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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 17, 2010
JPMorgan adds 300 advisers, posts strong earnings

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted strong earnings in third quarter, and it also had a successful quarter — and year — recruiting financial advisers

FINTECH OCT 17, 2010
Advisers: Be careful out there in cyberspace

The online security landscape is changing in fundamental ways

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 17, 2010
Due diligence more important in tight job market

Financial advisory firms may be looking to staff up a bit, but managers need to be careful not to hire candidates who could hurt their practices

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 17, 2010
Advisers find niche deep in the Corn belt

At first glance, financial advisers seem to be about as suited for farm life as Lisa Douglas, the overdressed socialite who was dragged from her Manhattan penthouse to a farm in the hit TV show “Green Acres.”

FINTECH OCT 15, 2010
TD to open Veo architecture to third parties to lure advisers

TD Ameritrade launches tech initiative, moves toward completely open architecture
RIAS OCT 15, 2010
TD Ameritrade launches tech initiative, moves toward completely open architecture

If carried to fruition, TD Ameritrade Institutional's latest technology initiative will be the first to open its application program interface completely to third-party technology firms able to pass muster during the custodian's security review of their systems.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 14, 2010
Compensation up a smidge for senior execs at emerging tech companies

RIAS OCT 14, 2010
Transitioning within the financial services industry: What brokers must know before they go

There has been more movement recently by financial advisers within the financial services industry then there has been in years.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 14, 2010
Baird snags nine MSSB reps overseeing $1.3B

Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. said today it has hired nine advisers from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC who collectively oversee nearly $1.3 billion in client assets.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 13, 2010
Hiked medical premiums a real pill for advisory firms

Insurers rush to raise rates ahead of new regulations; 'free-for-all'

RIAS OCT 12, 2010
U.S. Capital picks up more high-producing UBS reps

U.S. Capital Advisors LLC has picked up a $600 million team from UBS Financial Services Inc. &#8212; the <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20101017/REG/310179981> second high-producing team the firm has picked up from UBS</a> in the last six weeks.

EQUITIES OCT 12, 2010
King of dividends? Banking sector no longer tops

IT industry jumps ahead of banks in total payouts to shareholders 'excess cash'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 11, 2010
Due diligence unduly important in tight job market

'Desperate' candidates going to great lengths to get hired by advisory firms; diploma with typos

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 11, 2010
Prenups are up – particularly among women

An 80-year-old woman approached attorney Brad Wiewel because she wanted a prenuptial agreement before her second marriage &#8212; just in case.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2010
Advisers plunge into providing health care

Whether it's helping downsized clients, assisting retirees whose benefits are being chiseled away or advising small-business owners on health care options for their companies, a growing number of financial advisers find themselves navigating the murky waters of health care insurance.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 11, 2010
Ponzi or pawn? Accused scammer Petters says he's innocent

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 10, 2010
Explaining your value as a broker

With so much lobbying and political posturing yet to unfold, it's unclear whether a universal fiduciary standard of care will be imposed for all providers of financial advice.

FINTECH OCT 10, 2010
A better(ment) mousetrap for the mass affluent?

Technology will be the key that unlocks the mass-affluent market for financial advisers

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Artificial insemination a real headache for estate planners

In-vitro fertilization spawns confusion among wealth managers, trust attorneys; 'wide-open field'

Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, says economist Young
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, says economist Young

The longer Congress drags out setting an estate tax rate and exemption level, the less likely it is to impose a retroactive tax for 2010, according to an economist with a leading agricultural organization.