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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:22 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A flight to safety]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:22 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Stock market volatility has caused some advisers to shy away from the sexiest  life insurance policies and#8212; variable universal life and variable life and#8212; and to steer clients to a tamer cousin, universal life.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A renewed confidence]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=a-renewed-confidence</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:20 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Investment advisers' confidence in the financial health of the insurance industry and#8212; though still underwhelming and#8212; is on the rebound, according to the InvestmentNews 2010 Insurance Product Survey.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making a switch pay]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:25:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Clearing firms, facing declining revenue and in-creased competition, have something new to worry about: More and more broker-dealers are seeking loans as an incentive to sign on with a new firm.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LPL picks bad time to go public]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:08:45 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If LPL decides to launch anytime soon and#8212; as of yet, no date has been set and#8212; it will be doing so smack dab in the middle of an incredibly difficult market for IPOs in general and financial services stocks in particular.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A 'major tax hit' lurking for financial planners]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=a-major-tax-hit-lurking-for-financial-planners</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:08:43 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats this week will try to cobble together the 60 votes required to pass legislation that would renew dozens of tax breaks and#8212; and introduce several tax hikes and#8212; some of which would significantly affect the financial planning industry.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial planners rebuffed by military]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=financial-planners-rebuffed-by-military</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 09:18:25 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks, but no thanks. That's the message a wary U.S. military is sending to financial advisers who want to offer free financial planning to active-duty servicemen and women.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiduciaries see Collins proviso as a betrayal]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=fiduciaries-see-collins-proviso-as-a-betrayal</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=fiduciaries-see-collins-proviso-as-a-betrayal</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 09:18:24 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As the battle over the inclusion of a fiduciary standard in a comprehensive financial-regulatory-reform bill intensifies, advocates of imposing the standard on all advice givers expressed disappointment in an amendment offered by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, last Thursday.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEC to focus on conflicts in muni bond business]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=sec-to-focus-on-conflicts-in-muni-bond-business</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=sec-to-focus-on-conflicts-in-muni-bond-business</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 09:00:05 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The SEC's announcement last week that it is launching an investigation of the municipal bond market is aimed at increasing transparency and weeding out conflicts of interest.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking back]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=looking-back</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Thomas James readily admits that his impending departure from Raymond James Financial Inc., whose roots go back to a firm founded by his father in 1962, is bittersweet.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A changing landscape]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=a-changing-landscape</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:04:44 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The mutual fund industry has long been dominated by a handful of companies, but continuing fallout from the recent market downturn and other structural factors have created opportunities for nimbler, smaller companies to gain more business.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping up  with the Joneses]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=keeping-up-with-the-joneses</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:19:55 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If there is one stage of life in which competing demands for income are most intense, it is when couples first start out.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thirtysomethings ask: 'What do we do now?']]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=thirtysomethings-ask-what-do-we-do-now</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:19:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, at least six young couples have come to investment adviser Susan Spraker in desperate need of financial help.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advisers weigh benefits  of new VA products]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=advisers-weigh-benefits-of-new-va-products</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=advisers-weigh-benefits-of-new-va-products</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:51:54 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that the days of generous variable annuities are behind them, some advisers are finding ways to fit the revamped, slimmed-down versions into clients' portfolios.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The last laugh]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=the-last-laugh</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:51:54 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For most investors, not having access to their money is a drawback.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barnaby Grist leaves Schwab for new venture]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=barnaby-grist-leaves-schwab-for-new-venture</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=barnaby-grist-leaves-schwab-for-new-venture</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:59:39 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Barnaby Grist has left his position as senior managing director of strategic business development of The Charles Schwab Corp.'s investment adviser group to join Cetera Financial Group, a new independent-brokerage venture controlled by Lightyear Capital LLC.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advisers go it alone on personal finances]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=advisers-go-it-alone-on-personal-finances</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=advisers-go-it-alone-on-personal-finances</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:22 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like many financial advisers, Rick Kahler struggled for years over whether to hire a peer to review his personal financial plan.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DOL probes Geller for ERISA violations]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=dol-probes-geller-for-erisa-violations</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=dol-probes-geller-for-erisa-violations</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:22 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Labor Department is investigating Geller Group LLC for failing to disclose alleged ties to an accounting firm it recommended as an auditor, according to former employees and others close to the investigation.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Revolving door at Fidelity takes another turn]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=revolving-door-at-fidelity-takes-another-turn</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=revolving-door-at-fidelity-takes-another-turn</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:04:21 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fidelity Investments' revolving door continued to spin last week with its announcement that another high-ranking executive, Charles Goldman, is leavi<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Suit? Khakis? Financial advisers ponder the power of pinstripes]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=suit-khakis-financial-advisers-ponder-the-power-of-pinstripes</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=suit-khakis-financial-advisers-ponder-the-power-of-pinstripes</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:58:46 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If there were a and#8220;Dress for Successand#8221; guide for financial advisers, its take-away message well might be: Dress the way your target mark<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Groups retrench on defining planners]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=groups-retrench-on-defining-planners</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=groups-retrench-on-defining-planners</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:58:42 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Financial Planning Coalition has given up its effort to get Congress to establish a definition of financial planning that would have brought thou<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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