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Scout International Funds’ Moffett: Sees Good Firms In Europe, Likes Colombia

Scout International Fund is finding value in good companies in Europe, even as the continent struggles to move out of its economic recession, says manager Jim Moffett.
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Top Finra Regulator Resigns After Word Of Bingo Fraud Is Leaked

A top Finra official resigned after the agency was informed he was indicted for felony theft and charitable bingo fraud in 1993, the year he joined the agency.
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Gene Patents Limited by Court In Mixed Ruling For Myriad

The U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of companies to patent human genetic sequences, ruling in a case that tested a decades-old practice and raised questions about thousands of biotechnology, agricultural and drug patents.
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Emerging-Market Bond Anxieties Jump By Most Since ’08

The biggest drop in perceived creditworthiness for emerging-market borrowers since the credit crisis is deepening as speculation intensifies that central banks will scale back record stimulus.
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Obamacare Shows Hospital Savings As Patients Make Gains

Less than five months before the Affordable Care Act fully kicks in, hospitals are improving care and saving millions of dollars with one of the least touted but potentially most effective provisions of the law.
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Poet-Philosopher Pair Wins Big On Contrarian Bets

Michael Aronstein, a poet, and Michael Shaoul, a doctor of philosophy, have made their MainStay Marketfield Fund the world’s fastest-growing by anticipating recoveries in the most-hated assets.
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Donor-Advised Funds' Growth Continues

The number of grants and total amount of money given from donor-advised funds to charities have continued to grow, says Fidelity Charitable.
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Redesigning Success
by Eric Rasmussen
The advisors at JMG Financial Group decided they had to tear up their organization and start over if they were going to have a future.
The Mysterious Magic Of Mergers
by Philip Palaveev
Hundreds are going on in the advisory business, but doing them successfully is a challenge.
Feathering An Advisory Nest
by Mary Rowland
Laura Schilling has opened a firm staffed with stay-at-home moms.

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The New Modern Portfolio Theory

Nearly half of all advisors are using some sort of tactical investment strategy as an alternative to the traditional 60/40 buy-and-hold approach.
Inflation Fears? Take Another Look At Some (Less Liquid...) Real Estate

With the risk of rising inflation threatening to erode real purchasing power and no opportunity for meaningful returns on fixed income securities, the opportunity for return on cash would seem to lie solely with riskier assets, like public equities.

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Cordium Makes Two Senior Appointments

Peter Guarino and Vivek Pingili have joined the firm as vice presidents.
Raymond James Recruits Veteran Financial Advisor

James “Doug” Hall joins Green Financial Group in Houston.  
Advisors Asset Management Hires Senior Vice President

Roberto Roffo joins firm to expand its municipal fixed-income capabilities.
CAPTRUST Hires 3 New Associates

Phillip Pounds, Danny Lowe, and Kevin Sims have joined the firm.

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China Pledges To Cooperate With U.S. On Tackling Climate Change

China and the U.S., the world’s two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, pledged to cooperate in addressing climate change amid stalled international talks on protecting the environment.

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