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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 05, 2008
$800M fund established for AIG victims

The Fair Fund distribution concludes the saga that began when the insurer was accused of falsifying financial statements.

WIREHOUSES MAY 05, 2008
Citi and UBS wealth units tough it out

Wealth management executives at Citigroup and UBS, two of the financial institutions hardest hit by the subprime loan crisis, are working overtime on damage control to protect their lucrative franchises.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 05, 2008
The Hartford revamps variable annuity

The Hartford Financial Services Group announced changes to its flagship variable annuity and its sales force.

FINTECH MAY 05, 2008
Firms rush to go 'paperless,' saving money, time, trees

Most everyone in the financial industry wants to move from paper to electronic documents, but firms that have rolled out systems to do so — and the broker-dealers providing technical assistance — agree that it will take one to three years to recoup the investment of capital in hardware, in software, and in the time needed to train staff and integrate the new systems into firms' work flow.

RIA NEWS MAY 05, 2008
Eaton Vance hires B-D marketing chief

Stephen J. Barrett is now senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Eaton Vance Distributors Inc.

FINTECH MAY 05, 2008
Backing up is dull to do for advisers

Backing up computer files is a vital but tedious way to protect a financial practice.

ETFS MAY 05, 2008
Equal-weighted ETFs mark five-year anniversary

Introduced five years ago, the Rydex S&P Equal Weight Exchange Traded Fund opened the gates to investments pegged to indexes that use some measure other than market capitalization to determine company weightings.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 05, 2008
Indie brokers wary about CFP Board's ethics code

Independent-contractor broker-dealers are gnashing their teeth over the possible consequences of an updated professional code of ethics for certified financial planners, coming this summer.

ETFS MAY 05, 2008
Why pick on exchange traded notes?

The time is drawing near for comments requested by the Department of the Treasury regarding changing the taxation of exchange traded notes and other prepaid forward contracts.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 05, 2008
IRA rollover market a big opportunity for advisers

The estimated $2.75 trillion IRA roll-over market is poised for significant growth in assets and is expected to take on more prominence in advisers' practices.