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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
RBC Capital to buy public finance firm

RBC Capital Markets has announced that it agreed to acquire Seasongood & Mayer LLC, a Cincinnati-based public finance firm and underwriter of municipal debt.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 30, 2007
Demonstrators target Fidelity over Sudan

Thousands of protesters – some bearing signs asking “Is your Fidelity 401(k) funding genocide?” -- gathered in Boston’s Government Center Sunday to protest Fidelity’s investment ties to Sudan.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
BofA threatens legal action against ABN

Bank of America Corp. has threatened to take legal action against ABN Amro Holding NV should it make any attempt to block its plans to buy LaSalle Bank Corp., ABN's Chicago-based subsidiary, according to the Financial Times.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
Universal life’s market share reaches 40%

Universal life insurance captured a 40% share of the overall life insurance market for the first time last year and is expected to continue its strong showing, industry experts say.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 30, 2007
Target date funds off target, critics say

Increasingly popular target date funds may be missing the mark because they are too narrowly constructed and make incorrect assumptions about participant behavior, according to industry insiders and new research.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 30, 2007
New planning grads face good prospects

The financial advice business has perhaps never been so rife with opportunities for educated newcomers — a scenario that bodes particularly well for this spring’s crop of college graduates.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 30, 2007
‘Finance 101’ courses target the wealthy

The booming wealth management business has spawned a thriving cottage industry: financial-literacy courses for wealthy families and their children.

By Bloomberg
NEWS BROKER DEALERS APR 30, 2007
High-profile adviser loses 314G arbitration claim

A high-profile financial adviser who hosts a weekly financial-advice radio show has lost a $314,000 arbitration claim that focused on his failure to deliver promised investment management.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 30, 2007
In-play telecom probed for release denying talks

OTTAWA — While a bidding war goes on for BCE Inc., InvestmentNews learned last Tuesday that the Montreal-based telecom giant is under investigation by Market Regulation Services Inc. for a misleading, possibly fraudulent, press release.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 30, 2007
Industry internships target black colleges

Helping Wall Street firms to look more like the American public they serve is the idea behind a new internship program designed for students who attend historically black colleges and universities.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2007
Citigroup clinches Nikko takeover

With a $13.4 billion offer, Citigroup Inc. yesterday closed on the largest foreign takeover of a Japanese company, Nikko Cordial Corp., according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 27, 2007
The Hartford books 20% earnings increase

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced today that earnings rose 20% in the first quarter to $876 million, from $728 million for the same period a year earlier.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 27, 2007
TIAA-CREF ups equities in lifecycles

New York-based TIAA-CREF has increased equity exposure on all seven of its lifecycle funds to 90% up from 80%, the company announced today.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 27, 2007
Online brokerage firms rated

Firstrade Securities got the top overall score in the latest survey of online brokerage firms conducted by Consumer Reports.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 27, 2007
Oppenheimer Holdings profits down 2.5%

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. today reported a net profit of $16,790,000 or $1.28 per share for the first quarter, a 2.5% decrease from $17,217,000, or $1.36 per share, in the same quarter in 2006, the company announced today.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2007
Mack backs Clinton for president

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. today confirmed that chief executive John Mack, a registered Republican, has thrown his support behind Democratic New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential election, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 26, 2007
Fidelity brokerage unit assets rise

Fidelity Investments today said total client assets at its Fidelity Brokerage Co. unit reached a record $1.77 trillion in the first quarter, up 19% from a year earlier.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 26, 2007
NYSE Euronext reports 1Q profit

The newly formed NYSE Euronext today reported net income of $67.6 million in the first quarter for NYSE Group, a $37.3 million -- or 123% -- increase as compared to net income of $30.3 million from the year-ago period.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 26, 2007
Schwab offers high-yield checking accounts

Charles Schwab Corp. today announced no-fee checking accounts from Charles Schwab Bank, with an annual percentage yield of 4.25%.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 26, 2007
Regulate reps as advisers, says survey

More than 90% of investors surveyed believe that the same investor protection rules should apply to both stockbrokers and financial planners when they offer the same kind of investment advice services, according to a new study.

By Bloomberg