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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 29, 2007
Ameriprise looks to lure talent from rivals

Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. says that it is finally ready to execute its long-discussed strategy to recruit registered representatives and advisers from rival firms.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 29, 2007
RiverSource aims to improve image

RiverSource Funds — formerly American Express Funds — ranked as last year’s third-best-performing mutual fund group by one measure and now is waging a battle to improve its image and reverse investor outflows by sometime next year.

RIA NEWS MAY 29, 2007
Net sales of 529 plans reach all-time high

The Section 529 college savings plan industry is on a roll. Net sales of 529 plans rose to an all-time high of $5.2 billion during the first quarter of 2007, according to the most recent data available from Boston-based Financial Research Corp.

ETFS MAY 29, 2007
Slim pickings for Russell 2000 arbitrageurs

Arbitrageurs looking to profit from the annual reconstitution of the small-cap Russell 2000 Index next month will have a more difficult time of it this year, according to some industry experts.

ETFS MAY 29, 2007
First Trust places a wager on the alpha craze

PHILADELPHIA — First Trust Advisors LP is betting that investors will want exchange traded funds that seek alpha.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 29, 2007
Advisers often skirt compliance rules, survey finds

NEW YORK — Sick and tired of complying with an increasingly complex regulatory framework, many financial advisers knowingly sidestep their firms’ compliance policies and sometimes show little regard for rules and regulations, according to a new survey of advisers and other financial services professionals.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 29, 2007
NASAA questions SRO-regulation harmonization

State regulators are questioning whether some of the “harmonization” of rules of the regulatory operations of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange will harm investor protection

ALTERNATIVES MAY 25, 2007
One-third of managers to beef up outsourcing

One-third of investment management firms will increase their use of outsourcing over the next two years.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 25, 2007
‘CAT’ bond fund brings in the scratch

Pioneer Investments today has launched the Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 25, 2007
Fed tightens lending standards

The Federal Reserve Board will consider new regulations to tighten mortgage-lending standards, said Fed chairman Ben Bernanke in a letter released Friday.