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FIXED INCOME OCT 25, 2009
Looking beyond the basic bond ladder strategy

Fixed-income securities — traditional tools to dampen portfolio volatility — are now behind investment strategies intended to guarantee retirement in-come and cash flow.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 25, 2009
J.P. Morgan rolls out online evaluation tool for target date funds

J.P. Morgan Funds is rolling out an online version of its target date evaluation program for financial advisers.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 23, 2009
Finra's Ketchum pitches — again — for adviser oversight

Richard Ketchum, the chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., told a gathering of brokerage firm executives that his group will be more aggressive about investigating the advisory activities of their brokers &#8212; regardless of whether it <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090517/REG/305179968&amp;ht=SRO>gets full regulatory authority </a> to oversee investment advisers.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 23, 2009
Insurance advocates laud changes to Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act

Members of the insurance industry are applauding an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 that eliminates a section that would have given the agency oversight of some insurance products.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 23, 2009
Ameriprise settles with Mass. AG over claims six reps deceived clients

Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has reached a $200,000 settlement with the state of Massachusetts, resolving accusations that several of its reps employed unfair sales practices when working with clients.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 23, 2009
Best-selling author hits her financial advisers with lawsuit over $40M in losses

Patricia Cornwell, the author of several best-selling crime novels, is going after her financial advisers in an attempt to recover $40 million she has lost, according to multiple published reports.

FINTECH OCT 23, 2009
Share of Wallet Report added to WealthTouch platform

WealthTouch Inc. this week announced an addition to its Institutional Reporting Module which it is calling the Share of Wallet Report.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 23, 2009
New Hartford VA lets clients allocate money to a built-in income component

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced a variable annuity that allows clients to allocate dollars into a built-in income component.

RIA NEWS OCT 22, 2009
N.Y. fund manager settles 4 of 18 underage sex suits

A New York billionaire jailed for soliciting underage prostitutes in Florida has settled four out of 18 abuse lawsuits by young women.

RIA NEWS OCT 22, 2009
Home price index falls 0.3 percent in August

A government index shows U.S. home prices dipped slightly in August from the previous month, but remained above a low point reached in May.