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INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 17, 2009
S&P gives MassMutual, New York Life and TIAA-CREF negative ratings actions

Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services today hit Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance Co. and TIAA-CREF with negative ratings actions.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 17, 2009
Morgan Stanley acts to lure hedge funds

Morgan Stanley is expected to introduce a new level of security for hedge fund investors, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUN 16, 2009
Russian industrial output plummets

Gross domestic production declined nearly 10 percent in the first quarter and the government predict it will decline by 6 to 8 percent this year.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 16, 2009
May housing construction jumps 17.2%

The Commerce Department said Tuesday that construction of new homes and apartments jumped 17.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 532,000 units.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 16, 2009
Aquiline Capital buys Conning

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC has purchased Conning & Co., the research, consulting and asset management firm, from Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 16, 2009
Finra releases the final version of its variable annuity suitability rule

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. yesterday adjusted its variable annuity suitability rule, releasing the final version of the much-debated Rule 2821. Originally, the rule had four major components.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JUN 16, 2009
Goldman Sachs launches fund that invests in corporate-credit asset classes

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, a unit of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has launched a fund designed to help investors take advantage of the fast-changing credit markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 16, 2009
House Democrat urges insurance regulatory overhaul

Because the insurance industry has grown to $6.3 trillion in assets under management and $1.2 trillion in annual premiums, the regulations that govern the industry need to be modernized, according to House Capital Markets Subcommittee Chairman Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 16, 2009
Hedge funds up 5.77% in May

Hedge funds gained 5.77% in May and 10.75% for the year through May 31, according to research from BarclayHedge.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
Lincoln National to accept government funds

The company, which markets itself under the name Lincoln Financial Group, said it will accept as much as $950 million in capital as part of the government's $700 billion TARP program.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUN 15, 2009
LIBOR falls to new low

The British Bankers' Association said the rate on three-month loans in dollars — known as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor — was down 0.01 of a percentage point to 0.61 percent.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2009
Future of target date funds the focus of SEC- Labor Department hearing

More than two dozen industry and association representatives will weigh in on whether target date funds need to be redesigned at a June 18 hearing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor.

By Sue Asci
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
S&P raises its ratings on TARP recipients The Hartford, Lincoln National

Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its outlook on TARP recipients The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group and Lincoln National Corp.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
Suit claims Starr International improperly received 290M shares of AIG stock

American International Group Inc. and its former chairman and chief executive, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, have a court date today related to a fight over a block of AIG shares that was sold for $4.3 billion.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2009
Mutual funds, ETFs attract $55B in May

Mutual fund and ETF investors invested more than $55 billion in stock and bond funds last month, marking the second straight month of $50 billion plus in net inflows to long-term funds,

By David Hoffman
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2009
Expenses on the Reserve Primary Fund reached $16.6M

The Reserve Primary Fund, which had $4.5 million in assets as of June 10, had total expenses of $16.6 million from Sept. 15 through June 10, which included $15 million in management fees, according to a statement issued by The Reserve Management Co. Inc. last week.

By Sue Asci
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
Sun Life Financial to purchase Lincoln National’s U.K. business

Sun Life Financial Inc. today said that it will buy Lincoln National Corp.’s business in the United Kingdom for about $318.6 million.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2009
Difficult times spark a shift to budget booze

The “liquor indicator” is showing that consumers are still worried about losing their jobs.

By Dan Jamieson
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2009
Investors yank cash from money market funds

Wary investors have been steadily moving assets out of safe — but incredibly low-yielding — money market mutual funds in significant numbers since the U.S. markets bounced off of their lows in early March.

By Mark Bruno
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 14, 2009
Arbitration settlement lands in insurer's lap

A sprawling case of alleged securities fraud involving an independent broker-dealer and two brokers may wind up costing an insurance company $10.3 million.

By Bruce Kelly