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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2010
Tax fears spell opportunity for insurance agents

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2010
DOL finally issues new 401(k) fee disclosure rules

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 2010
AllianceBernstein goes outside for new finance chief

Hiring marks one of the first since Peter Kraus replaced Lewis A. Sanders as CEO in December 2008

Wealth manager with the most cachet? A new king is crowned
NEWS RIAS OCT 15, 2010
Wealth manager with the most cachet? A new king is crowned

Boston Private Bank & Trust, Inc. has knocked Bessemer Trust Co. off its perch in a poll of wealthy consumers.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 14, 2010
Baird snags nine MSSB reps overseeing $1.3B

Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. said today it has hired nine advisers from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC who collectively oversee nearly $1.3 billion in client assets.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Auto-IRA bill formally proposed in Senate

After much discussion and anticipation, the Automatic IRA Act of 2010 was formally proposed Friday by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. If enacted, the bill could affect half of the country's working population.

INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS SEP 24, 2010
Yield-hungry investors look to emerging markets

Put off by the paltry yields on Treasuries, many investors are turning to emerging-markets sovereign debt for better returns.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2010
House-poorer clients require hand-holding

Financial advisers continue to work overtime to steer clients through the biggest housing slump in decades.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 23, 2010
Still worth owning dividend-paying stocks?

With tax rates on dividends expected to go higher next year, financial advisers should start assessing the risk-reward ratio of owning dividend-paying U.S. companies, according to report today by Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Indices.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2010
U.S. Trust lures three advisers from Barclays Wealth

The firm named both Ray Schuville and George Jenckes private client advisers and Josh Glazer private client manager.