June 24, 2010

300 reps in limbo as Jesup and Lamont Securities slips below net-cap requirements

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In what has become an all-too-familiar scene , another broker-dealer has ceased operations after failing to have sufficient capital on hand.

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FundWatch: Target-date-fund risk hard to rate, experts say

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Plans to force target-date mutual funds to disclose their investments strategies don\’t do enough to tell investors the risks involved, say fund- industry observers.

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Federal grand jury indicts Matthew Ryan

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A federal grand jury in Albany, N.Y., has indicted Troy broker Matthew John Ryan on charges of running a Ponzi scheme.

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Dell, like Sun, considered going private

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An old adage says, \”If you can\’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.\” In recent weeks, investors learned that Dell Inc.

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PPL Arranges Significant Portion of Financing for E.on U.S. Acquisition Via Offerings of Common Stock and Equity-Linked Securities

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Allentown, PA, June 21, 2010 - PPL Corporation announced concurrent offerings of 90 million shares of its common stock and $1.0 billion of equity unit securities.

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SEC suit accuses investing adviser

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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed civil fraud charges against an investment adviser and his firm in connection with complex securities tied to mortgages during the housing market bust.

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SEC Said To Be Probing Hedge Fund Over CDO

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly is investigating collateralized debt obligations involving Magnetar Capital , an Illinois-based hedge fund.

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Bond Firm Charged by SEC With Defrauding Investors

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The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. Jim Bourg / Reuters / Corbis Digg Vampire squid Goldman Sachs wasn\’t the only Wall Street firm allegedly sucking illegal profits out of mortgage bonds at the height of the housing credit bubble.

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SEC Charges New York Firms With Mortgage Fraud

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a New York-based investment adviser and three of his affiliated firms with fraudulently managing investment products tied to the mortgage markets as they came under pressure in 2007.

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SEC: PBG group collected $27.7M from Ponzi scheme

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Palm Beach Gardens investment adviser Trade-LLC told investors its trading software could double their money in a year.

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