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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 04, 2009
Whistleblower faults Madoff feeder fund

Fairfield Greenwich Group, the largest feeder fund for Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC with $7.5 billion invested, failed to perform due diligence.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 04, 2009
Labor Department delays advice rule

The Department of Labor today delayed implementation of a rule that would have allowed most investment advisers to give specific advice to 401(k) participants.

RIA NEWS FEB 04, 2009
And the nominees for Tax Turkey are . . .

A New York accounting firm has compiled a short list of candidates and plans to let its clients vote on the ultimate Tax Turkey.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 04, 2009
ING divests Canadian unit

ING Groep has sold off its 70% stake in its Canadian property/casualty unit, ING Canada Inc., in an attempt to bulk up its balance sheets.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 04, 2009
New Jersey bars three brokers

Three former brokers, who were first with UBS Financial Services Inc. and then with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., have been barred from working in New Jersey.

RIA NEWS FEB 04, 2009
Lazard’s earnings fall

Lazard, an investment bank, said profit for its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, had fallen by about half to $61.2 million, or 50 cents per diluted share.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 04, 2009
Aviva achieves record sales

Aviva announced that full-year 2008 life insurance and pension sales hit a company record of 11.9 billion pounds ($17.2 billion) in the United Kingdom.

RIA NEWS FEB 04, 2009
650K jobs cut in January

Employers eliminated 650,000 jobs last month, bringing the total number of job cuts in the United States since September 2008 to 2.3 million.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 03, 2009
Lawmakers mull pay curbs for all execs

Congress will consider legislation to extend some of the curbs on executive pay that currently apply only to those banks receiving federal assistance, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.

RIA NEWS FEB 03, 2009
First-time homebuyer tax credit

Your clients, a married couple, realize that this is a home-buyer’s market and are interested in purchasing a home. The couple has come to you about tax savings opportunities related to a purchase. They are newlyweds and both previously lived in an apartment.