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NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 23, 2007
Morgan's Roach to head Asia operations

Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach, who has predicted that China will surpass the U.S. as the world's leading economy, was tapped to become the firm’s chairman of Asia operations.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 23, 2007
Googling for financial advisers

The owners of the world’s largest search engine are taking dead aim at Yahoo! Finance, and many financial advisers are taking notice.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 23, 2007
SEC seen shy on naked shorting

Critics of short-selling practices they deem abusive are up in arms over what they say is continued inaction by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2007
FPA hopes to leverage court ruling

The Financial Planning Association is hoping that the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling overturning the broker-dealer exemption rule will jump-start the trade group’s initiative to reach out to large financial services firms.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 23, 2007
Female execs seen as heirs at Fidelity

Fidelity Investments vice chairman and chief operating officer Robert Reynolds last week announced plans to retire, making it almost certain that a woman eventually will run the biggest U.S. mutual fund company, analysts said.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2007
To go with new digs, a new leader for CFP Board

NEW YORK — The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. has found itself a new leader and is heading in a new direction — East.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 23, 2007
Mutual fund derivatives plays heighten risk

Derivatives are popping up everywhere — even in plain-vanilla bond funds — and it is making financial advisers and regulators nervous.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 23, 2007
Gross revenue for top 25 indie firms crosses $10B mark

For the second consecutive year, the largest 25 independent-contractor broker-dealers saw top-line growth slow, even though it still was up by double digits.

NEWS RIAS APR 23, 2007
Hey there, insurance agent: We can make you an RIA

A new firm is assisting insurance agents in becoming registered investment advisers so the agents can obtain fee income from advice and securities products.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 23, 2007
SEC’s authority called into question

The SEC can’t win for losing. As a result of judicial overrides of its major regulatory initiatives in the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission is less likely to try bold new initiatives, experts on securities regulation say.