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Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	SEC Draws Hard Line on Soft Dollars After more than a decade of discussion, the SEC has finally issued guidance on the controversial fate of soft dollars.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Whitney Tilson	The Disgrace of Soft Dollars Massachusetts Financial Services Co. (MFS), the oldest and 11th-largest mutual fund company, announced this week that it has stopped paying brokers in "soft dollars." I can hear the yawns across America, but this is an important issue because investors are being bilked out of billions.
Wall Street & Technology September 23, 2005 Anthony Guerra	Follow the Leader The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA) finally issued its soft-dollar guidelines. Will the SEC take a page out of what the FSA has done? Probably.
Wall Street & Technology August 27, 2004 Ivy Schmerken	Bracing for Disclosure of Soft Dollars The SEC's examination of soft dollars could require money managers to increase disclosure of costs and force the sell side to unbundle its commissions and separately price its research.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Brokers for Expert Investors Have you outgrown your brokerage account? When you're just getting started with investing, comparing brokerage firms is pretty easy. But when you go beyond the basics, you need a broker who provides more.
Registered Rep. May 28, 2010 Jake Zamansky	Wall Street Will (Again) Kill The Passage of a Fiduciary Standard While the House financial reform bill includes a fiduciary standard for brokers in limited circumstances, I'm fairly certain history will repeat itself and the provision will mysteriously and entirely disappear when the House and Senate reconcile their respective bills.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Der Hovanesian et al.	How to Fix the Mutual Funds Mess Hidden fees, lax boards, and now scandal. Here's what has to be done.
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Homing In On Trading Abuses Do allegations that a UBS worker sold info to hedge funds signal a growing problem?
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CFO May 1, 2004 Roy Harris	Raiding the Returns Hidden costs and high fees eat into 401(k) plan benefits.
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Bank Technology News November 2004 Shane Kite	Trading: Direct Execution Players Get Beefy Banks and brokers are stocking up on tech and management tools, bundling direct access with algorithmic trading, as the industry gets more competitive than ever.
CIO July 1, 2004 Elana Varon	Mutual Benefits To regain investor confidence and improve the bottom line, the mutual fund industry needs to integrate transactions up and down the supply chain.
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BusinessWeek December 1, 2003 Borrus & Dwyer	The Critical Battle For Fund Reform Big investors, Congress, the SEC -- they're all swooping in to curb widespread abuses in the mutual-fund industry.
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The Motley Fool October 13, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Free Trade at Bank of America? The megabank offers no-fee stock trades.
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Insurance & Technology March 18, 2005 Wendy Toth	Whose Side Are You On? The shift in the business model, the study reports, creates an opportunity for insurers to connect with buyers directly.
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Registered Rep. November 3, 2003 Will Leitch	Fund Scandal Implicates Stockbrokers The mutual fund trading scandals headlines seemed to implicate mutual fund family executives and hedge funds -- everybody but individual retail brokers and brokerage management. But a new survey by the SEC charges brokers with abusive trading of mutual funds.
Registered Rep. June 24, 2004 John Churchill	Morgan Stanley Sued by New Hampshire Regulators New Hampshire securities regulators are suing Morgan Stanley, charging that in 2002 the firm encouraged its brokers to sell proprietary mutual funds by using sales contests, a violation of NASD rules.
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BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Rowley & Tashiro	Japan Logs On To Online Trading E-brokerages are all the rage, thanks to a rising market and lower fees. The biggest challenge ahead for Japan's online brokers is their ability to survive a significant stock market correction.
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Lewis Braham	The Best E-Broker For You The price of a trade is just the start. Here's what you need to know to choose wisely.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Mindy Diamond	Prospects Grim for Wirehouse Brokers with Hybrid Books of Business Hybrid brokers -- those with both retail and midmarket institutional accounts-- at wirehouses might soon be a thing of the past, but that doesn't mean those with this business model have no options.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Get What You Want From Your Broker Rather than imposing a one-rule-fits-all approach to fiduciary duty, what the SEC should do is give customers the ultimate choice when it comes to deciding what relationship they want with their brokers.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Requiem for the $250K Broker Until recently, brokers were immune to the industry's downsizing, which has included a decimation of the ranks of investment bankers and the elimination of thousands of support positions. Brokers, it was assumed, covered their own costs by generating commissions and fees. Not anymore.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Dwyer & Borrus	The Coming Mutual-Fund Reforms As mutual-fund abuses mount, regulators and lawmakers promise tough new rules.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2003 Will Leitch	SIA Says "Me Too" on Sales Fee Investigations Amid the brewing investigations into mutual fund sales practices, the Securities Industry Association came out last week in support of the new Joint NASD/Industry Task Force.
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Registered Rep. November 5, 2003 Churchill & Gaffen	Pru Market-Timing Charges Widen The investigation into mutual fund trading abuses is widening, with the release of a complaint filed by the Massachusetts Securities Division against brokers who formerly worked in Prudential Securities' hub office in Boston.
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