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FINTECH NOV 07, 2008
Managed-account standards attract converts; SEC completes taxonomies

UBS Financial and two units of CitiGroup Inc. adopt DTCC's standards-based managed-account system. SEC complees taxonomies for fund prospectuses.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 07, 2008
Biz partner’s troubles could hurt REIT

Developers Diversified Realty Corp., a shopping center real estate investment trust that has struggled with debt issues, faces yet another headache.

FIXED INCOME NOV 07, 2008
Lack of clarity undermines TARP, firms say

Fully 91% of firms said a lack of clarity about the way the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program works is making them less willing to participate in it.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 06, 2008
Nationwide remains ‘negative,’ according to S&P

Nationwide Financial Services Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, will remain on CreditWatch “negative,” Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services of New York said today.

RIA NEWS NOV 06, 2008
Blackstone, Conseco, Nasdaq & Man Group

Blackstone Group LP and Conseco Inc. posted third-quarter losses while the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and Man Group PLC reported profit drops in financial statements issued today and yesterday.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 06, 2008
Cigna downgraded to ‘negative’

The outlook of Cigna Corp., a Philadelphia-based health insurer, has been downgraded to “negative” by Standard and Poor’s of New York.

ETFS NOV 06, 2008
Direxion introduces triple-leverage ETFs

Direxion Shares this week for its first time launched ETFs that have a goal of returning 300% of the performance of their underlying indexes, either on the positive side or the inverse.

RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 06, 2008
What the new administration will mean for investors

The incoming Obama administration is likely to act quickly to kill the Bush tax cuts for households with incomes over $250,000 a year, and they may move to make any new tax law retroactive to Jan. 1, 2009.

RIA NEWS NOV 05, 2008
Private sector shed more jobs in October

U.S. companies in the private sector lost 157,000 jobs in October, according to the monthly ADP National Employment Report, released today.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 05, 2008
The limits of financial regulation

Running on New York-area news radio stations these days is a commercial for a municipal bond offering by a special-purpose New York City taxing authority.