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NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2014
SEC hits American Pension Services and its founder with fraud charges

APS, a third-party administrator, allegedly caused investors to lose $22 million

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 08, 2014
PNC sues former adviser, Morgan Stanley for "surreptitious conspiracy"

PNC Bank sued one of its former advisers and Morgan Stanley, claiming the employee recruited colleagues and may have used her cellphone to photograph client lists from her work computer before moving to the wirehouse.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 08, 2014
Morgan Stanley to pay fine over CFTC customer-fund claims

Morgan Stanley will pay $490,000 to settle U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission allegations that the company failed to adequately oversee customer funds.

NEWS EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
Most investors missed the Dow's early fireworks

Today's <i>Breakfast with Braswell</i> covers investors missing out on the Dow's latest rally, another gender bias suit hitting Wall Street, and much more.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 03, 2014
Small firms hustle for Finra board slot

Potential candidates for open seats battle voter apathy ahead of next month's annual meeting.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 03, 2014
SEC files cease-and-desist order against adviser accused of stealing $1.1 million

A New Mexico adviser is accused of stealing $1.1 million in a secret conspiracy with a broker-dealer manager over commissions from bond trading between 2008 and 2011.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 03, 2014
Morgan Stanley case spotlights legal hurdles for indie recruits

A former Morgan Stanley adviser who joined LPL last month won back the right to serve his clients.

NEWS EQUITIES JUL 03, 2014
World stocks riding high on fresh market data

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Stocks around the world are rallying. Plus: New rules and regs are not helping investors, the psychological impact of low volatility, investing in consumer spending, and toast tries to become gourmet dish. Toast.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 03, 2014
SEC judge bans money manager for misleading Morningstar, investors

Florida portfolio manager's advertisements were not compliant, judge says.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 03, 2014
Finra, SEC at odds over disclosure of bad behavior by brokers

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, Finra and the SEC's mixed messaging over how much badly-behaved brokers need to disclose stirs up new discussion, plus more on Millennials, Obamacare and the Ukrainian conflict.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 03, 2014
Wirehouse executives push advisers to change the conversation

Firms focus on pushing brokers toward holistic advice and a different product set, but adoption has been slow.

NEWS EQUITIES JUL 03, 2014
Jobs report looks beyond the winter blues

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Jobs report looks past winter blues; investing in weed for a pot of gold; GM execs get PR all wrong; five funds set to bounce: jumping on the HFT bandwagon, and when the rich don't feel rich

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 03, 2014
SEC to hire former Finra exec to run trading division

The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to name a former executive of Wall Street's self-regulator as its top overseer of exchanges, brokerages and clearing firms, according to three people familiar with the matter.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 02, 2014
FPA talks with White House about new advice fee models

Alternatives to charging a percentage of AUM might broaden market for financial advice, group suggests.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 02, 2014
Morgan Stanley to pay $5M for supervisory violations

Firm had out-of-date procedures and delayed handing over email records to examiners, Connecticut securities regulators said.

NEWS FINTECH JUL 02, 2014
SEC searches for role in battling cyber threats

Primary risk for wealth managers is when a hacker poses as a client and manipulates accounts.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 02, 2014
JPMorgan sued by investor over 'culture of lawlessness'

A pension fund has sued JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. and CEO James Dimon, accusing the bank of creating &#8220;a culture of lawlessness&#8221; that led to billions of dollars in settlements tied to mortgage-backed securities and Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 01, 2014
Two brokers who claim Morgan Stanley misled them win back $5M arb award

Appeals court reinstates arbitration panel's ruling that had been vacated by lower court.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 01, 2014
Mr. Adviser goes to Washington

Eric Cantor's demise will increase partisan tension in Washington; for investment advisers, whose issues are usually ignored by lawmakers who don't understand their industry, it makes pushing their agenda even more difficult.

NEWS FINTECH JUL 01, 2014
Hearsay and Actiance top Forrester's social risk and compliance product list

'Near ubiquitous' social-media use drives growth in a nascent market, research firm reports