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EMERGING MARKETS MAY 05, 2010
Financial crisis sparks riots: Scenes from Greece today

At least three people have died in protests today, which have seen some 100,000 people take to the streets of Greece

By Mark Bruno
ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2010
Setback in Bear Stearns case may force gov't shift

The swift acquittal of two Bear Stearns executives in the government's criminal case tied to the financial meltdown likely will force prosecutors to rethink the evidence they planned to present in a raft of cases that have yet to go to trial, legal experts say.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 04, 2010
Clients need a little LTC advice

Discussing long-term health care insurance is difficult but necessary

By Lisa Shidler
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 04, 2010
Retirement industry group backs annuities in 401(k)s

Annuity advoacy organization also wants the government to make it easier for plan sponsors to offer the investments to employees

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 04, 2010
OppenheimerFunds ex-boss Macaskill named CEO at First Eagle

Bridget A. Macaskill, president and COO of First Eagle Investment Management, was also named CEO.

By Douglas Appell
That an ETF is commission-free doesn't make it cheaper, advisers say
ETFS MAY 04, 2010
That an ETF is commission-free doesn't make it cheaper, advisers say

Commission-free ETFs are good, but they may not be best.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 03, 2010
ICI extends reach with global launch

London calling: Fund advocacy group sets up international body in the U.K.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES MAY 03, 2010
Nuns take aim at Street's moral dilemma

At Goldman Sachs' annual stockholders meeting May 7, a group of nuns will raise some uncomfortable issues.

By Aaron Elstein
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2010
Buffett takes a bath: How much did the Berkshire billionaire lose today on Goldman?

The value of Warren Buffett's options to buy Goldman Sachs Group Inc. shares dropped by $950 million after regulators sued the bank for misleading clients on the sale of securities tied to the subprime mortgage market.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 03, 2010
Insurers to be responsible for fixed-annuity suitability

Fixed-annuity sales are about to receive a new layer of supervision from state regulators.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 03, 2010
Insurance regulators bolster annuity suitability rules

Previously, the suitability rule imposed an obligation on insurers only with respect to variable annuities. Now it includes variable annuities as well.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES MAY 02, 2010
TIAA-CREF: Why investments in farmland are now 'like gold'

TIAA-CREF aims to add to its $2 billion holdings of farmland to help diversify its portfolio and hedge against inflation, said the pension-fund manager's director for private-equity investments in agriculture.

By Mark Bruno
ALTERNATIVES MAY 02, 2010
New York tops nation in mortgage fraud

New York has earned the dubious honor of being the nation's leader in mortgage fraud last year, according to a report from the LexisNexis Mortgage Asset Research Institute.

By James Comtois
ALTERNATIVES MAY 02, 2010
Goldman Sachs takes PE crown

While executives of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were getting grilled on Capitol Hill about deals involving mortgage-related securities, another division of the company quietly made headlines of a different sort.

By Hilary Potkewitz
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2010
Want a simple prospectus for variable annuities? No can do, says SEC official

While investors and advisers have crowed about the density of variable annuity prospectuses, officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission say that the products are generally too complex to describe in abbreviated set of disclosures.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME APR 29, 2010
Bond prices edge up on European debt woes

The Treasury market is trading in a narrow range Thursday as investors balance European debt concerns with signs of an improving U.S. economy.

By Associated Press
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 29, 2010
Pimco's El-Erian: Second half of '10 is more important

Mohamed El-Erian says that today's nonfarm payrolls report demonstrates a “tug of war” between cyclical and structural factors. His take? The second half of 2010 will be more important that the first

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 29, 2010
Amid bank carnage, vultures are a good bet, says Burnham's Schutz

Banks with strong balance sheets are flying lazy circles over weaker rivals. And with 700 banks on the FDIC's worry list, there's plenty of stragglers to go after

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES APR 27, 2010
Why Robert Shiller is worried about real estate

The professor of economics at Yale University, and the author of "Irrational Exuberance" sits down with WealthTrack's Consuelo Mack.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 27, 2010
SEC's civil suit against Goldman Sachs hits funds

Count mutual funds and their investors among the big losers in the legal battle between the SEC and The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s broker-dealer unit.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez