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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 28, 2009
Take a check? Rogue French trader must pay $6.7 billion for fraud

Former Societe Generale SA trader Jerome Kerviel was convicted on all counts Tuesday in one of history's biggest trading frauds, sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay the bank a mind-numbing euro4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) in damages.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 28, 2009
Stocks turn lower as new home sales fall

Stocks fell Wednesday after a drop in sales of new homes gave investors another reason to be cautious.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2009
US consumer confidence takes surprising hit, slips further in October, research group says

US consumer confidence takes surprising hit, slips further in October, research group says

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2009
It's official (almost): The recession has ended

It's about to become official: The recession is over — but not the pain.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2009
Touchstone hunting for funds, eying tactical strategy

Touchstone Investments is looking to adopt funds to fill out its product lineup.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 27, 2009
ING's Uri Landesman: The easy money's been made; now the markets face a test

Investors will be paying close attention to the direction of the equity markets in the coming days in light of the recent market volatility that has tested the strength of the eight-month rally, according to Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 27, 2009
Insurers and asset managers set to tag-team target date funds

New opportunities for insurers and asset managers are on the horizon as they seek a way to put a guaranteed wrapper around target date funds, according to an insurance company executive.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 26, 2009
Stocks pull back as rising dollar halts a rally in commodities

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 26, 2009
TD Ameritrade data theft settlement rejected

A federal judge has refused to approve a settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 26, 2009
The Hartford launches search for new CFO

Life insurer Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said Monday that its chief financial officer, Lizabeth Zlatkus, will be named its chief risk officer and the company will begin looking externally for a new CFO.

By Associated Press
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 26, 2009
Take a load off: New York Life set to tweak immediate annuities to draw advisers

New York Life Insurance Co. is preparing to launch a no-load version of its immediate annuity to target the fee-based-adviser market, according to Matthew Grove, its vice president.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Failed Olympics bid behind him, Aon founder Pat Ryan launches new insurer
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 25, 2009
Failed Olympics bid behind him, Aon founder Pat Ryan launches new insurer

After leading Chicago's unsuccessful effort to land the Olympics, Patrick Ryan is jumping into something he knows a lot better than the Byzantine politics of the International Olympics Committee — the insurance business.

By Steve Daniels
Most 401(k) investors don't read investment information
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 25, 2009
Most 401(k) investors don't read investment information

Just because participants in 401(k) plans have investment information doesn't mean that they will read it, according to a JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services survey.

By Jeff Nash
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2009
Adviser is back in the running

Financial adviser Irene Berner is lacing up and hitting the pavement against leukemia and lymphoma, as she trains for the P.F. Chang's Rock "n' Roll Half Marathon in Phoenix.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 25, 2009
Don't weaken fiduciary standard, advisers tell Congress

A financial planners' group warned congressional leaders last week against enacting proposed standards for advisers that are being endorsed by the brokerage industry.

By Sara Hansard
NEWS RIAS OCT 25, 2009
SEC aims to expand disciplinary data

If the SEC has its way, more disciplinary information about brokers will be available to investors.

By Sara Hansard
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 23, 2009
Insurance advocates laud changes to Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act

Members of the insurance industry are applauding an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 that eliminates a section that would have given the agency oversight of some insurance products.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 23, 2009
Ameriprise settles with Mass. AG over claims six reps deceived clients

Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has reached a $200,000 settlement with the state of Massachusetts, resolving accusations that several of its reps employed unfair sales practices when working with clients.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 23, 2009
New Hartford VA lets clients allocate money to a built-in income component

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced a variable annuity that allows clients to allocate dollars into a built-in income component.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 22, 2009
N.Y. fund manager settles 4 of 18 underage sex suits

A New York billionaire jailed for soliciting underage prostitutes in Florida has settled four out of 18 abuse lawsuits by young women.

By Bloomberg