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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Insurance industry blasts tax on annuity income

Members of the life insurance and annuities industries have asked senators to rethink a portion of the health care bill that would hit annuity income with Medicare taxes.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 13, 2010
Morningstar acquires financial publisher Footnoted

Investment researcher Morningstar Inc. said Tuesday it acquired the Footnoted business of Financial Fineprint Inc., which reviews companies' regulatory filings and highlights examples of potential financial troubles or excessive compensation.

RIA NEWS APR 12, 2010
What rally? Investors clueless about market's 2009 performance

Just 28% of those surveyed knew that the market was up last year, while another 6% were unable to say whether the stock market was up, down or flat.

Peter Schiff: 'Very good reason' to believe home prices will collapse
ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2010
Peter Schiff: 'Very good reason' to believe home prices will collapse

The latest housing initiative announced today by the Obama Administration draws the U.S. government and, by proxy, all taxpaying Americans, further into the inescapable quagmire of a devastated real estate market.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 09, 2010
Ex-Stanford employees acquitted in shred case

A federal judge has ordered the acquittal of two former employees of disgraced financier Allen Stanford on charges that they illegally shredded thousands of company documents. U.S. District Judge Richard W. Goldberg cited insufficient evidence Friday in Miami in the case against ex-Stanford employees Thomas Raffanello and Bruce Perraud. The judge's order came on the second day of jury deliberations. Raffanello and Perraud faced up to 50 years in prison if convicted of conspiracy, document destruction and other charges. Defense attorneys had argued that all records were backed up electronically. Raffanello was previously chief of Miami's Drug Enforcement Administration office. Stanford is awaiting trial in Houston.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 08, 2010
Berkshire ex-manager: I was fired for revealing fraud to Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway was sued by an ex-manager of its RV biz. His claim? He was fired after blowing the whistle about 'millions of dollars' of fraud at the unit

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE APR 07, 2010
SEC says securitizers must have 'skin in the game'

Schapiro lays out new rules requiring asset-backed issuers to retain five percent of asset-backed securitizers

ETFS APR 07, 2010
Invesco launches first ETF targeting closed-end-fund index

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC today unveiled the first exchange-traded fund to invest in an index of closed-end funds.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 06, 2010
HSAs a health care reform winner?

HSA deposits are expected to top $14 billion in assets this year, up from $1 billion in 2006

ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2010
Two ex-Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers acquitted on all counts of lying to investors

Two Bear Stearns executives who ran hedge funds that crashed in 2007 amid the subprime mortgage meltdown were acquitted Tuesday of lying to investors about the looming crisis on Wall Street.