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Registered Rep. July 25, 2007 Kevin Burke	Smith Barney Fined $50 Million for Market Timing; More Firms, Reps To Be Fined So you thought the market timing scandal was over? Think again.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 John Churchill	Blotter Regulators Collar Bear... Pattern of Abuse... Junk Fax Scalping... Judge Freezes Ponzi Scheme...
Registered Rep. January 12, 2006 John Churchill	UBS Dinged $50 Million for Market Timing New York Stock Exchange Regulation, along with the New Jersey Bureau of Securities, today announced that UBS Financial Services was fined $49.5 million for failure to supervise the deceptive market timing activities of its brokers.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Still Bullish on This Bear Although fixed income could be a tougher market next year, Bear Stearns has other ways to grow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Good News Bear Bear Stearns defies expectations and posts a pretty solid quarter. With a current P/E of about 10, investors who think this company can maintain a long-term double-digit pace of growth might see these shares as a bargain today.
Registered Rep. May 2, 2007 John Churchill	SEC Fines A.G. Edwards for Failure to Supervise Add A.G. Edwards to the long list of firms that have been fined by the SEC for long-ago failures to supervise brokers who deceptively market timed mutual funds.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2005 Maria Santos	The Cost of Compliance The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has come under scrutiny again following the adoption of a recent rule regarding hedge funds.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Dwyer & Thornton	Mutual Funds Feel The Heat Did they feed information to hedge funds, brokers, and others?
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005	Costly Timing According to a report, compliance with the SEC's regulatory response to market timing abuses - Rule 22c-2 - will cost the mutual fund industry a total of $617.5 million over the next three years.
Registered Rep. August 20, 2004	Meting out Justice: NASD Issues 'Extraordinary Remedy' on Broker/Dealer for Market-Timing Abuse In its investigation, the regulator found that from January 2001 through August 2002, National helped four hedge fund clients conduct market-timing in 13 funds that prohibited or restricted such activity.
Investment Advisor April 2008	News & Products, April 2008 FINRA has settled cases against five firms... Fidelity Investments has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty... FINRA fined and suspended 16 registered reps of State Farm VP Management Corp. of Bloomington, Illinois... etc.
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.
Investment Advisor November 2005 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Round Two of Market Timing The SEC designed Rule 22c-2 to help mutual fund companies deal with market timing, but is it working?
Wall Street & Technology June 4, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Fund Fixes Mutual funds are taking action to prepare for potential regulations on market timing, but there aren't any easy answers.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	No Hibernating at Bear Stearns Investment banks have been hot. The run might not be over yet and Bear Stearns is a generally risk-averse company that still has some global expansion potential. Investors, take note.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2006 Kristen French	Pru Agrees to $600 Million Market-Timing Settlement Prudential Equity Group admitted to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the market-timing practices of a number of its brokers between 1999 and June, 2003.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Operation Mutual Fund The SEC is on a mission to bring order to the chaotic state of the mutual-fund industry.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2005 Atul Seth	Mutual Fund Musts Seven key compliance imperatives that will have a major impact on the mutual fund industry over the next year and suggestions on how firms can meet the challenges posed by the requirements successfully.
U.S. Banker December 2004 Lee Conrad	Compliance: Hedge Fund Registration Sparks Broad Criticism The Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to register most of the estimated 8,350 hedge funds is drawing heavy criticism from the business community and some government officials.
U.S. Banker February 2002	What if Bank One Bought Bear Stearns? Sean Ryan, the former Bear Stearns bank stock analyst who now is an analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners, a securities brokerage firm, is reporting rumors that Bank One is considering buying Bear Stearns. This rumor probably is as baseless as most, but the idea may not be a bad one...
Registered Rep. January 13, 2006 Halah Touryalai	SEC Displays Enforcement Commitment in Leveling Record Penalty Daniel Calugar, a former Las Vegas stock trader, settled with the SEC regarding charges involving market timing and late trading of mutual funds. The settlement will require him to pay a record $153 million in penalties.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	Blotter SEC Front Running Probe... NASD Fines Bank of America...
U.S. Banker May 2008 Joseph Rosta	JPMorgan's Big Score: Prime Brokerage Business JPMorgan has established itself as a major prime brokerage player.
Registered Rep. June 22, 2007 John Churchill	Sub-Prime Collapse Bombs Into Brokerage Industry; Indie Brokerage Can't Meet Margin Calls The sub-prime lending meltdown could be spreading.
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?
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007	From CDO to Credit Crunch The Bear Stearns hedge funds became central players in the mortgage mess. Read on to see how.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	What Lurks Beneath There are many registered independent advisors and broker/dealers for whom the Bear Stearns debacle is much more than an academic exercise.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Michael Leibert	A Look at Bear Stearns As the strategic landscape evolves in ways that do not always favor Bear's strengths, the firm is unlikely to continue to outperform its peers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Bear Stearns: Ouch! Many investors expected it to be a nasty quarter for investment bank Bear Stearns, and a nasty quarter is what they got.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Michael Leibert	More Happy Bankers at Bear The smallest of the big, publicly traded securities houses, Bear Stearns posted its best quarter ever, with net income of $563 million or $4 per diluted share, a 38% increase from the fourth quarter of 2005.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Bear Gets Mauled The financial services sector has been under pressure lately, but Bear has taken a bigger hit than average -- it's now down 18% since the beginning of the year. At this point, it looks like Bear may have a raft of hedge fund investor lawsuits to look forward to.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Roben Farzad	The Street's Next Big Scandal Are traders and hedge funds colluding to profit from privileged information?
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.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Amy Borrus	Funds: Leaving Little Guys Out In The Cold The SEC's cleanup of mutual funds could shortchange small investors.
Financial Planning April 1, 2005	News Digest SEC Investment Chief Heads to Exit... Compliance: Fund Boards Gain Control over Timing Curbs... Companies: American Funds Charged for Kickbacks... Fidelity Boosts Fund Sales... etc.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	What Can JPMorgan Do With Bear Stearns? If JPMorgan can pull Bear back to even a fraction of its former self, the acquisition will go down in history as one of the most lucrative deals ever made.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Bearish on Bear Stearns Though perhaps not a dirt-cheap bargain, it doesn't appear that wild expectations are built into the investment bank's price. The stock looks a little interesting here.
Registered Rep. August 10, 2004 John Churchill	Hidden Market-Timers A new study of mutual fund firms' enforcement capabilities affirms what many in the industry have known for some time---that omnibus accounting practices by fund intermediaries make catching timers virtually impossible.
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.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2004 Paul Elliott	Call That Strong Medicine? Richard Strong and Strong Capital Management settle with Spitzer over market timing of the Strong funds. Was the penalty harsh enough?
U.S. Banker September 2007 Lee Conrad	Oversight: Hedge Fund Transparency At Issue...Again The Securities & Exchange Commission is attempting to shine a spotlight on the most opaque of investments-hedge funds-by creating a working group in its enforcement division to combat insider trading.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Bear Stearns Not in Hibernation Surprising strength in the fixed income business powered a strong quarter. However, investors may want to look elsewhere for a bargain.
National Real Estate Investor March 3, 2003 Parke Chapman	Bear Stearns to remain in Brooklyn Despite periodic threats to move thousands of its New York City employees out of the city, Bear Stearns has announced that it will renew its 300,000 sq. ft. lease at Brooklyn's Metro Tech Center for a 20-year term.
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003	Mutual Fund Scandals: Once Again, Individual Investors Are the Losers Is the mutual fund industry going to become mired in the kind of scandal that has afflicted so many public companies over the past few years?
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Paul Allen	Prime Time for Primes Once an esoteric business controlled by three players, the prime brokerage business has become a hotbed of competition as rival banks and brokers have sought to profit from the hedge fund explosion.
Investment Advisor October 2007 Melanie Waddell	Making Compliance Headway Four years after the passage of the SEC's "compliance program rule," advisors are still grappling with exactly what their annual review process should entail.
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Did Bear Stearns Soft-Pedal The Risks? Investors claim they were misled by Bear Stearns hedge funds' sales managers' assurances.
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.
Wall Street & Technology January 4, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Is Time on Your Side? As trading abuses are exposed, the mutual-fund industry contemplates how to stop the late bird from getting the worm.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 John Churchill	Hidden Market-Timers A new study of mutual fund firms' enforcement capabilities affirms what many in the industry have known for some time --- omnibus accounting practices by fund intermediaries make catching timers virtually impossible.