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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 02, 2008
Greenberg: AIG needs more help

AIG is in need of a federal government guaranty to meet counterparty collateral requirements, its former CEO Maurice Greenberg, said today.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 02, 2008
Legg to take $523 million charge

Legg Mason Inc. will take new charges to provide support for its struggling money market funds, a move that will force the company to take a loss in the fourth quarter.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 02, 2008
Genstar to buy health care outsourcer

Genstar Capital LLC, a San Francisco-based private-equity firm, yesterday agreed to buy Long Term Care Group Inc., an outsourced services administrator.

INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 01, 2008
Independents take advantage of recruitment 'protocol'

RIA NEWS DEC 01, 2008
It's official: We're in a recession

Common-wisdom definitions of what constitutes a recession notwithstanding, the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. today confirmed what most Americans have been feeling for many months: The United States economy has been in a recession for a year.

RIA NEWS DEC 01, 2008
Envestnet revs up socially conscious practices

Envestnet Asset Management today announced enhancements to its sustainability platform in response to a growing interest in socially conscious investing, which accounts for one in every nine dollars under portfolio management in the United States.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 01, 2008
Hedging cushions blow for VAs

While variable annuity performance has plunged this fall, the hedging programs designed to protect the products have helped carriers save $40 billion during September and October, according to a study from Milliman Inc.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 01, 2008
Manufacturing, housing continue to sag

The manufacturing sector headed downward in November as the economy continued to weaken under the weight of the financial crisis, according to a report by the Institute for Supply Management in Tempe, Ariz.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 01, 2008
December Week 1: Reviewing 2008

The challenge: Creating a workable and measurable plan when you’re not sure how to start or where you’ll find the time to do the necessary work.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 01, 2008
Fixed annuity sales skyrocket in quarter

Fixed annuity sales in the United States hit $27.1 billion in the third quarter, up by 54% from the third quarter of 2007, according to data from Beacon Research of Evanston, Ill.