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Registered Rep.
September 14, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
NASD Fines Securities America for Failure to Supervise Securities America was fined $2.5 million for failing to supervise an advisor who allegedly lured clients into early retirement with exaggerated promises of high returns.   |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2004
Dan Otter |
Annuities in a 403(b) or 457(b)? Before you invest in an annuity, make sure there aren't better options available. It won't take long to find them. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2004 |
The Lowdown on Variable Annuities Plans such as 401(k)s and IRAs are generally more effective for socking away money for retirement. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Ellen Hoffman |
Annuities: Don't Believe The Hype Many of the tax benefits of variable annuities no longer exist, but the hard sell continues |
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. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
Emily Thornton |
The Brokers Strike Back Wall Street to investors: Beware of suing your brokers -- they might just sue you back. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005 |
Blotter Regulate Thyself, NASD... Class is in Session... He Looked Bigger on TV... |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2005
Tim Beyers |
B Is for Broker More fines against fund industry bigwigs. What a shocker. |
Investment Advisor
September 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
B/d Briefing: Raymond James Gets Results In the continuing evolution of the investment industry, one consistent trend has been the gradual reduction in fees. Could lower costs be next for variable annuities? |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
Elder Abuse, Advisor Style The NASD says it will propose "significant" regulatory changes to the way variable annuities are sold, claiming elderly clients are being "scared" into investing in products against their best interests. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Alan Lavine |
Fish or Fowl? Are equity-indexed annuities securities or insurance? The NASD offered only loose recommendations to member firms about how sales of this product should be conducted and supervised, but most broker/dealers are implementing them anyway. |
Registered Rep.
March 30, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Bank of America Leading Bank Brokerage in 2008 BofA brokerage posted $1,792.9 million in "investment income" in 2008 -- way ahead of the second-largest, Wells Fargo. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Margaret Collins |
Variable Annuities: Lifelong Income, High Cost Guarantees make annuities more appealing - and more complex. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
A Cheaper Annuity Is Raymond James's new cap on fees the start of a trend in variable annuities? |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Too Much for This Investment When it comes to guaranteed variable annuities, buyers are paying more for protection than they did in recent years -- even though the market has already dropped substantially. |
Entrepreneur
January 2004
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Under Fire Is it still possible to invest without getting burned? |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Blotter In the Name of Love: An Ameriprise registered rep was accused of stealing money from clients to pay for travel abroad to look for a Russian bride... NASD Busts Slick Broker... |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Thomas M. Kostigen |
Discrimination, Or Keeping It Simple? Schwab boots funds that have cheaper share classes elsewhere. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2006
John Churchill |
NASD Promotes Its Online Education Program Called the E-learning Exchange, the NASD created the online education tool for reps and firms last May in order to help securities firms head off compliance and regulatory problems before they start. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Avoid This "Safe" Investment Today Guaranteed investments cost too 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.
April 7, 2005
Kristen French |
NASD Advocates More Disclosure, Less Paper Broker/dealers and their reps may get a big break on point-of-sale disclosure if the Securities and Exchange Commission heeds recent NASD advice. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Namita Devidayal |
A Fitting Problem Having found the securities industry severely wanting in its policing of research conflicts, market-timing and fee disclosures, the regulators are looking to see if similar abuses exist in the insurance industry. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Kristen French |
VA Sales Keepin' On Despite the recent onslaught of negative regulatory and media attention to variable annuities, sales of these products have not suffered. |
Registered Rep.
January 16, 2004
John Churchill |
NASD Charges Waddell & Reed With Violations The NASD Wednesday slapped Waddell & Reed with more than 6,700 complaints, charging that the firm systematically encouraged brokers to recommend unsuitable variable annuity exchanges to its customers. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004 |
10 Years Ago in Registered Rep NASD warnings, again. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Alan J. Foxman |
Crossing the Line in Your Relationships with Clients Q&A: What privileges can a firm give a client?... Can a financial advisor borrow money from a bank that is a client?... Arbitration claims about promissory note... Must I tell my employer annuities I've sold through a third-party vendor?... |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
B Is Not for Bad Class B mutual fund shares are under assault. Regulators have fined some advisors for recommending B shares when A shares, which offer so-called breakpoint discounts, would have been cheaper for clients. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2005
Bill Singer |
The High Price of Foot Dragging Contesting arbitrations is often a smart move -- especially for financial reps who believe they were unjustly accused or that the settlement demanded by the customer is excessive. |
Registered Rep.
July 23, 2007
Kevin Burke |
Ex-Merrill Broker Wins $1.6 Million in Rare Arbitration Award An NASD arbitration panel awarded a former Merrill Lynch broker $1.6 million for wrongful termination and defamation, claims he had filed against his former employer. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004
Tracey Longo |
Making The Grade With Variable Annuity Exchanges With the creation of one-shot wrinkle reducers like Botox, battery-operated automobiles and cloned humans, can a world where there is no need to replace variable annuities be far off? |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
Ryan G. Murphy |
B/D Briefing: News & Products Fines, Complaints, Mergers: The NASD fined American General Securities Inc... NASD announced the promotion of James Shorris... Raymond James Financial selected PlanningStation... etc. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
The Retirement Ripoff You Can't Afford Insurance companies are making changes to annuities that will make them an even worse deal for investors. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Are Variable Annuities Right for You? Variable annuity sales are way up, but are they a smart move? |
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. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
The Best of Both Worlds Is the line between funds and annuities disappearing? Not yet; regulators and corporate bureaucracies insist on separating the two investments. But in the next decade, the distinctions could blur. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
Richard A. Roth |
Keep It Dark Though one function of the NASD is to police its member firms and protect investors, another of its functions is to provide a fair and just arbitration forum for dispute resolution. The NASD should protect the sanctity of the process by ensuring that all parties are treated equally and fairly. |
Registered Rep.
October 25, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Another One Bites the Dust: Broker Fined Record Amount for Market-Timing Scheme The NASD fined Paul Saunders, a registered rep, CEO and majority owner of James River Capital Corporation, $2.25 million. That sum represents the largest fine against an individual for marketing timing, including disgorgement of about $750,000 in illegal profits. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005 |
Blotter John Van, head of Murphy Van Securities, was barred from the industry... The NASD fined 29 firms a total of $9.2 million for late reporting... The NASD's mutual fund task force released its initial report... |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2012
Dave Lindorff |
Indexed Annuities Grab the Spotlight Indexed annuities have gained popularity while variable annuities have softened, as the players on the buy and sell side change. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2004
J. Graham |
Beware of Brokers Bearing Annuities Annuities may sound good, but their costs overwhelm their benefits. Stockbrokers and financial advisors love to sell annuities because of the high commissions they reap. My ex-broker sold one to me, and it has proven to be the most restrictive, highest-cost, least-liquid, and poorest-performing investment in my portfolio. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Merrill Takes a Late Hit on Research Scandal An NASD arbitration panel ordered Merrill Lynch to pay more than $1 million to an investor last month for hiding conflicts of interest and issuing fraudulent research. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Patrick Ferrer |
Annuities Special: Fee Factor When your clients buy annuities, do you really know what they're paying for? |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Greg Bailey |
The Real Arbitration Nightmare NASD member firms frequently wield far too much influence in arbitration proceedings, and this situation could end up undermining client confidence in the industry if it persists. |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
News & Products How sweet it is: KeyCorp is selling its McDonald Investments branch network to UBS... More than a slap: Prudential Securities, Inc. was ordered to pay $600 million to regulators... etc. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Rowley & Dawson |
Japan: Where Financial Security Is One Sexy Beast Hartford pioneered Japan's annuity market. Nobody's laughing at it any more. |
Financial Advisor
December 2004
Ted Schwartz |
Time For Some Changes Are variable annuities the greatest invention since sliced bread or are they a scourge that should be driven from the planet? Here are some suggestions for changes to the industry to take annuities out of the regulators' crosshairs. |
Registered Rep.
August 16, 2006
Karen Donovan |
Put It in Writing: Investors Want Arbitrators to Explain Their Awards Lawyers who represent investors in securities arbitrations hope that a proposed NASD rule -- which would give them the option of demanding written explanations from arbitration panels that hear their disputes against brokerage houses -- will take effect soon. |
