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		<title><![CDATA[How Much Money Is Enough Now?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the questions raised in the wake of the Lehman collapse, this might be the one you most need to ask — and the person to ask is yourself.                    ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Good Financial Advice: Five Questions to Ask, Including the F-Word]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like everybody is in the financial advice-business, but how do you know if someone is qualified to help you? You don't need to grill the financial professional to determine a few key factors that might help you decide whether or not to engage him or her. The responses...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 07:27:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fiduciary Neglect in Boardroom of Bankrupt General Growth Properties]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ending months of speculation, General Growth Properties, the second-largest U.S. mall owner behind Simon Property Group, declared bankruptcy last Thursday in the biggest real estate failure in U.S. history. Prompting the filing was the realization by management that the company had virtually no hope of refinancing either its past-due debts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:06:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If Advisers Are Fiduciaries, Fund Managers Might Be Next]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mutual fund industry's trade group, the Investment Company Institute, broke with precedent last week when ICI president and CEO Paul Schott Stevens came out in support of of requiring all financial advisers to act as fiduciaries -- that is, to put their clients' financial interests ahead of their own....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:22:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Excel Training Program: Set A Course For Your Future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the increasing importance of 401k plans in providing retirement security to Americans, fiduciary decisions are more important than ever before. Plan fiduciaries must act as experts, diligently protecting the interest of participants and beneficiaries. A key fiduciary responsibility is to understand the costs associated with the plan and to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Suits aimed at recovering subprime investment losses could shape adviser roles]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2921/is_200809/ai_n29484669]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Once the scope of the subprime mortgage crisis became clear, a number of pension and 401k plans with assets invested in subprime mortgage obligations filed lawsuits to recover their losses. They cite a provision of ERISA that holds fiduciaries liable for losses resulting from a breach of fiduciary responsibilities. Additional...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Dept. of Labor wants a better consumer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4180/is_20080825/ai_n28037702]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 23, the Department of Labor DOL released its proposed rules for "Fiduciary Requirements for Disclosure in Participant- Directed Individual Account Plans."    Try saying that three times fast.    The long and short of this 32-page document is the latest in regulation aimed at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retirement disclosure presents challenges, Opportunities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2921/is_200808/ai_n28051283]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New retirement rules are in the works that would affect retirement plan advisers. With changes rolling though Congress, the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission the question isn't "if" it's "when" changes will occur. It seems all changes are directed at more disclosure on the part of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legal Opinions - U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: June 30, 2008]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20080630/ai_n27885076]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[4th Circuit Court of Appeals   Criminal Law   Probable cause for a search warrant   BOTTOM LINE: District court properly found warrant was properly issued where police officer's omissions in warrant affidavit were not material to finding of probable cause.      ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Retirement funds: Proposed fee disclosures]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4180/is_20080514/ai_n25423580]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the radio series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the great super computer, Deep Thought, is asked the Answer to the ultimate question of life, universe and everything. After 7.5 million years of computing, Deep Thought comes up with the answer: 42.   In December 2007, the Department...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Transamerica Offers New, Easy-to-Use Fiduciary Management Program Featuring a Fiduciary Warranty]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_11/ai_n24255692]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One-of-a-kind "Fiduciary Management Program" designed for advisers to help plan sponsors clearly define, execute, and document investment selection and monitoring]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Labor Department Proposes Regulations to Increase Disclosure of Fees and Conflict of Interests Affecting 401(K) and Other Employee Benefit Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200712/ai_n21800001]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Gloria Della, +1-202-693-8664, or Richard Manning, +1- 202-693-4676, both of the U.S. Department of Labor WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposed rule that will enhance disclosure to fiduciaries of 401k and other employee benefit plans to assist them in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Dual Reality]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2924/is_200709/ai_n20527801]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Before long, in a response that is as predictable as the sun's rise, the lobbyists and attorneys of wirehouse firms are going to visit those Congressional representatives whose reelection coffers they so generously fill, and tell them a very sad story. They'll say that the SEC and the courts are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consent Order Restores $3.5 Million, Appoints Independent Fiduciaries and Replaces Most Trustees to Plumbers Local 38 Employee Benefit Plans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200708/ai_n21907293]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: LABOR EDITORSContact: Gloria Della of U.S. Department of Labor, +1-202-693- 8664, +1-202-693-4676 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A consent order resolving a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit places control of five employee benefit plans sponsored by Local 38 of the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Journeymen of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benefits experts weigh in on pension oversight, fiduciary responsibilities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2922/is_200708/ai_n19495303]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is a follow-up to a story in the June 1 EBN, which detailed a Government Accountability Office report urging Department of Labor officials to improve staff retention and toughen up pension plan oversight. The article is available at BenefitNews.com.   The Employee Benefits Security Administration probably doesn't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Labor Department Obtains Judgment to Recover Nearly $1.2 Million for Miami-Based Employee Retirement Plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200707/ai_n21905736]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Gloria Della of the U.S. Department of Labor, +1-202-693- 8664, +1-202-693-4676 MIAMI, July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default court judgment providing restitution of $1,154,848.25 plus interest to the profit-sharing retirement plan of Miami-based X-Ray Equipment Co., removing the company as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The use of efficient market hypothesis: beyond SOX.(Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Article focuses on the regulatory use of finance theory,  particularly the efficient market hypothesis ("EMH"), in two  areas where securities pricing is at issue: shareholder appraisal cases  and the use of employer stock in benefit plans. Regarding shareholder  appraisal cases, the Article finds that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Loss of exemption may force advisers to tweak business models]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2921/is_200705/ai_n19189635]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Retirement plan brokers may have to restructure their businesses in light of a Federal Court of Appeals decision. On March 30 the court struck down an SEC rule which exempted broker-dealers from Investment Advisers Act of 1940 requirements. The so-called "Merrill Rule" allowed brokers to provide investment advice for a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Big Four of certification and assessment.(Fiduciary Corner)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200704/ai_n19263057]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Donald B. Trone       Courts and regulators will evaluate your effectiveness as an  investment adviser against a process standard - as opposed to a  performance standard. It is not about whether you made money for your  clients; it is about wh...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At deadline.(Piper Jaffray acquires Fiduciary Asset Management)(Michael Hogan appointed at Michael Hogan as equities CIO)(Royal Dutch Shell PLC agreed to a settlement of $455 million )]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piper Jaffray returns    Piper Jaffray will acquire Fiduciary Asset Management, marking the  investment bank's return to the asset management business. In a  conference call, Piper Jaffray executives said they will pay an initial  $66 million to buy 100% of FAMCO, with further  "significant''...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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