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NEWS EQUITIES JUL 24, 2014
Obama pushes tighter border rules for U.S. companies trying to exit for tax purposes

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, Pres. Obama pushes for tighter border rules for U.S. companies trying to exit for tax purposes, asset managers unprepared for a bear market, and more.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2014
State regulators on high alert for complex investment and insurance sales

Structured products, non-traded REITs and private placements just a few of the products under scrutiny.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 24, 2014
Supreme Court rejects stock-drop defense often used in 401(k) cases

High court says 'presumption of prudence' shouldn't be considered a special defense against lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duty.

NEWS EQUITIES JUL 23, 2014
Barclays pushes back dark pool charges

On Friday's menu: Barclays hits back on dark pool charges. Plus: Seeing the markets through the eyes of regular investors, why young folks should embrace bear markets, discount retailers set to shine, another cheap swipe at mortgage interest deductions, and the SEC hasn't forgotten about those pesky high-speed traders.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 23, 2014
Wall Street techs take secrets to next job at their peril

Charges against trader are sign of prosecutor's willingness to criminalize financial industry disputes formerly relegated to contract litigation

NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 23, 2014
Brokers find it harder to wipe slate clean

Public pressure on Finra's expungement process has arbitrators thinking twice about erasing disclosure events, attorneys on both sides agree.

NEWS FINTECH JUL 22, 2014
Morningstar to pay $61 million in trade-secrets settlement

The investment research firm will pay Business Logic for the software company's intellectual property.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2014
Florida law allows planners to give insurance advice without insurance company

Helps fee-only planners meet CFP Board definition prohibiting such affiliation with firms that charge commissions

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 21, 2014
Finra fines Morgan Stanley $5 million over IPO sales

Finra says Morgan Stanley advisers allegedly failed to make key distinctions when soliciting clients to buy shares in 83 IPOs including Yelp and Facebook.

NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2014
Investor sues Berthel Fisher over failed Tony Thompson deal

Berthel Fisher, not long after settling most of their claims over DBSI, gets hit with a lawsuit over a failed private placement notes deal by a noted real estate investor. Bruce Kelly has the details.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 20, 2014
Even without funding, SEC must do its job Indulgence is the enemy of industry for heirs

NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2014
House approves changes to Dodd-Frank law

Revisions are a sign of pressure to come on the financial reform package.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 18, 2014
Adviser misused $8 million in client funds: SEC

Settlement requires him to pay more than $500,000

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 18, 2014
Maxine Waters, top Democrat on House financial committee, calls for hearing on adviser oversight

California Democrat cites stats showing that every year, SEC examines just 9% of the roughly 11,000 RIAs under its purview.

NEWS FINTECH JUL 18, 2014
Morningstar settles software piracy case

Morningstar reached an agreement with Business Logic, which had filed an intellectual property lawsuit against the research firm.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2014
Morningstar goes to trial in intellectual property lawsuit

Business Logic Corp., a managed accounts software firm, is suing Morningstar Inc., claiming the company illegally replicated some of its software

NEWS FINTECH JUL 18, 2014
7 ways to correct advisers' biggest technology and compliance blunders

From improperly storing client data to misusing document management systems, here are the top mistakes technology experts see advisers making.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
SEC limits who qualifies as a public arbitrator

Agency approves rule to throw more candidates into nonpublic pool.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 17, 2014
SEC approves Finra background check rule

SEC approves Finra background check rule; expanded requirement faces industry pushback but could help firms avoid rogue hires.

NEWS EQUITIES JUL 17, 2014
Markets climb in stride with pessimism

Plus: Janet Yellen's dovish optimism, Ernst &amp; Young's $4 million lobbying settlement, how Citigroup agreed on that $7 billion figure, and QE has had almost no impact on unemployment