President Barack Obama met with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and other financial regulators to urge quicker progress on implementing the Dodd- Frank law. read more » | Treasuries were near the cheapest level in two years and BlackRock Inc. said the debt will fall further as the Federal Reserve cuts its bond-purchase program. read more » | Responding to increased client demand, the firm has launched new efforts to enhance its socially responsible investment options. read more » | Regulations aimed at reducing the risk of another financial crisis are starting to upend a key part of the bond market that expedites trading in everything from Treasuries to junk bonds. read more » | The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board finds for the second year in a row that accounting firms and broker-dealers share a too-cozy relationship that prevents thorough, quality audits. read more » | The reaction to the tapering talk of the last few months has been surprising. No one should have expected the asset purchase program to last forever and the consensus opinion at the start of 2013 was that Fed asset purchases would likely stop by the end of the year. -- Scott J. Brown, Raymond James read more » | Must Read | Advisor Picks: 20 Must-Read Books After a strong response to our summer reading list for advisors, we decided to expand it. Here are the 20 books that financial advisors said -- via Twitter, LinkedIn, emails and phone calls -- were crucial to their practices. read more » | Must Watch Contact Us Samantha Allen samantha.allen@sourcemedia.com Senior Digital Editor Phone: 212.803.8752 Mark Lynch Mark.Lynch@sourcemedia.com Associate Publisher Phone: 781.626.4001 |   |
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