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LTCI Carrier Reports 2011 Results
By Allison BellMedAmerica increased sales 14% and posted a net profit despite low interest rates.
July 16, 2012
FINRA’s New Suitability Rule Edges Closer to ‘Fiduciary’: NAPFA ChairmanRon Rhoades, the chairman of NAPFA, says the rule's biggest challenge is that a BDs investment strategy must now meet suitability requirements.
July 13, 2012
Top 25 ‘Heroic’ U.S. Companies That Invest in U.S.The Progressive Policy Institute released its list of companies that are betting on America by making significant domestic capital expenditures.
July 12, 2012
The SEC Brings the Hammer to Rogue AdvisorsIn the latest installment of rogue advisors, the SEC charges 14 advisors with selling illegal securities as part of a $415 million Ponzi scheme.
July 10, 2012
Morgan Stanley’s Hull Brothers Break Away to Launch Startup Via DynastyThe Hull brothers created bluepoint in late June after leaving MSSB, where they had been institutional consulting directors with nearly $4 billion in assets at Graystone Consulting.
July 06, 2012
It’s Not Too Late to Make Your Voice Heard on SRO BillIf youre not in favor of having FINRA become the SRO for RIAs, join the advisor grass-roots effort to advocate with Congress against Bachus bill.
July 03, 2012
Commonwealth Adds Investment Policy Statement Software From IPS AdvisorProBroker-dealer makes IPS software from Norm Boone and Linda Lubitz Boone's company available to its reps at a discount.
June 29, 2012
Public Pension Earnings ‘Largest on Record’ in Q1According to the Census Bureau, the first quarter of 2012 brought U.S. public pensions their largest investment earnings on record, dating to 1974.