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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
LTC premium hikes are coming

Steep rate hikes are coming for long-term-care policies written a decade ago.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
Americans clueless about paying for long-term care

Even as long-term care costs skyrocket, many Americans have unrealistic plans for how they expect to pay for those services, according to a new survey from the Life Foundation.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2010
DWS Investments chief Philipp Hensler exits

Philipp Hensler, the top U.S. executive for New York-based DWS Investments, has left the firm.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 10, 2010
Wachovia will pay $160M to settle 'historic' money laundering case

Banking giant Wachovia Corp. will pay $160 million to settle a federal investigation into laundering of illegal drug profits through Mexican exchange houses in the largest case of its kind ever brought against a U.S. bank, prosecutors said Wednesday.

By Mark Bruno
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
S&P Sector Pick: Why biotech is the way to play

Much of the industry's underperformance in 2009 can be attributed to uncertainty about potential health care reform legislation. Now? Things are looking up

By Mark Bruno
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 10, 2010
More than 20% of life policies sales in '08 were by direct marketing

New data finds that more than 2 million individual life insurance policies were sold via the Internet, direct mail and telephone.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS MAR 10, 2010
Investment in young people can pay off

Twenty years ago, investment adviser Greg Merlino woudn't take on clients unless they had at least $250,000 of investible assets.

By Lisa Shidler
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Metzler/Payden's Milev: Less developed parts of Europe still good bets

It would be a mistake to assume that the economic woes facing Greece are reasons to avoid investing in some of the less developed parts of Europe, according to Vladimir Milev, manager of the Metzler/Payden European Emerging Markets Fund Ticker:(MPYMX).

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 10, 2010
Secondary market for annuities comes under pressure

The nascent secondary market for annuities and their guaranteed benefits could be stunted as the result of a vote last week by state insurance regulators to allow carriers to terminate the annuity benefits if a client sells the contract.

By Darla Mercado
Ex-Fidelity Magellan Fund manager buys NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Ex-Fidelity Magellan Fund manager buys NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning

Boston financier Jeff Vinik has agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Who'll succeed Lawson at Fidelity unclear

When Rodger Lawson officially steps down as president of Fidelity Investments at the end of March, the company may not act to fill the position immediately, industry experts predict.

By David Hoffman
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 10, 2010
FSC Securities sued by former branch manager after alleged buyout attempt

A former branch manager who headed one of the largest groups of reps at FSC Securities Corp. is suing the broker-dealer after what he claims was a thwarted and contentious attempt to buy the business from parent AIG Advisor Group earlier last year.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Two top financial advisers flee AIG's Royal Alliance

Two long-established advisers have left Royal Alliance Associates Inc., one of the broker-dealers in the AIG Advisor Group, citing mistrust of management after AIG's top executive elected to hold onto — rather than sell — the broker-dealer network.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
AIG Advisor Group is cutting 62 back-office jobs

The AIG Advisor Group Inc. said last week it is making more widespread changes by cutting staff and consolidating operations among the back offices of its three broker-dealers.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 10, 2010
Ex-AIG adviser who practiced voodoo on victims gets 12 years for fraud

A Tennessee representative formerly affiliated with AIG Financial Advisors Inc. spent time making voodoo dolls of his victims to ward off their damaging testimony, prosecutors said.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 10, 2010
Bonus plan stirs pot at AIG's adviser unit

AIG Advisor Group Inc.'s move to dole out retention bonuses to assuage the 6,000 or so brokers who have remained loyal through the tumult of the past year appears to be too little, too late, or simply too binding for some advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 09, 2010
S&P picks: Why the biotech sector looks healthy

Steven Silver, S&P's biotechnology equity analyst, thinks the industry is positioned for renewed investor interest in 2010.

By lkoueiter
Ex-Magellan manager Vinik ices deal for NHL's Lightning
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 09, 2010
Ex-Magellan manager Vinik ices deal for NHL's Lightning

The former fund manager — and current Boston Red Sox minority owner — acquires the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning for a reported $110M. That's about half what the previous owners paid for the team.

By Associated Press
Fidelity: Job cuts hiked our earnings
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 09, 2010
Fidelity: Job cuts hiked our earnings

Fidelity Investments said Thursday its operating profit rose 5 percent last year, boosted in part by job cuts, as revenue continued to lag after two years of unusual volatility in financial markets.

By Associated Press
NEWS RIAS MAR 09, 2010
Schwab to RIA clients: Did you authorize this wire transfer?

The Charles Schwab Corp. has begun calling clients of some registered investment advisers to verify that they have authorized wire transfers of funds from accounts held in custody at the broker-dealer.

By Jed Horowitz