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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 15, 2010
ING to spin off insurance operations

European services giant ING Groep NV said Monday it will split itself in two, spinning off its insurance arm to simplify its business and issuing €7.5 billion ($11.3 billion) in new shares to repay state bailout money.

By Associated Press
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 15, 2010
ING money management unit could now be up for sale

ING Investment Management could go up for sale as part of parent ING Group's divestiture of its insurance business, according to ING spokesman Raymond Vermeulen.

By Thao Hua
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 14, 2010
Broker who stole $780K from Merrill Lynch pleads guilty

Former Merrill Lynch & Co. broker Steven Mandala, who was charged with stealing $780,000 from the firm, partly to buy a Ferrari, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and identity theft, his lawyer said.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Bank of America taps ex-Northrop exec for CFO post

Former Northrop Grumman exec Charles H. Noski succeeds Joe Price, head of BofA's consumer and small business banking division.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Ben Stein: Investors goofed trusting big banks

'Wall Street was just lying their heads off to us,' says economist and former quiz show star

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Baird hires longtime Smith Barney hand to open Oregon office

With the addition of David Perez, the Milwaukee-based Baird has now added 24 producers in a little more than three months. More coming?

By InvestmentNews Staff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
Best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark buys seat on CBOE

Queen of Suspense purchases a seat on the Chicago Board Options Exchange for nearly $3M

By Lynne Marek
FDIC shuts down four more banks
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2010
FDIC shuts down four more banks

The amount of toxic debt held by banks may be declining. But as the closure of four banks over the weekend showed, bad loans are still rippling through the financial system.

By Associated Press
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2010
Mixing friends, family with business is a danger

Clyde Wyatt managed his father's money for about 18 months before he was abruptly dumped for another adviser: His own son Chris.

By Lisa Shidler
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Cuomo on Hank Greenberg's denial: 'Incredible and irrelevant'

The N.Y. AG scoffs at the former AIG boss' claim he knew nothing about sham transactions between the insurer and Gen Re

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2010
Some 401(k) plans are ahead of the curve on transparency of fees

As the defined-contribution industry braces for new fee disclosure regulations, some corporate 401(k) plans — including Nestlé USA Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. — are light-years ahead of the pack in providing participants with fee information.

By Robert Steyer
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2010
Report: HSAs won't cover retirees' medical costs

Low interest rates and low contribution limits mean retirees can only count on health savings accounts to cover a portion of their health care costs

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2010
B-Ds reluctant to OK exchanges into LTC

Financial advisers had hoped to begin this year with new momentum — the ability to swap clients out of existing annuities or insurance in exchange for long-term-care coverage — but broker-dealers have hit the brakes, citing problems with large amounts of paperwork to process the business, among other troubles.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Insurance industry blasts tax on annuity income

Members of the life insurance and annuities industries have asked senators to rethink a portion of the health care bill that would hit annuity income with Medicare taxes.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Sholam Weiss appeals 845-year sentence for life insurance plot

Bernie Madoff is serving 150 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar fraud. Norman Schmidt got 330 years for his role in a huge investment scam. And then there's white-collar criminal Sholam Weiss, who isn't due for release until November 2754.

By Associated Press
Obama health plan a threat to sellers of long-term medical insurance
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2010
Obama health plan a threat to sellers of long-term medical insurance

The CLASS Act, which sets up a government-run insurance program, survived the tortuous health-care debate in Congress. But experts can't predict how — or if — the controversial program will work

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 13, 2010
How to play the health-care reform

The following is an investment strategy column by Jeffrey D. Saut, managing director at Raymond James & Associates Inc.

By Jeffrey D. Saut
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 12, 2010
What rally? Investors clueless about market's 2009 performance

Just 28% of those surveyed knew that the market was up last year, while another 6% were unable to say whether the stock market was up, down or flat.

By Bloomberg
Slain UBS adviser feared for her life: Report
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 12, 2010
Slain UBS adviser feared for her life: Report

Longtime Merrill Lynch adviser Shele Danishefsky Covlin was issued an order of protection against her estranged husband just days after filing for divorce

By Mukund Multani
NEWS RIAS APR 12, 2010
Editor's pick: The most expensive cities for your practice

Thinking of starting your own practice, re-locating, or opening up another office? Before you set up shop, here's the rundown on the most expensive cities in the country for office space.

By John Goff