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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 10, 2010
SEC's top mutual fund cop stepping down

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Andrew “Buddy” Donohue will leave the agency in November after serving more than four years as director of the Division of Investment Management.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 26, 2010
UBS' McCann: More cost-cutting ahead

Bob McCann says the Swiss bank plans to pare additional costs at its wealth management Americas unit -- and still improve advisory services for clients. Can the former Merrill Lynch exec pull it off?

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Rare sighting: American Funds tees up new fund

American Funds, which is a unit of The Capital Group Cos. Inc., has come out with only two mutual funds in the past decade. The new offering, called the American Funds Global Balanced Fund, is set to make its debut Feb. 1.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 01, 2010
Securities America picks up 45 reps from shuttered B-D

Securities America Financial Corp. has reached an agreement to absorb 45 registered reps — with roughly $500 million in assets — from Equitas Financial Advisors Inc.

Registered rep gets 68 months in jail for stealing $1M from elderly
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 14, 2010
Registered rep gets 68 months in jail for stealing $1M from elderly

A New Jersey financial adviser who admitted stealing more than $1 million from eight elderly clients has been sentenced to 68 months in federal prison.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 20, 2010
JPMorgan adds 300 financial advisers

JPMorgan Chase & Co. had a big third quarter, with profits spiking by 23% -- but it also appears to have had a successful quarter, and year, recruiting financial advisers.

NEWS RIAS AUG 12, 2010
Ex-ING adviser Breard gets just under 7 years in prison for fraud

A Kirkland financial planner who looted her clients' investment accounts was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison by a federal judge who praised her for cooperating after she got caught.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 11, 2010
Star adviser Breard pleads guilty to fraud

Seattle celebrity stole nearly $9 million from 38 clients; surrenders three homes and dozens of vehicles

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 11, 2010
Surprise audit trips up star financial adviser in Seattle

An unexpected visit by an ING Financial auditor uncovered a potential scam at Breard & Associates Wealth Management. Now, infomercial star Rhonda Breard faces fraud charges.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 10, 2010
Stifel snags Thomas Weisel in $300M merger

Stifel Financial Corp. and Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. said last week that they have reached a definitive agreement to merge operations in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $300 million.