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Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 John Churchill	Schapiro in, Glauber Out at NASD in 2007 Mary Schapiro, head of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight, will be taking over for Robert Glauber as chairman of the NASD at the end of the year. One tough cop replaces another.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006	Coolest Resume at the SEC The SEC's new General Counsel, Brian Cartwright may not have as cool a name as outgoing GC Giovanni Prezioso, but he's no stuffed shirt either.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 John Churchill	Race Discrimination Cloud Hangs Over Good Year For Merrill Lynch and UBS, allegations of widespread racial discrimination put a damper on an otherwise stellar year for the firms. Both wirehouses were named in separate lawsuits seeking class-action status raised by black brokers who allege a pattern of discrimination at the two firms.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006	Geezer Patrol There's a new professional in town, and he just might know more about your elderly clients than you do. He's the Registered Financial Gerontologist (RFG).
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kristen French	Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Dinosaurs Roaming the Earth The days of a mutual fund wholesaler coming in, talking about performance and making light banter are mostly over. In fact, some asset managers are rethinking how the wholesaling process should look, from the ground up.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 John Churchill	Size-ism? Ten years after the formation of the Small Firms Advisory Board, many small firms say they are still getting pushed around by bigger firms -- and this time the NASD is taking the side of the bullies.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006	Everybody Into the Alpha Pool In this short excerpt of his book, Hedgehogging, Barton Biggs describes what to look out for when examining hedge funds.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Brad Zigler	Getting What You Pay For A risk consultant and finance professor has concluded that hedge funds are actually cheaper than has commonly been supposed and that mutual funds are more expensive than most have believed.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	Do-It-Yourself Funds of Funds The real deal breakers for financial advisors with wealthy clients who have sophisticated needs are that hedge funds tend to be illiquid and lack transparency. Here's how to use mutual funds that use hedge fund strategies to solve this problem.
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