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Assets held in hedge funds grew 4.41% during the second quarter, to $2.973 trillion.
The Regional Bond Dealers Association is pushing state and federal regulators to force the major banks and broker-dealers that underwrote auction-rate securities to provide relief to all investors who purchased ARS.
Analysts who track banking stocks say it has become easier lately to get an audience with senior managers at the companies they cover.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is reportedly investigating Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab over auction-rate securities .
The new branch combines two Genworth companies with 4,500 financial advisors and $18 AUM.
Two former Banc of America brokers accused the broker-dealer of intentionally damaging their reputations with current and potential clients.
Over the last six months, an overwhelming majority of independent investment advisors have signed up disaffected former clients of brokerage firms.
Wachovia Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC agreed to buy back at par $8.8 billion of auction-rate securities from retail and other investors.
The $300 million share grant puts Levinson in group of shareholders that owns 77% of the company.
More than 40% of the American households that are at risk of being financially unprepared for retirement don't even know it.
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A debate on Vanguard's policy change requiring customers to use identical beneficiaries for all IRAs of the same type. A customer affected by this change lodges a complaint, a Vanguard spokesperson addresses this issue, and the FP readers weigh in. Join the conversation!
An overview of the 2008 NexGen Conference at St. John's University, in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Promotion announcements and firm changes for advisors.
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