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Focus on Claymore
By Staff WriterHaving launched nine exchange-traded funds over the last few months, Claymore Securities has been one of the busiest ETF issuers of 2007 so far, and...
June 01, 2007
Moving from the Boiler Room ... to the Living RoomA recent Research magazine cover ("Fee-Based Business," February 2007) displayed a numerical reality check for the financial advice profession regarding the migration toward fee-based practices....
May 30, 2007
Pershing Rolls Out New Managed Account NetworkPershing LLC, a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Company, Inc., has launched Managed Account Network, an innovative, open architecture platform that allows introducing broker-dealer firms to offer t
May 23, 2007
Three Financial Aid Directors FiredOn Monday, May 21, 2007, Columbia University released its financial aid director, David Charlow, after documents became available showing that he promoted a student loan company in which he held a financial stake. Charlow had sent letters to parents and alumni on three occasions praising the lender--Student Loan Xpress.
May 10, 2007
Let the Sun Shine InOn May 10, 2007, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Student Loan Sunshine Act, H.R.890, to ban gifts and payments by student loan companies to universities. Representative George Miller (D-California), who leads the House education committee, joined Representative Howard McKeon (R-California) in co-drafting the legislation, exhibiting a bipartisan determination...
May 01, 2007
Payouts Up, Fees Down at Commonwelth"This is the first year in which fees are exceeding commissions for us as a firm," says Wayne Bloom of Commonwealth Financial network. As a...
May 01, 2007
Mortgage ETF Comes to MarketDespite a quiet 2006, the bond-based ETF category has picked up this year with the addition of another new fund to the fixed-income universe. Barclays Global...
May 01, 2007
SSgA Shuffles StructureState Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has reshuffled its sales and relationship management team that serves financial intermediaries. Its newly renamed Intermediary Business Group comprises multiple...