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Registered Rep. November 15, 2005 Kevin Burke	Schwab Fined $1 Million for Lax Oversight of Non-Employee RIAs The enforcement action reinforces the steady drumbeat that firms will be held responsible for failing to have the proper systems in place to detect misconduct, even when the wrongdoers are not employees of the company.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2005 John Churchill	For Advest Reps, Clock Is Ticking With only two weeks left before Merrill Lynch closes its deal to buy Advest Group, top reps at the Hartford, Conn.-based firm continue to run for the exits. This past weekend another $8 million in production decamped for other firms.
BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Lauren Young	Sizing Up Tailored Portfolios A study shows that investors in separately managed accounts like the results.
InternetNews November 14, 2005 Clint Boulton	Blades For Banks IBM issues a line of blade servers to help banks rein in their branch offices.
Bank Technology News November 2005 Adams et al.	The Innovators Issue Innovation in banking continues, to the benefit of all customers. Here is an overview of key people, products and issues driving innovation in the financial services industry.
Bank Technology News November 2005 John Adams	M&As: IT Firms Expand to Woo, Wow Banking Clients Looking to greatly expand their capabilities in financial services, many technology companies have been on a buying spree. Financial institutions are choosing to focus their efforts on compliance and strategically focused IT investments.
Bank Technology News November 2005 Glen Fest	HSAs: Banks May need Plastic, Not paper Insurance providers dipping their toes into flexible spending and health savings accounts favor using cards instead of paper-intensive reimbursement methods, creating opportunities to partner with financial institutions.
Bank Technology News November 2005 Michael Sisk	Wholesale Banking: Tough Times Call for Convergence Cutthroat competition in wholesale banking to offer commoditized services is squeezing revenues, requiring new approaches that move far beyond the stock strategic realignments of the past
Bank Technology News November 2005 Glen Fest	Money Management: PFM Lite's Starts To Get Heavier Converging with bill pay and other personal cash-management capabilities, a new on-line option seems like a slam dunk, but traction has been slow. That may be about to change.
Bank Technology News November 2005 Glen Fest	Network Storage: A Larger, Cheaper SAN for Small FIs Over the past two years, smaller financial institutions have turned to a new network storage system working over IP protocols. Welcome to the world of iSCSI.
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