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  2010 Q4 Earnings, Week Three: Advisor Universe Sees Mixed Results

  By Staff Writer  |  February 4, 2011

  As fourth-quarter 2010 entered its third week, companies of interest to financial advisors reported a mixed bag of results, and many managed to announce a dividend.

• 2010 Q4 Earnings, Week Two: Asset Managers All Posted Profits

  By Staff Writer  |  January 28, 2011

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  White House Appointments of Immelt, Daley Bring Mixed Reaction From Analysts

  By Staff Writer  |  January 23, 2011

  On Sunday’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour on CNN, a discussion of President Obama’s latest appointments as he reshuffled his staff brought favorable and unfavorable comments from guests.

• Redefining Retirement

  By Staff Writer  |  December 28, 2010

• Ashmore Plans 5 Emerging-Market Debt Funds

  By Staff Writer  |  December 16, 2010

  The new funds will focus on sovereign debt, local currencies and corporate debt in emerging-market economies

• A Madoff Son Hangs Himself

  By Staff Writer  |  December 12, 2010

  Mark Madoff, the elder son of Bernie Madoff, the man whose name has become a byword for financial fleecing, took his life on Saturday on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest.

• Fitch Slashes Ireland’s Rating; 2 Banks to Offer Restructuring Plans

  By Staff Writer  |  December 9, 2010

  Fitch Ratings on Thursday dropped Ireland’s credit rating from A+ to BBB+, citing the costs of the banking system restructure and support, as well as ongoing contingent liabilities.

• By Staff Writer  |  December 7, 2010

• Salient Partners to Buy RDG Capital, a Boutique Wealth Advisor

  By Staff Writer  |  December 3, 2010

  Salient Partners LP announced Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RDG Capital LLC, a boutique wealth advisory firm in Houston.

• A European QE? Why the Euro, and Maybe the EU Itself, Is in Danger

  By Staff Writer  |  November 17, 2010

  James Dailey says the current troubles with Greek and Irish sovereign debt mark "the end of Bretton Woods II," and he suspects that the European Central Bank, "with the Chinese and the Fed, will do a version of quantitative easing to bail out the banking sector in Europe."