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RETIREMENT TAX OCT 12, 2009
Citigroup hit with Finra fine for letting foreign clients dodge taxes

Citigroup has been fined $600,000 today by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, <a href=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/10/11/afx6989203.html>according to multiple media reports.</a>

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 09, 2009
An alternative path: Former Morgan Stanley exec returns to Wall Street

Nearly two years after her ouster from Morgan Stanley, Zoe Cruz, the firm's former co-president, is now plotting to launch her own alternative investment shop.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 11, 2009
Looking to Canadian markets, M Financial, pairs up with Caledonia Planning

M Financial Group is expanding its reach across the border and has added Caledonia Planning Group of Ontario, Canada, to its roster of advisory firms, the company announced yesterday.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 06, 2009
SEC's Schapiro issues warning to broker-dealer executives

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro last week issued an open letter to broker-dealer chief executives, warning them to make sure supervisors are vigilant about conflicts of interests as they recruit registered representatives.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 31, 2009
Schapiro issues warning to B-D execs on recruitment and 'enhanced compensation'

SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro today issued an open letter to broker-dealer chief executives, warning them to make sure supervisors are vigilant about conflicts of interests as they recruit registered representatives.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 24, 2009
T. Rowe's 2Q earnings fell 38% from a year earlier

T. Rowe Price Group Inc..'s second-quarter profits dropped 38% in the second quarter, in large part due to investment-advisory revenue. The Baltimore-based firm did, however, beat Wall Street expectations.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 29, 2009
Dinallo resigns as New York insurance superintendent

Eric R. Dinallo is resigning as superintendent of the New York state Insurance Department, effective July 3, to become the Henry Kaufman visiting professor of finance at New York University&#8217;s Stern School of Business.

NEWS RIAS APR 15, 2009
Pershing introduces program to attract hybrid RIAs to correspondent firms

Clearing giant Pershing LLC has rolled out a program to help client firms attract fee-based advisers who do some commission business.