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OPINION JAN 08, 2009
What investors can learn from Wall Street's failures

Here are three important portfolio survival lessons retired investors and their advisers can learn from Wall Street’s failures.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 08, 2009
Beware fragmented regulatory structure

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 08, 2009
Prosecutors: Send Madoff to jail

Arguing that Bernard L. Madoff is a “danger to the community,” prosecutors recommended that he be held in jail pending his trial.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 08, 2009
FSA hits Aon with $7.9M fine

Britain’s FSA has fined international reinsurance giant Aon 5.25 million pounds ($7.9 million) for failing to maintain effective anti-bribery systems.

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 08, 2009
Obama urges passage of stimulus bill

President-elect Barack Obama asked Congress to pass his proposed $1 trillion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan quickly.

RIA NEWS JAN 08, 2009
Bank of England cuts rate to all-time low

The Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.5% to an all-time low of 1.5%, citing an “unusually sharp and synchronized downturn” in the world economy.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 08, 2009
Swiss bank mulls pulling assets from hedge funds

Union Bancaire Privée is threatening to pull billions of dollars of assets from some of the largest U.S. hedge funds, according to a spokesman for the Geneva bank.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 08, 2009
Hedge funds disappoint again

Hedge funds suffered another body blow in December when, according to one index, the S&P 500 stock index outperformed the alternative class strategies.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 08, 2009
Planners form coalition to press reforms

The leaders of three financial planning organizations have formed a coalition to represent the industry as Congress works to reform the financial services industry.

RIA NEWS JAN 08, 2009
Jobless claims fall

First-time jobless claims for unemployment benefits have fallen for the second consecutive week, according to a Department of Labor report.