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Independent Financial Advisors Gaining Market Share

The Wall Street Journal reports that customers are moving towards independent registered investment advisors (RIA) and away from Wall Street brokerage firms. RIAs brought in $108 billion in new assets in 2008 while brokerage firms lost $8 billion. The change is seen in large part as a migration towards more objective financial advice. A registered investment advisor acts as a fiduciary , offers an advisory account , and is free of many of the potential conflicts of interest that are inherent in...

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Obama Administration Proposes Fiduciary Standards for Brokers

The Obama administration's proposed financial services regulatory overhaul may have a profound impact on the way that investment advice is disseminated in the United States.

The administration's proposal would impose a...

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HSBC Retirement Report Discusses "Perfect Storm"

HSBC released its fifth annual "Future of Retirement" study. The study is the largest of its kind, covering over 15,000 people in 15 countries. The report suggests a perfect storm of demographic, individual and financial factors that have the potential to derail the retirement plans of millions of people around the world: Stephen Green, Group chairman of HSBC, said: "A perfect storm is confronting pensions planning, created by an ageing population, falling pension funds values, a drop in state...

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