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Big banks are starting to open the tech-spending spigot, but times are tight for their smaller peers.
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WASHINGTON In a speech that amounted to a repudiation of congressional efforts to transform the regulatory system for banks, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Kevin Warsh suggested Wednesday that lawmakers were preoccupied by side issues.
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WASHINGTON New initiatives from the Obama administration, including plans to tax large institutions and ban them from proprietary trading, and to offer community banks incentives to increase small-business lending, have run into a wall on Capitol Hill.
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Speaking at the National Institute on Retirement Security in Washington Tuesday, Putnam President and Chief Executive Officer Robert L. Reynolds urged Congress and the Obama administration to strengthen all of America’s retirement savings systems, public and private.
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Defined benefit plans delivered an average return of 10.13% between 1995 and 2007, whereas 401(k) plans rose an average of 9.06% a year, according to a report released Wednesday by consulting firm Towers Watson. While that differential is just over one percentage point, the six largest DB plans analyzed outperformed the six smallest by three percentage points in that timeframe.
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According to sources, bank executives met with the wealth management group yesterday and told advisors that they could apply for positions at TD Ameritrade or TD Banks wealth management division for high-net-worth clients.
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Sixty-five percent of equities and 58% of options traders believe the S&P 500 Index will rise between 5% and 20% in 2010, according to a survey of 240 investors by online broker TradeKing. Many said they are more confident about the stock market now that the Obama administration has shifted its focus from healthcare reform to job creation.
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The 4% decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in January could portend worse things to come for the stock market and the economy, Mohamed A. El-Erian, co-chief investment officer of PIMCO, recently wrote in a Bloomberg News column.
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Its important to still remember that retirement planning is much more complex than just having enough income to last through our golden years.
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The Boston-based fund company announced Tuesday that it planned to cut commissions to $7.95 per trade as of March 15.
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The Department of Labor’s new rules for advice in 401(k) plans are currently under review at the Office of Management and Budget and could be released as early as the end of the month.
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The company was ordered to pay $12.1 million after being found liable for raiding AG Edwards branches.
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Merrills addition indicates how important headcount is in the wirehouse industry.
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According to a survey, Americans are increasing savings and slashing debt in the fourth quarter.
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Despite the ballyhoo about the breakaway brokers, the four remaining wirehouses control 48% of advisor-managed assets in the United States. RIAs ranked second with 15%.
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The Labor and Treasury Departments have issued a request for information to determine whether annuities belong in 401(k)s. Specifically, the agencies want to know the benefits and the drawbacks to receiving retirement income in installments.
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BlackRock Inc.'s iShares has registered nine additional country-specific exchange-traded funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Lawmakers sharply criticized the Obama administration's proposed bank tax on Tuesday, telling Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner it is unfair and counterproductive.
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WASHINGTON An Obama administration push to ban banks from proprietary trading and limit their growth suffered a setback Tuesday as lawmakers from both parties raised concerns that the so-called "Volcker Rule" would have done little to nothing to prevent the financial crisis.
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