy distressed mortgages from banks and other financial institutions at discount prices.
September 15, 2008
Wall Street StunnedWall Street is not what it used to be, for good or ill. Culminating (at least for the moment) a months-long period of market volatility and uncertainty spawned by the credit/housing crisis and punctuated by a Federal government-engineered bailout of Bear Stearns at the end of March and a Federal...
September 15, 2008
How the Wall St. Earthquake Will Affect ClientsHow are advisors reacting to the latest news of the changing landscape on Wall Street, with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America? For one thing, they're putting it into the context of the broader credit and housing crisis that has affected...
September 15, 2008
Who's on Deck?Following the demise this year of Bear Stearns, the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers, and the...
September 12, 2008
ING Lowers Ticket Charges fof FAs (Sept. 15, 2008)The independent broker-dealers of ING have announced they are lowering fees on trades for their financial representatives and advisors on an array of transactions with the aim of making the cost advis
September 11, 2008
Securian to Acquire Capital Financial Group/H. BeckIn what could be further evidence of consolidation in the independent broker/dealer space--or of the enhanced value that winning Investment Advisor's Broker/Dealer of the Year brings to honorees--another mid-sized independent B/D has been acquired by one of its larger brethren.
September 11, 2008
LPL Hit With Reg S-P Fine Over Hacking IncidentsLPL has become the latest victim of the SEC's Reg S-P crackdown. The SEC announced September 11 that it had brought an enforcement action against...
September 11, 2008
Securian Seeks To Buy Md. Investment FirmSecurian Financial Group Inc. says it plans to acquire investment firm Capital Financial Group Inc. and CFG's broker-dealer affiliate.Securian, a unit of Minnesota Mutual Insurance ...