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Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Kristen French	Your Fees Under the Regulator Microscope Financial advisors had better be able to justify their fees, because regulators have been busy examining fees charged to retail clients.
Registered Rep. March 24, 2005 Kristen French	Mutual Fund Enforcement Picks Up Steam On March 23, the SEC and NASD handed out fines in mutual fund-related punishments totaling more than $80 million to five firms. And that is likely just the beginning of a coming avalanche of similar regulatory actions, legal experts say.
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.
Financial Advisor April 2004 Tracey Longo	Wanted: Real Disclosure Rules on brokers compensation disclosure are changing---but slowly.
Registered Rep. December 21, 2004 Will Leitch	Ed Jones Agrees to Pay $75 Million in Revenue-Sharing Case Edward Jones has agreed to a $75 million settlement with the SEC, the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange as punishment for failing to disclose to clients information about the firm's revenue-sharing arrangements with mutual funds.
CFO January 30, 2004 Tim Reason	Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds.
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	Funds and Games Several regulatory issues are floating around the SEC. Will any of them get resolved?
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Gray Matter When the mutual fund scandals broke in September 2003, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other politicians described the misdeeds in black-and-white terms. Now, two years into the legal actions, the matter is getting murkier.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Christopher O' Leary	The Fund Family That Said No While in the past few years many funds sued by regulators have been quick to settle, American, the second-largest fund family in the U.S. with $650 billion in assets is fighting back.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Karen Donovan	Under Siege Executives of broker/dealer firms are not exaggerating when they say it seems like regulators are locked into a competitive battle to collect the most pelts on Wall Street.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Jeff Auld	Save 12b-1 Fees Independent reps and smaller clients will suffer if the SEC decides to cut this form of compensation.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Will 12b-1 Fees No Longer Be? The mutual fund fees known as 12b-1s have morphed into something few envisioned when the SEC created them 25 years ago. With regulators now poised to address that transformation, many reps are sweating about the future of a reliable income stream.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Kristen French	Scandal Scorecard: Mutual Funds on Top With the SEC and NASD recently levying more than $80 million in fines to five firms (for transgressions related to revenue sharing and B shares), mutual fund sales practices officially sit on the front burner.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian	The Fund Fee Fracas Are mutual fund fees too high?
Registered Rep. February 27, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Regulators, Industry Still Divided On Mutual Funds David Brown, bureau chief of investment protection in the New York Attorney General's office, said insurance companies who sold mutual funds wrapped in variable annuities, along with banks and law firms, may end up becoming targets of Eliot Spitzer's ire in coming months.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Spitzer Hints Scandal Is Winding Down While Spitzer remains tight-lipped on the status of the industrywide trading investigation he launched in September 2003, he hinted that it is perhaps nearing the finish line.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2004	Fussing About Fund Fees Mutual fund fees may look small, but they can eat much of your earnings.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 Amanda B. Kish	The SEC Gets It Right The agency revisits governance rules and fees for mutual funds.
Registered Rep. February 18, 2004 John Churchill	SEC Puts Forth Mutual Fund Rules Proposals The SEC has put forth three proposals that could drastically change the way mutual funds are sold.
Investment Advisor April 2008 Melanie Waddell	12b-1 Headed for an Overhaul After nearly a year of silence, the SEC has decided to revamp 12b-1.
CFO May 1, 2004 Roy Harris	Raiding the Returns Hidden costs and high fees eat into 401(k) plan benefits.
Financial Advisor May 2011 Daniel Bernstein	The Goldilocks Dilemma The greatest problem with client agreements today is the shortcut approach too many advisors take.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Ken Weber	401(k) Plans' Dirty Little Secret Without fair, vigorous competition among 401(k) plan providers, millions of plan participants will be saddled with burdensome costs. And without disclosure, employees cannot pressure employers to seek more cost-effective plans.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Out with a Bang Eliot Spitzer may have less than a month left as New York State's attorney general, but the governor elect says there two new Wall Street cases he's taking on before year's end.
Registered Rep. June 20, 2007 Kevin Burke	Fund Fees Sink to Lowest Level in 25 Years, but Why? Is it the result of investor preference for lower-cost funds, increased competition among fund companies -- or fallout from the fund trading scandal?
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Dwyer & Borrus	The Coming Mutual-Fund Reforms As mutual-fund abuses mount, regulators and lawmakers promise tough new rules.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Fund Fees Rising When They Should Be Falling Are you getting ripped off by your fund family? While many mutual funds are now enjoying lower operating costs, many fund companies have actually raised the annual fees they charge shareholders.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 Anne Field	Et tu, 529 Plans Both the NASD and the SEC have revealed they are separately investigating yet another area within the financial services sector: 529 college savings plans.
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.
Entrepreneur August 2004 Julie Monahan	Payback Time Settlement dollars from the SEC crackdown on mutual fund malfeasance will reach millions. But will you get your fair share?
Registered Rep. August 8, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	CIBC and the Murky Waters of Mutual Fund Enforcement When the mutual fund scandals broke in September 2003, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other politicians described the misdeeds in black-and-white terms. Now, two years into the legal actions, the saga has begun to appear murkier.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004	Arbitrary Decisions Q & A on work-related ethical quandaries for the investment professional.
Registered Rep. August 18, 2004 Will Leitch	SEC Unanimously Votes to Ban Directed Brokerage The 5-0 vote surprised few. Perhaps more worrisome was the call for comment on overhauling or banning outright 12b-1 fees, which were described as disguised commissions.
Registered Rep. May 21, 2004 Will Leitch	Roye Blasts Revenue Sharing at ICI Conference; Strong Settles The SEC's director of its investment management division delivered perhaps his strongest remarks yet on mutual fund malfeasance.
Registered Rep. December 12, 2006 John Churchill	Spitzer: Thousands of UBS Clients Raped by Wraps The New York Attorney General's Office announced today that it is suing UBS Financial Services for allegedly defrauding thousands of customers through its InsightOne fee-based brokerage program.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Dan Caplinger	It's Time to Take Back Your $10 Billion Whether you think 12b-1 fees are bilking investors or a fair way to compensate financial professionals, the SEC needs your opinion.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Dwyer & Thornton	Mutual Funds Feel The Heat Did they feed information to hedge funds, brokers, and others?
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Selena Maranjian	The Amazing Disappearing, Reappearing Fund Fee A fee by any other name will still cost just as much.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Alan Lavine	Dramatic Changes Loom For Mutual Fund, Annuities Sales Proposed disclosure rules could hurt level-load sales.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 John Churchill	I Fought the Law After stepping into the ring last spring with California Attorney General Bill Lockyer over fund disclosure practices, American Funds recently knocked the AG on the canvas; Edward Jones, another Lockyer target, hasn't been so lucky.
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004	"You Cannot Legislate Honesty" Fund manager Robert Olstein, in a candid interview, says the SEC regulators have overstepped the mark.
Financial Advisor October 2010 Andrew Gluck	Pulling The Switch Are state regulators ready to assume oversight of some 4,200 RIAs?
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Luxenberg & French	A Pile of Reasons Regulators and broker/dealer management have gone overboard with mutual fund disclosure. Take the case of the B-share class of mutual funds.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Don't Pay Your Broker for Free Funds No-load funds don't cost a dime to buy -- except from some brokers.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Bill Barker	Why We Oppose 12b-1 Fees This little sales charge doesn't benefit existing shareholders, is insufficiently transparent, and the SEC has a new proposal to limit that fee.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2007 Kevin Burke	SEC Big Says Waiver Tactics Can Backfire An SEC commissioner today said that asking broker/dealers and investment advisory firms to waive their legal right to attorney-client privilege in order to speed up the pace of enforcement investigations is shortsighted.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Anne Tergesen	Does Your 401(k) Cost Too Much? Fees for your 401(k) retirement plan can take as much as 3% of the account balance each year. Watch out for conflicts of interest.
Financial Advisor November 2010 Marshall J. Cobb	Lifting The Revenue-Sharing Fog Regulatory and legislative actions currently being pondered will dramatically alter revenue-sharing practices in 401(k) plans.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The Reformation When the scandal craze that has gripped the securities industry first began two years ago, few in the industry recognized how deep it might go.