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Lessons From Down Under A review of how the Australians have come to regulate advice givers could be helpful to our current situation.   |
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July 2010
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Clark At Large: Done Deal Even without a mandated fiduciary duty for all who give advice, the cat's out of the bag. |
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Even the Playing Field Congress needs to standardize the regulations for investment advisors and broker-dealers. |
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Game Changer Barack Obama tops the 2009 IA 25 -- our seventh annual list of the most influential people in and around the advisory profession. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Mark Johannessen |
Embracing Change on Our Own Terms Given the recent announcement by the Treasury Department of an ambitious reform package for the financial services industry, financial planners have no choice but to prepare for change. |
Registered Rep.
November 24, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
Using The "F" Word Down Under, and the Danger of Short Term Debt to U.S. Banks The U.S. Congress is currently trying to cobble together some type of financial regulatory reform and somehow resolve the nettlesome industry debate over the "fiduciary" status. |
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
The Polar Bears Thawing out our modern black and white thinking could save the fiduciary standard. I don't usually write about politics, except when it has a direct impact on financial advice, and this appears to be one of those times. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Watch Out. Reform In on the Way As the New Year unfolds, one thing is certain: financial services regulatory reform will be hotly debated in the 111th Congress, and perhaps some reforms will actually be put into place. |
Financial Advisor
August 2007
Ken Weber |
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You As a financial advisor, you may deal with or be asked to comment upon retirement plans for your clients. Increasingly, it is becoming clear that you have a fiduciary duty -- in spirit, if not in fact -- to assist your clients in uncovering all the fees involved with their plan. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007 |
Australia As one of the world's leading exporters of mining commodities such as coal and iron ore, Australia has been adjusting its macroeconomic policies to the recent large rise in international commodity prices. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Blaine Aikin |
New Disclosure Regimen Planners are facing considerable competition from brokers in the arena of retirement plans, and the reality that brokers typically don't work as fiduciaries is a thorn in planners' sides. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2011
Tim Hanson |
Australia: The Country a Wallaby Could Run Stable economic growth and an increasing tax base are all but assured in the Land Down Under. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007 |
The Original SEC Rule The Security and Exchange Commission's original decision on the broker/dealer exemption rule exempting brokers from regulation as an investment advisor even when they were being paid fees for investment advice. |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Alan Kline |
Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Save for Retirement, or Else There are no easy solutions to the retirement savings problem. Down under, saving isn't a choice. It's the law. For Americans, you need to plan for your own retirement future without government-sponsored private accounts to assist you. |
Chemistry World
September 8, 2010
Karen Harries-Rees |
Could science be the winner in Australia's election? Science in Australia could benefit from the more consultative approach that the newly elected minority Labour government will need to adopt. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
Goings-On Down Under Things are looking up for National Australia Bank, which could be a good foreign investment. |
BusinessWeek
August 12, 2010
Michael Heath |
A Referendum on "Big Australia" Attempts to curb immigration could dent economic growth. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: The Dog That Didn't Bark A fiduciary duty to all clients would be more immediate, widespread, and at least as beneficial as separate regulation of planners. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Defining Fiduciary What is a financial advisor's true fiduciary duty? |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
Jack Milligan |
Scrambling for Solutions Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles in Washington later this year when the Obama administration starts pushing its reform agenda for financial regulation in the U.S. Congress. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2013 |
Country Report: Australia In some ways the Australian medicines industry is going through the same restructuring and challenges as the industry is globally. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2007
Karen Harries-Rees |
Ten Year Plan for Australasian Science Australian scientists have launched a vision that sets out the next 10 years of synchrotron science in the country. Australia's synchrotron, which will open this year, will be a jewel in Australian and New Zealand science, they predict. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Malcolm Knox |
The Deal Is Simple. Australia Gets Money, China Gets Australia The benefits for Australia in becoming China's quarry are quantifiable and visible. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2011
Nathan Parmelee |
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts on Australia! Up until the global financial crisis in 2008, Australia hadn't had a recession in 17 years, and since its growth barely turned negative for a quarter, you could argue it still hasn't had one. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Roundtable: Is Australia's Super Tax Dead? Experts debate the Australian RSPT and its effect on the mining industry. |
Registered Rep.
May 26, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
NYSE Cautions Investors on Following Brokers to New Firms The release is part of the "Informed Investor" series developed by the NYSE Regulation to better educate investors. The announcement comes at a time when more reps are choosing to switch firms than at any time since 2002. |
Salon.com
August 31, 2000
Pete Wells |
"Keep Australia on Your Left" by Eric Stiller The story of an attempt to kayak around Australia that ended -- refreshingly -- not with triumph or disaster but with honest failure. |
