Bank & Financial

Magazine articles on banks, brokerages, and credit card companies.

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Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Blotter The SEC charged 11 people and three companies for an alleged conspiracy that raked in $64 million from 40,000 investors.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	What Recession? The U.S. may in the midst of a recession, yet analysts' earnings estimates for 2008 are very rosy indeed.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Roids: Not Just For Baseball Bear Stearns attempted to impose a temporary restraining order on departed broker Doug Sharon. Sharon left for Morgan Stanley on March 17 -- the day after J.P. Morgan made a deal to buy the embattled Bear Stearns. Bear's TRO was rejected by a Massachusetts court.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	It's Okay to Outsource The number of financial advisors who say they regularly outsource at least a portion of the portfolio-construction process more than doubled to 34 percent in 2007, up from just 14 percent in 2006.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Job Toss New York City's Independent Budget Office estimates that the city could lose over 20,000 jobs in the financial sector over the next two years.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Pros with Heart This year's 28th annual Outstanding Advisor Award winners could be exactly what advisors need.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Comings & Goings AIG SunAmerica Retirement Markets, Inc., names western division sales manager... Fidelity's National Financial unit names executive vice president... etc.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Anywhere But Here No, you didn't want to be a financial advisor at Bear Stearns during the week of March 10. That was the week that news broke about Bear's serious liquidity problems, and the week it had to be bailed out.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Alan Lavine	Variable Annuity Providers Cozy Up To RIAs "In the fee-only community, it's historically been that you literally have the `Scarlet A' if you use annuities."
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 David Geracioti	The Auction-Rate Mess And You Many retail investors have recently learned the hard way that auction-rate securities aren't as safe as they thought.
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