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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 13, 2009
The adviser's intellectual

Advisers who grapple with the complexities of retirement income will be getting more help next year from Moshe Milevsky, an associate professor of finance at York University in Toronto and executive director of the Individual Finance and Insurance Decisions Centre.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 13, 2009
Once burned, he's not shy about demands

Sen. Christopher Dodd has his own reasons for pushing hard for financial services reform next year.

By David Hoffman
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 13, 2009
On a quest for security

The mutual fund industry's Holy Grail is a fund that can provide investors with a guaranteed stream of income without tying up the client's money in an annuity.

By David Hoffman
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 13, 2009
For older Americans, it's a hard-knock life

The tough economic environment has forced many older Americans into a “recession lifestyle,” in which they're slashing spending and making other sacrifices in order to make ends meet, a new survey has found.

By Lisa Shidler
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Morningstar to buy data analysis firm for $51.5M

Morningstar Inc., a provider of investment research, said Friday it has agreed to buy Logical Information Machines Inc. for $51.5 million.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Dow ends up higher on the week

Stocks rose Friday after a report on retail sales indicated consumers are picking up their spending.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Stocks in Europe trade higher after Asian markets gain

European markets followed Asian stocks higher Friday as a big improvement in China's exports pointed to rising global demand.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Stock futures hold gains after retail sales report

U.S. stock futures rose Friday, following overseas markets higher on a report that China's exports improved.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS DEC 11, 2009
Stonegate Wealth Management, Family Financial Research merge

Stonegate Wealth Management LLC and Family Financial Research LLC announced yesterday that they have joined forces.

By Michelisa Lanche
NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 11, 2009
Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney go toe-to-toe for top brokers

The broker recruiting wars are heating up, with wirehouses jacking up their offers to new heights to lure more representatives in 2010.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 11, 2009
Bob McCann lures four Merrill Lynch vets to UBS

Just A few weeks after officially joining UBS AG as the head of its U.S. wealth management business, Bob McCann has snared four veterans from his former firm, Merrill Lynch & Co., to help improve UBS' financial advisory business here.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2009
Financial services biz adviser Accenture first to cut ties with Tiger

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 10, 2009
Bank of England holds the line on base rate

The Bank of England is holding interest rates steady at 0.5 percent and leaving its 200 billion pound ($325 billion) program to expand the money supply unchanged.

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 10, 2009
Weaker dollar pumps up stock futures

A weaker dollar and hopes for more good news on employment are lifting stock futures.

By Associated Press
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 10, 2009
Smaller trade deficit lifts stocks on the day

Stock indexes rose Thursday as a jump in exports offset concerns about an increase in weekly unemployment claims

By Associated Press
NEWS RIAS DEC 10, 2009
ING promotes execs to bolster multicultural outreach

ING today stepped up its multicultural outreach efforts by hiring a slate of new executives hailing from Latin America.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 10, 2009
Proposal would mean less oversight for some B-D auditors

An amendment to legislation to be considered today by the House Rules Committee could exempt accounting firms that audit certain broker-dealers from having to register with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

By Sara Hansard
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2009
Indexed annuities as securities? Not until 2013, says the SEC

Insurers claimed a small victory in the indexed-annuities war, as the SEC said it will delay by two years the effective date of a proposed rule that would make the products securities.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2009
Life insurers seen getting back in black by year-end

Life insurers will be back in the black at the end of the year, reaping an estimated $16 billion in profits, according to new research from Conning Research and Consulting.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 10, 2009
Generous pay makes comeback on Wall St.

By Aaron Elstein