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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 30, 2010
Rothstein ordered to repay $363M to victims

Scott Rothstein, the former South Florida lawyer serving 50 years in prison for a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, was ordered by a judge to pay his victims $363 million.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 30, 2010
Fired analyst ordered to pay former firm $10.7M

Finra arbitrators have ordered a securities analyst who claims he was wrongfully fired by Rodman & Renshaw LLC in 2006 for attempting to lower a stock rating to pay the broker-dealer $10.7 million in damages.

Allen Stanford is a 'wreck of man' from prison: Attorneys
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 30, 2010
Allen Stanford is a 'wreck of man' from prison: Attorneys

Texas financier R. Allen Stanford's attorneys said Tuesday that jail has reduced their client to a "wreck of a man" who is severely depressed, forgets conversations, can no longer see out of one eye and believes he is "losing his mind."

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 26, 2010
B-D pays $20M to settle SEC charges -- but where's the firm's chairman?

FTC Capital Markets agrees to consent order in case involving Citgo; boss said to be at large

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 26, 2010
SEC likely to take hammer to 12(b)-1 proposal, says John Hancock Funds boss

Hartstein believes final rule will be dramatically different than current plan; will it be scrapped?

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 25, 2010
Small B-Ds are facing capital crunch

Inability to meet Finra's net- capital requirements will force more small and independent broker- dealers to shut down this year.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 25, 2010
BNY Mellon unit 'sold clients down the river': Cuomo

The N.Y. attorney general sues Ivy Asset Management, claiming the firm misled customers about investments tied to Bernard Madoff

Will the SEC's 12(b)-1 plan smack Legg Mason?
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 23, 2010
Will the SEC's 12(b)-1 plan smack Legg Mason?

Analysts question whether planned cost savings will be offset by proposed cap on mutal fund fees

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 22, 2010
N.Y. advisers in limbo because state doesn't do exams

The Dodd-Frank regulatory-reform law aims to reduce the SEC's examination responsibilities by shifting some 4,000 investment advisers to state registration, but New York state may gum up the law's intent.

NEWS FIXED INCOME AUG 19, 2010
Financial adviser pleads guilty in muni bond bid-rigging case

A New York financial adviser pleaded guilty to rigging bids for investments sold to local governments, the fifth person to admit participating in an industrywide conspiracy to profit at taxpayers' expense.

Finra fines Morgan Stanley $800K over 'deficient conflict of interest' disclosures
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 18, 2010
Finra fines Morgan Stanley $800K over 'deficient conflict of interest' disclosures

Morgan Stanley, owner of the world's largest brokerage, will pay $800,000 to settle regulatory claims that it didn't disclose research analysts' conflicts of interest to investors.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 18, 2010
Schapiro: SEC is soliciting input on fiduciary issue

Just days after the financial-regulatory-reform law was signed, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a request for public comment on a provision addressing the standard of care for investment advice.

UBS will seek to have $81M Finra ruling overturned
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 18, 2010
UBS will seek to have $81M Finra ruling overturned

UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank, will seek to reverse a ruling requiring it to pay a U.S. company for business lost when its funds were tied up during the collapse of the auction-rate securities market two years ago.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 17, 2010
SEC: Investment scam quickly took in more than $1M

Federal regulators say it was too good to be true: A Detroit-area woman is accused of collecting more than $1 million from investors who were told they would earn at least 10 percent a month.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 17, 2010
CFP Board plans to keep fighting for more planner regulation

At least one group of financial advisers is hoping that the landmark financial-reform legislation will lead to more government oversight of the advice business.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 17, 2010
Finra may expand oversight to all financial advisers

Finra, whose rules-based approach to oversight of brokers is anathema to many financial advisers, could expand its jurisdiction as a result of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 17, 2010
Adviser groups opposed to exempting indexed annuities from SEC oversight

Groups argue the Harkin amendment would undermine the goal of strengthening the standard of care for investors.

Advisers, brokers in fiduciary-study rumble
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 16, 2010
Advisers, brokers in fiduciary-study rumble

It's usually very quiet in Washington in August. But over at the SEC, the late-summer calm has given way to a loud din as lobbyists battle over the standard of care for investors.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2010
Why Warren Buffett could lose $8B

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, may have to set aside $8 billion in collateral for derivatives under proposed changes to U.S. financial regulations, a Barclays Capital analyst said.

Buffett: Directors, officers should be punished for risky business
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 16, 2010
Buffett: Directors, officers should be punished for risky business

In his latest letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett says directors and officers -- and not shareholders -- should take the hit for reckless investments.