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There have been plenty of arguments against the government bailout of AIG, but religion would appear as an unlikely one.

Merrill Lynch executives Dan Sontag, head of Americas Wealth Management, and John Hogarty, COO, released the 2009 Financial Advisor Comp Plan yesterday afternoon.

Mark DeCambre and Kaja Whitehouse published a story today in the New York Post titled: “Ex-SEC Boss: Not My Fault,” which opened a window onto the thoughts of those charged with regulating Wall Street.

Today the SEC resolved charges against Citi and UBS alleging that the two firms misled investors about liquidity risks related to auction-rate securities.

Giving bonuses to company executives of a bankrupt, government-rescued company, now that’s a story most news organizations dream about. After all, nothing plays better than outrage—especially when you can play the greedy fat-cat theme...

RIA holding companies are opening their arms to welcome wirehouse advisors. Not just garden variety reps, but the cream of the crop: those who have significant assets under management and heavily fee-based books.

It's good to own (or work for) a registered investment advisory (RIA) these days. As you may have heard, the CDO debacle is helping RIAs to steal Wall Street firms' clients and their assets. Two-thirds of the 200 RIAs recently surveyed by...

Fidelity Investments was negotiating a contract with the former head of Schwab’s advisor business long before he was allegedly squeezed out due to corporate restructuring at the San Francisco company.

Pop culture, at the moment, is awash with movies, cable-T.V. shows and novels about modern-day vampires—the undead—trying to control (or indulge) their thirst for human blood.

Schwab Institutional had an awesome year in 2008, stealing clients and assets from wirehouse advisors and expanding its lead in the RIA custodian business.