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YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 13, 2010
First Look: The new Client 360 brings it all together

Central to Commonwealth's updated platform are householding and better tool integration

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Cuomo on Hank Greenberg's denial: 'Incredible and irrelevant'

The N.Y. AG scoffs at the former AIG boss' claim he knew nothing about sham transactions between the insurer and Gen Re

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2010
Report: HSAs won't cover retirees' medical costs

Low interest rates and low contribution limits mean retirees can only count on health savings accounts to cover a portion of their health care costs

RETIREMENT 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.

INVESTING 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.

NEWS INDUSTRY 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
INVESTING 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.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION 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