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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 17, 2007
Generational rift centers on career growth

A generation gap between younger and older financial advisers is widening around the issue of career growth for those who are newer to the profession, observers say.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 14, 2007
NYLI names chief financial officer

Craig A. Merdian has joined New York Life International as executive vice president and CFO.

NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 14, 2007
Merrill adjusts strategy in bumpy Q3

Merrill Lynch has adjusted the value of some investments suffering from the subprime-mortgage market.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 14, 2007
Defense Dept. on to crooked advisers

With a recently passed law, the Department of Defense has declared war on bogus financial advisers.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 14, 2007
Interim rule on principal trades likely

The SEC is likely to adopt a temporary rule that will let fee-based brokers continue to make principal trades.

NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 14, 2007
TD says sorry after hacker hits clients

TD Ameritrade began sending apology letters to most of its clients after a hacker stole vital information.

NEWS RIAS SEP 14, 2007
RIA firms grew, owners too, in '06

RIA firms grew assets by 15% last year, and revenues by 18%, according to a study released today.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 13, 2007
Pacific Life parts ways with last B-D

Pacific Life Insurance has cut ties with United Planners’ Financial Services of America.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 11, 2007
Individual annuity sales hit record highs

Individual annuity sales increased 6% in the second quarter to a record of $66.5 billion over the same period in 2006.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 11, 2007
NAVA Hall of Fame inducts three

Richard M. Reilly, Michael Gilotti and Mathew Greenwald were honored and six new board members were added.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 11, 2007
Slow and steady for boomer advisers

Financial advisers shouldn’t focus on the big picture of 78 million baby boomers charging toward retirement, but as a gradual evolution, said Oppenheimer Funds economist Brian Levitt.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 10, 2007
Ex-Amex chief Sodano settles with SEC

This week, after a long battle with the SEC, former American Stock Exchange chairman and chief executive Salvatore F. Sodano consented to SEC findings that he failed to supervise the exchange's oversight of its order-handling and record-keeping rules from 1999 through June 2004.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 10, 2007
Consider 'integrated housing' says planner

Seniors may want to sell their homes and move in with relatives as a way to reduce overhead expenses.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 10, 2007
ACLI study backs single regulator for brokers

Life insurance brokerage agencies could save up to $377 million annually in agent licensing costs if Congress were to adopt legislation.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 10, 2007
Rule on sales of deferred VAs approved

The SEC has approved a FINRA rule intended to improve B-D sales practices for purchases and exchanges of deferred VAs.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 10, 2007
529s launch another back-to-school marketing blitz

The college savings plan industry once again has unveiled a wide array of marketing campaigns for the back-to-school season, with many plans emphasizing the benefits of 529 plans in light of upcoming changes in the “kiddie tax.”

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 10, 2007
Younger planners blazing own way

Many young advisers have taken it upon themselves to pave their own path into the financial advice industry.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 10, 2007
Young advisers strive to gain clients’ trust

For young financial advisers looking to earn their stripes, a lack of gray hair and wrinkles could have some clients concerned about taking advice from someone as young as their child — or even grandchild.

NEWS FINTECH SEP 10, 2007
Schwab entices advisers with free software

Schwab Institutional will provide free portfolio re-balancing software to financial advisers who use its custody services.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 10, 2007
Market turmoil is no sweat, growing is hard

One day last month, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was sinking over subprime-mortgage concerns, financial adviser Frank McGovern was relaxed, and the phones of his McLean, Va., office were quiet.