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FIXED INCOME JAN 29, 2008
Heartland fined $3.9M for mispricing funds

When projects went into default or were failing, Heartland didn't accurately re-price the funds, the SEC said.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 29, 2008
The Reserve to launch two funds

A Euro Fund and Sterling Fund will be rolled out, most likely sometime this summer, said founder Bruce Bent.

RIA NEWS JAN 29, 2008
T. Rowe, Waddell, Countrywide & more

T. Rowe Price earnings grew 28% in the fourth quarter on increased investment advisory fees and net inflows.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 28, 2008
Independent Broker-Dealers: Independent B-Ds facing tough times

After a sterling 2007, leading independent-contractor broker-dealers are facing a horde of significant problems this year, with the subprime-mortgage crisis, skyrocketing gas and oil prices and the threat of a recession the most daunting.

RIA NEWS JAN 28, 2008
New-home sales fall to 12-year low

Sales of single-family homes fell 4.7% in December to a seasonally adjusted rate of 604,000.

FINTECH JAN 28, 2008
Thomson relaunches InvestmentView

InvestmentView, one of the first software tools to use hypothetical comparisons to help advisers recommend mutual funds, is being re-launched today by Thomson Financial.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 28, 2008
Insurers revamp equity index annuities for boomers

Inspired by market volatility, insurance carriers are making over their equity-index annuities in an attempt to beat a bad reputation and target baby boomer investors.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 28, 2008
Gender is big factor in pension gap

Gender is a strong factor in determining the likelihood of whether a worker 50 or older receives an annuity or a company-sponsored pension payment, according to a recently released study.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 28, 2008
Assurant CEO returns to duty

Robert B. Pollock's return follows a six-month hiatus when Mr. Pollock went on administrative leave by order of the board of directors.

ETFS JAN 28, 2008
ICI forms ETF committee

The Investment Company Institute has created a committee for exchange traded funds in what some say is an effort to head off the possibility that ETF providers will create their own trade association.