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FIXED INCOME APR 24, 2012
Fed policy makes doing right by clients difficult

By Ben Inker
ALTERNATIVES APR 24, 2012
Money manager Williamson found dead in car

Chilton Investment exec was on vacation in North Carolina; nephew of Julian Robertson

By John Goff
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 24, 2012
AMG buys fund run by 'two of the greatest investors of this generation'

Takes majority stake in Yacktman Asset Management; start of a trend?

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES APR 24, 2012
LPL: Tax rate changes show little impact on markets

By Jeffrey Kleintop
ALTERNATIVES APR 24, 2012
Oppenheimer fund solicitation challenged in investor lawsuit

The Oppenheimer Holdings solicitation allegedly overstated the value of holdings in the Global Resource Private Equity Fund, described in a private placement memorandum as a fund of funds intending to invest in natural resource-related companies.

By Doug Cubberley
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 24, 2012
White-hot bond fund going dark to new investors

By Jason Kephart
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
In rejiggering, MetLife to curb VA sales, roll out health insurance

Carrier aims to pull away from 'capital-intensive' products — including annuities

By Darla Mercado
SALB story: Loring Ward to offer stand-alone living benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
SALB story: Loring Ward to offer stand-alone living benefits

Turnkey asset manager in talks with Transamerica Life Insurance Co. and The Phoenix Cos. to develop income-producing product

By Darla Mercado
China's ghost towns should scare investors: BlackRock
EMERGING MARKETS APR 23, 2012
China's ghost towns should scare investors: BlackRock

Asset manager sees bumpy road ahead, as the PRC's building bubble finally bursts; materials companies will be hardest hit

By John Goff
Active management's savior? Passive management
ETFS APR 23, 2012
Active management's savior? Passive management

Over time, switch to index funds likely to reduce number of active managers -- and boost the odds of outperforming

By Lubos Pastor
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln National ordered to make good on insurance in heated Stoli case

Judge finds for claimant in $5 million stoli benefits payment from Lincoln National Life

By Darla Mercado
'Mother of all bubbles' will pop China stocks: GMO
EMERGING MARKETS APR 23, 2012
'Mother of all bubbles' will pop China stocks: GMO

Marquee money management firm says the big country is headed for big trouble

By Jason Kephart
Pru will pay $17M to settle with seven states over death benefits
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Pru will pay $17M to settle with seven states over death benefits

Prudential Financial Will pay $17 million to settle with seven states; regulators claim insurer used more comprehensive database for cutting off annuity payments than one used to locate those owed money.

By Bloomberg
Analysts wave off $1.57B death benefit suit against Met, Pru
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Analysts wave off $1.57B death benefit suit against Met, Pru

Illinois lawsuit alleges MetLife and Prudential owe some $524M in unclaimed death benefits

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Dead man's life policy finally pays off

Life insurers have paid $52.6 million in death benefits since New York's banking and insurance regulator forced the companies to use government data to identify cases where they didn't pay claims.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Policyholder who died in 1970 finally gets death benefits — and so do 8,000 others

New York state orders insurers to track down unpaid claims; $52M forked over in total

By John Goff
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2012
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid

Lincoln National Corp. may raise fees and change its benefits on its popular MoneyGuard Reserve product, a combination of universal life insurance and long-term-care benefits.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2012
LTCI too pricey even for Uncle Sam as CLASS Act yanked

Executives at life insurance companies can breathe a sigh of relief now that the proposed federal long-term-care insurance program — the CLASS Act — has been killed

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 22, 2012
Gundlach blasts TCW's touting as 'offensive'

By JKEPHART
EMERGING MARKETS APR 22, 2012
BlackRock sees bumpy road for China

By DJAMIESON