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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 21, 2009
Phoenix drops bid for TARP help

The Phoenix Cos. walked away from TARP assistance after a bank it was hoping to acquire failed and was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES APR 21, 2009
Hedge fund assets expected to dip to $1T by midyear

Global hedge fund assets are expected to fall to $1 trillion by midyear, down from $1.4 trillion at the end of 2008 and a peak of $1.868 trillion in 2007.

By Sue Asci
ALTERNATIVES APR 21, 2009
Morningstar: Hedge funds score small gains

Hedge funds posted small gains last month following the rally in the equity market, according to a Morningstar report released today.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 20, 2009
Volume up, value down in insurance M&A worldwide

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. insurance industry lost value last year, while non-U.S. transactions plummeted, according to data from Conning Research and Consulting.

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 20, 2009
S&P passive funds trumped active over past five years

Passively managed funds outperformed actively managed funds across all categories during the past five years according to Standard & Poor’s Index Services, which was released today.

By Sue Asci
EMERGING MARKETS APR 19, 2009
Emerging markets attracting interest

A little more than one-third of private-equity investors without exposure to emerging-markets funds plan to invest in such funds within the next two years, according to a new survey conducted by Coller Capital and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association.

By Arleen Jacobius
FIXED INCOME APR 19, 2009
Convertible bonds are enjoying a good run

After getting beaten to a pulp last year, convertible bonds are making a comeback.

By David Hoffman
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Advisers take wait-and-see attitude toward insurers

Insurance stocks have outperformed the overall market during the past four weeks, but financial advisers are reluctant to jump in.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Confusion heightened at AIG Advisor Group

Last week's layoffs and consolidation of key areas of operation at the three broker-dealers of the AIG Advisor Group only add to the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the network's future and the fate of its more than 6,000 representatives and financial advisers, sources said.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES APR 19, 2009
Schwab webcast to address its revised alternatives plan

The Charles Schwab Corp. has scheduled a webcast Thursday to brief registered investment advisers on its revised plans to wind down custody of alternative investments.

By Jed Horowitz
EQUITIES APR 19, 2009
Spike in financial stocks stirs hopes for big banks

Financial stocks have made a remarkable comeback in the past month, leaving advisers to make a hard call: Are banks regaining their health after the yearlong shellacking that they have endured?

By Sue Asci
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Risky business?

Insurance companies that have been eliminated from the TARP pool are running up against a new obstacle: financial advisers who are reconsidering whether they want to do business with them.

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 19, 2009
Class C shares set to go the way of the dodo

The mutual fund industry is poised to do away with Class C mutual fund shares, even though the Securities and Exchange Commission gave them a reprieve by moving to table reforms.

By David Hoffman
ALTERNATIVES APR 19, 2009
Advisers are wary of the federal toxic-debt program

The government's Public-Private Investment Program — designed to remove bad assets from bank balance sheets and promote lending — will help turn around the economy in the short run, but perhaps not long-term, according to financial advisers.

By Sara Hansard
ETFS APR 17, 2009
Stock mutual fund outflows increase for week

Equity funds investing primarily in U.S. stocks had a net outflow of $3 billion, reversing the previous week’s inflow of $3.2 billion, TrimTabs reported.

By Sue Asci
ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2009
Ex-state party leader and hedge manager charged in kickback scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an amended complaint charging a former state political party leader and a hedge fund manager in connection with a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme involving New York's largest pension fund.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2009
U.S. foreclosures up 24% in first quarter

The number of American households threatened with losing their homes grew 24 percent in the first three months of this year and is poised to rise further as major lenders restart foreclosures after a temporary break, according to data released today.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2009
World Trade Center reconstruction may be postponed

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 15, 2009
Require 401(k) plans to offer fixed-income products, key congressman says

Requiring annuities or other fixed-income products be included as an option in 401(k) plans is being considered by the House Education and Labor Committee, said Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., chairman of the committee’s Health, Employment Labor and Pensions Subcommittee.

By Sara Hansard
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 15, 2009
Mutual fund investors paid $15.8B in taxes on distributions in '08

Mutual fund investors paid $15.8 billion in taxes last year for distributions, according to a report released today by Lipper Inc. of New York.

By Sue Asci