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ETFS AUG 26, 2010
Schwab cuts fees on ETFs in latest swipe at Vanguard

Discount broker ups the ante after offering commission-free trades online seven months ago

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
ALTERNATIVES AUG 26, 2010
Schwab alternatives director Josh Kernan resigns

Josh Kernan, who oversees sales of alternative investments to investment advisers and their clients at Charles Schwab Corp., is leaving the company after 16 years to start a new firm.

By Jed Horowitz
Hartford taps insider to run mutual fund business
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 25, 2010
Hartford taps insider to run mutual fund business

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has tapped Jim Davey, head of the company's retirement division, to run its mutual fund business.

By Jessica Toonkel
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 25, 2010
Broker-dealers face escalating insurance costs

The cost of liability insurance is expected to increase up to 20% at some broker-dealers in response to rising arbitration claims by investors after the market crash.

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 25, 2010
The Hartford names new head of 401(k) business

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Sharon Ritchey head of retirement plans in its wealth management division, replacing Jamie Ohl.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 25, 2010
The Hartford names new president of wealth management

John C. Walters is being replaced by David N. Levenson, an executive vice president leading The Hartford's in-force domestic variable annuity business.

By Bloomberg
ETFS AUG 25, 2010
Russell Investments hires two ex-execs from iShares for its ETF biz

Russell Investments moved a step closer to becoming an exchange-traded-fund provider yesterday when it announced that it has appointed James Polisson managing director of its global ETF business and Andrew Arenberg managing director of global ETF distribution.

By David Hoffman
$$$ to be considered wealthy? Millionaires offer surprising answer
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 24, 2010
$$$ to be considered wealthy? Millionaires offer surprising answer

You'd think $3M or so in investible assets would make a person feel rich. Not so, say the well-off.

By John Goff
Investors shedding equities at 2008 levels
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 24, 2010
Investors shedding equities at 2008 levels

Asset allocators cut their holdings of U.S. equities this month to levels not seen since 2008 amid concern that the world's largest economy may be weakening, a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research survey showed.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 24, 2010
Conn. insurance cop questions report about retained-asset accounts

Connecticut's insurance regulator yesterday shot back at critics of insurers' use of so-called retained asset accounts.

By Darla Mercado
John Hancock adds a 'to' to its 'through' TDFs
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2010
John Hancock adds a 'to' to its 'through' TDFs

In an apparent first for the retirement industry, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services is now offering 401(k) participants a choice between target date funds that plan for investments “to” retirement and “through” retirement.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 23, 2010
SEC's target date proposal met with raging indifference

Public response to the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to enhance target date fund disclosure has been tepid — even as the public-comment deadline looms three days away.

By Darla Mercado
FIXED INCOME AUG 23, 2010
Bill Gross: A bumpy ride with no spare tires

Bill Gross is managing director and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC.

By MFXFeeder
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 22, 2010
NY Life tops 2Q list of fixed-annuities sellers

New York Life Insurance Co. was the top seller of fixed annuities during the second quarter, with $1.74 billion, according to Beacon Research Publication Inc.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES AUG 22, 2010
Gross urges 'nationalization' of housing finance

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES AUG 22, 2010
Rich stuff, this Merrill research on the affluent

By Hilary Potkewitz
ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2010
Gross urges 'full nationalization' of housing finance

Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the U.S. should consider “full nationalization” of the mortgage- finance system.

By Bloomberg
ETFS AUG 20, 2010
London calling: UK's ETF Securities plans big commodities push in U.S.

A London-based provider of exchange-traded funds is planning to launch 18 commodities-based ETFs and a precious-metals basket ETF.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME AUG 19, 2010
Financial adviser pleads guilty in muni bond bid-rigging case

A New York financial adviser pleaded guilty to rigging bids for investments sold to local governments, the fifth person to admit participating in an industrywide conspiracy to profit at taxpayers' expense.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH AUG 19, 2010
Broadridge rolls out new ETF tool

Tool will help ETF providers to focus their marketing and educational materials on the needs of advisers.

By Jessica Toonkel