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ALTERNATIVES NOV 02, 2007
Merrill said to hide losses behind hedges

Sources say the firm has been asking hedge funds to take on mortgage-related securities.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 01, 2007
LOMA honors Sun Life for education

Sun Life Financial’s U.S. division received the Life Office Management Association Educational Achievement Award.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 01, 2007
Aon to shed 2,700 jobs

The layoffs are part of a global restructuring plan that will cut down on expenses, Aon said in a filing with the SEC.

By Bloomberg
ETFS NOV 01, 2007
ETFs assets grow 3.8% in October

It was the ETF Insider's index of the top 50 exchange traded funds' second-strongest month this year.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME NOV 01, 2007
Bonds sales up 31% since Oct. '06

The bond market is recovering from the credit crisis, with $41.4 billion bonds sold in October.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 31, 2007
Citigroup snaps up Carlton Hill

Citigroup Inc. will buy Carlton Hill Global Capital, a New York-based fixed-income money manager.

By Bloomberg
ETFS OCT 29, 2007
WisdomTree yields new ETF

Tomorrow, WisdomTree Trust will debut an ETF offering exposure to small-cap stocks in emerging markets.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
LIMRA and LOMA ink merger

The new not-for-profit organization will called LL Global Inc., providing a unified management structure.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
You can ease women's long-term-care fears

Americans are in denial about their finances. Federal data show that they spend like there's no tomorrow. Our middle class is among the most affluent in history, but many live paycheck to paycheck, their futures mortgaged to fund their increasingly expensive amusements.

By Investment News Team
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
Long-term-care insurance buyers younger

The average age of a buyer is now 58, down from 61 in 2005, and 67 in 2000, according to a survey.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2007
QDIA rules expected to have widespread ramifications

The new regulations from the Department of Labor covering qualified default investment alternatives will have widespread ramifications for both financial advisers and insurance companies.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
Thomas C. Wilson new Allianz risk chief

He will replace Raj Singh, who will take a new position at the Swiss Reinsurance Co.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2007
Move to register hedge funds could spur relocations

California's proposal to register hedge funds could drive much of the industry out of the state, experts say.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Younger boomers off the radar screen

Mutual fund companies catering to the first wave of baby boomers, now nearing retirement, may be neglecting younger boomers who have many more years of work still ahead of them.

By Bloomberg
ETFS OCT 29, 2007
Most investors can't distinguish ETFs from mutual funds

Exchange traded funds are becoming a must-have for individual investors, but few of them know exactly what they are, how they work or what makes them different from their mutual fund cousins, advisers observed.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Maintaining fixed short position may be a mistake in 130/30s

Quantitative investment strategies that maintain consistent long and short exposures, commonly known as 130/30s, are hot.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Brokers' fund choices are limited for reasons of compliance, report says

Brokerage firm advisers are offering investors fewer mutual funds because the compliance burden of putting clients into new funds are too onerous, according to a report by Westwood, Mass.-based Hobson & Co.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
Hancock offers 8% withdrawal guarantee on annuities

John Hancock Annuities is making a run for old and young retirees with a new annuity rider.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Expenses are a high priority for 401(k) investors

While 401(k) investors' choices of mutual funds vary widely, one element of concern seems to be constant: cost.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
FSI defends 12(b)-1s on 'Capitol Hill Day'

Members of the Financial Services Institute Inc. met with members of Congress and their staffs on Capitol Hill Oct. 10, in a push to retain in their current form 12(b)-1 fees, which the advisers say are crucial to their work with smaller clients.

By Bloomberg