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MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 15, 2009
Firm to double RIA sales team

John Hancock Funds LLC is looking to double the size of the sales team that targets registered investment advisers to 12, according to Keith Hartstein, the company's president and chief executive.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 15, 2009
Uri Landesman: Expects unemployment to peak by February

Investors should be careful not to let the “sticker shock” of the latest unemployment data derail them from their long-term investment strategies, according to Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 15, 2009
Tim Knepp: 'We want to be exposed to defensive consumer sectors'

Investors should take a cautious approach to the equity markets at this point in the stock market rally, according to Tim Knepp, chief investment officer of Genworth Financial Asset Management.

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 15, 2009
New York Life revamps sales team

New York Life Insurance Co. has revamped its sales team to make it easier for its wholesalers to sell an array of products to financial advisers — including annuities, mutual funds and guaranteed-income products.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
FIXED INCOME NOV 13, 2009
Legal expenses piling up at Morgan Keegan

Company says legal tab in 2009 equaled 12% of revenue; crashed bond funds to blame

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME NOV 13, 2009
Ala. county sues JP Morgan over debt deals

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 13, 2009
Sales of NY Life policies grow at record pace

New York Life Insurance Co.'s life insurance sales broke records over the first nine months of 2009, the insurer reported today.

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 12, 2009
Money fund assets fell to $3.335T in latest week

Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $3.68 billion to $3.335 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 12, 2009
John Hancock arms reps with succession planning tool

The John Hancock Financial Network has released a succession-planning platform for its financial representatives.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 11, 2009
Investment oversight has kept insurers strong, regulator says

Life insurers are still strong in the wake of the financial crisis, insurance experts said yesterday at a life settlement industry conference.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 10, 2009
SEC funding shift in Senate's draft financial fix

Measures that would significantly boost funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as give shareholders a say on executive pay are included in draft financial overhaul legislation in the Senate, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 10, 2009
With an eye on advisers, NY Life overhauls sales strategy

New York Life Insurance Co. has revamped its sales team to make it easier for its wholesalers to sell an array of products to advisers — including annuities, mutual funds and guaranteed income products.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
ALTERNATIVES NOV 10, 2009
Former Wal-Mart CEO joins P/E firm Solamere

Lee Scott, former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO and president, has joined the private equity firm Solamere Capital as an operating partner and a member of its investment committee.

By Associated Press
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 10, 2009
Market timing trumps buy-and-hold strategies during market swings, says NYU study

The fund managers who invest based on macroeconomic trends — and are willing to adjust their portfolios as those trends change — are the managers most likely to add value for investors, according to a study released today by the New York University Stern School of Business.

By David Hoffman
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 10, 2009
Insurance regulator: Life settlements industry must protect seniors

A key state insurance figure has called upon the life settlements industry to keep Main Street policyholders in mind — or else.

By Bloomberg
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 08, 2009
Managers anticipating huge demand

Money managers are adding more arrows to their emerging-markets quiver as they anticipate institutional investor demand for such strategies to escalate.

By Thao Hua
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 08, 2009
Surprisingly, the party's like the last

Pension fund executives around the world are putting their faith — and assets — into emerging markets to provide more investment bang for the buck.

By Thao Hua
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 08, 2009
Global economies still rise and fall together

By Thao Hua
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 08, 2009
Guided investing draining mutual funds

Last year's $226 billion worth of net outflows from mutual funds reflects a larger trend in investor behavior, according to a new research report.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 08, 2009
Advisers: SEC, not courts, should set standards for mutual fund fees

Several financial advisers said that they agree with the Supreme Court justices who appeared to suggest during oral arguments last week that the Securities and Exchange Commission, and not the courts, should ultimately decide when mutual fund fees are excessive.

By David Hoffman