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        "uri": "/2012/06/28/student-loan-hike-averted-in-highway-bill-compromi/",
        "title": "Student loan hike averted in highway bill compromise",
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        "prettyDate": "June 28, 2012",
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        "summary": "A bipartisan agreement was reached late Wednesday on a federal highway bill that includes provisions to prevent student loan rates from doubling as well as makes adjustments to defined benefit funding requirements.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/27/no-political-appetite-for-user-fee-approach-on-sro/",
        "title": "No political appetite for user fee approach on SROs",
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        "prettyDate": "June 27, 2012",
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        "summary": "Passage of bill to allow for user fees to fund advisor exams in lieu of SRO very unlikely, says FINRA's VP of regulatory policy.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/27/meet-the-southwest-airlines-of-managed-futures/",
        "title": "Meet the 'Southwest Airlines' of managed futures",
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        "prettyDate": "June 27, 2012",
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        "summary": "Following trends can be the best way to work with alternative investments, says the CEO of Longboard, an alternative asset management firm.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/22/morningstars-scott-burns-on-the-future-of-etfs/",
        "title": "Morningstar's Scott Burns on the future of ETFs",
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        "prettyDate": "June 22, 2012",
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        "summary": "Burns, who is now director of fund research for the firm, said he believes investors are looking for broader solutions in the ever-expanding ETF space.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/21/secs-large-trader-rules-hit-advisors-too/",
        "title": "SEC's large trader rules hit advisors, too",
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        "prettyDate": "June 21, 2012",
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        "summary": "Although the SEC has given a temporary pass to broker-dealers on complying with Rule 13h-1, the Large Trader Rule, advisors must still comply if they qualify, which could mean more paperwork, depending on how they handle client securities.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/13/jp-morgans-dimon-to-senators-2-billion-loss-isolat/",
        "title": "JP Morgan's Dimon to Senators: $2 billion loss 'isolated event'",
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        "prettyDate": "June 13, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "'In hindsight,' CEO Jamie Dimon told lawmakers, 'traders did not have the requisite understanding of the risks they took.'",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/13/morningstar-finds-big-problem-with-replacement-rat/",
        "title": "Morningstar finds big problem with replacement rate calculations",
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        "prettyDate": "June 13, 2012",
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        "summary": "A high level of inaccuracy has been found in the replacement rate studies that plan sponsors request, which could hurt your clients.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/06/12/higher-401k-deferral-rates-create-engaged-particip-412-50890/",
        "title": "Higher 401(k) deferral rates create engaged participants",
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        "prettyDate": "June 12, 2012",
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        "summary": "Plans that automatically enroll participants at a rate higher than 3 percent of their salary have a 95 percent participation rate, according to New York Life.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/12/new-sec-advisory-committee-to-put-retail-investors/",
        "title": "New SEC advisory committee to put retail investors first",
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        "prettyDate": "June 12, 2012",
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        "summary": "Consensus among the diverse group was that a top goal would be to focus on the protection of retail investors and to boost their confidence in the markets.",
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        "uri": "/2012/06/08/biggest-sec-enforcement-effort-is-advisor-miscondu-412-51008/",
        "title": "Biggest SEC enforcement effort is advisor misconduct",
        "byline": "Staff Writer",
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        "prettyDate": "June 08, 2012",
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        "summary": "Former co-chief of the SEC's Asset Management Unit says the enforcement division has been 'unprecedented in its success'",
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