http://registeredrep.com/ Registered Rep News en-us http://registeredrep.com/investing/mutualfunds/play_asia_conservatively_1112 Asian stocks have soared this year. Now the average Asian fund sells for a price-earnings multiple of 13, compared to a figure of 10 for European funds, according to Morningstar. Are the highflyers due to crash? Perhaps. But the booming markets of China and other Asian emerging countries have not yet reached bubble territory, said Robert Horrocks, chief investment officer of Matthews Funds. mutualfunds Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://registeredrep.com/economic_crisis/ritholtz_coffee_break1112 Please join me, David Geracioti, editor of Registered Rep. magazine, for a webinar with Barry Ritholtz, the well-known market commentator and editor of The Big Picture. We will discuss his thoughts on the economy and markets and what he thinks lies ahead for investors. Ritholtz is no stranger to the speaking circuit and is a frequent commentator on CNBC, a weekly guest at Kudlow & Company and a regular on Bloomberg, Fox and PBS. His market perspectives are quoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes and Fortune, among other print media. He is also the author of Bailout Nation, a 10,000 ft. view of how the current financial crisis began; the book won a 2009 First Amendment Award for Outstanding Journalism: Best Book. In his day job, Mr. Ritholtz is CEO and director of equity research at Fusion IQ, an online quantitative research firm. economic_crisis Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST http://registeredrep.com/newsletters/wealthmanagement/estate_tax_reform_clients_advisors_1111 The landscape in which all wealth advisors manage trusts and create estate plans is about to be altered dramatically. But those changes may not be the ones everybody is expecting. wealthmanagement Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:17:00 EST http://registeredrep.com/wealthmanagement/boa_merrill_integration1110 Yesterday, The New York Post reported that Merrill Lynch advisors are annoyed by Bank of America’s efforts to get them to offer their clients BoA checking accounts, mortgages and other retail-banking products. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that Ken Lewis says everything is fine, that the integration of Merrill into BoA is “ahead of schedule.” wealthmanagement Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:14:00 EST http://registeredrep.com/advisorland/career/bofa_pressures_merrill_fas_to_sell_bank_products_1109 It was inevitable. Some of Merrill Lynch’s 15,000 financial advisors are feeling pressure to sell parent company Bank of America’s checking and savings account products—and they’re not happy about it, say sources. career Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:45:00 EST