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SEC Launches Muni FA Registration System
September 2, 2010The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday announced that it has adopted a temporary rule requiring municipal advisers to register with it by Oct. 1 in order to comply with the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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Hewitt and Ennis Knupp Close Acquisition Deal, Announce New Moniker
September 2, 2010After roughly a month of deliberation, Hewitt Associates said Thursday that its acquisition of investment consultant powerhouse Ennis Knupp + Associates has been approved.
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People on the Move: Spotlight on Larry Gore
September 2, 2010Wilmington Trust's new executive talks about his strategy for growth in the New York market.
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Bank Annuity Sales Finally Stabilize
September 2, 2010Fixed annuities, which experienced a sales boom last year in banks, stem the bleeding, while variable annuities finally start trending upward, Kehrer-Limra says.
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Most 401(k) Participants Ignore 2Q Volatility
September 2, 2010An 11.4% decline in the S&P 500 Index fails to deter group plan participants’ long-term plans.
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Scout Acquires Fixed-Income Specialist
September 2, 2010Scout Investment Advisors announces its second deal in as many months, buying Reams Asset Management.
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Money Funds Off Hook on SEC Credit Rating Rule
September 2, 2010SEC reprieve for money funds that would require them to approve of the credit rating agencies they must use to determine whether a security is eligible for investment.
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Once-Cheap, Closed End Funds Continue High-End Transformation
September 2, 2010If there’s a day of reckoning on the horizon for municipal closed-end funds, the market hasn’t spotted it as investors continue to fork over a premium for the trusts.
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High Yield Bonds Hit Record in August
September 2, 2010Issuers priced $23 billion in junk bonds in August, the seventh largest monthly U.S. high yield volume on record, according to Dealogic.
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FCIC Challenges Official View of Wachovia's Downfall, Aftermath
September 2, 2010Roughly two years after its near collapse, critical questions about the fall of Wachovia remain unanswered
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BNY Mellon Completes Acquisition to Expand Wealth Management Into Canada
September 1, 2010Bank of New York Mellon announced Wednesday it completed its first wealth management acquisition in Canada with its purchase of I(3) Advisors, a Toronto independent wealth strategy company.
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Silver Bridge Snags Bostonian’s Mathers
September 1, 2010The independent wealth manager’s move marks another step in its aggressive growth strategy.
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Crisis Commission Zeroes In on IRS Assistance to Wachovia
September 1, 2010Members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission sought to overturn the conventional wisdom that Wells Fargo's purchase of Wachovia was done without government assistance.
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