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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
Citigroup launches global ad campaign

Citigroup Inc. is looking to connect with its clients in a new ad campaign.

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 30, 2007
Van Eck debuts Russian ETFs

Van Eck Associates Corp. of New York today announced it had launched the first exchange traded fund to offer investors exposure to Russian companies.

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 30, 2007
Smith Barney creates ETF model portfolios

New York-based Smith Barney’s Consulting Group has launched eight model portfolios that invest in exchange traded funds: the CG Select ETF Allocations.

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 30, 2007
Vanguard registered actively managed fund

The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., has registered to offer an actively managed exchange fund, according to the Wall Street Journal.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
RBC Capital to buy public finance firm

RBC Capital Markets has announced that it agreed to acquire Seasongood & Mayer LLC, a Cincinnati-based public finance firm and underwriter of municipal debt.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
BofA threatens legal action against ABN

Bank of America Corp. has threatened to take legal action against ABN Amro Holding NV should it make any attempt to block its plans to buy LaSalle Bank Corp., ABN's Chicago-based subsidiary, according to the Financial Times.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 30, 2007
Universal life’s market share reaches 40%

Universal life insurance captured a 40% share of the overall life insurance market for the first time last year and is expected to continue its strong showing, industry experts say.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 30, 2007
ICI throws its weight behind advisers

The mutual fund industry’s powerful trade group is stepping up its support of financial advisers.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 30, 2007
Early tallies are in: Fund firm workers give Obama boost

BOSTON — Sen. Barack Obama took in at least $49,185 from employees of the 20-largest U.S. mutual fund groups and related companies in the first quarter, more than any other 2008 presidential candidate.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 30, 2007
Investors in the PBHG case receive $125M distribution

BOSTON — Nearly three and a half years after PBHG Funds’ founders were charged with fraud, checks have started going out to mutual fund investors wronged by the alleged trading abuses at their former firm.

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 30, 2007
Forget skill; fees drive bond fund returns

PHILADELPHIA — It is a message he has delivered many times before, but industry experts said John C. Bogle’s continued assertion that bond funds on average are too expensive deserves special attention in the current market.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 27, 2007
The Hartford books 20% earnings increase

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced today that earnings rose 20% in the first quarter to $876 million, from $728 million for the same period a year earlier.

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 26, 2007
State Street unveils two more ETFs

State Street Global Advisors of Boston today announced the launch of two new international exchange traded funds: the SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF and the SPDR S&P World-ex-US ETF.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 26, 2007
Pershing adds Schroders to FundVest

Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., has added Schroders PLC to FundVest, Pershing’s no-transaction-fee mutual fund platform.

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 26, 2007
Claymore introduces two ETFs

Claymore Securities Inc. of Lisle, Ill., today announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds: the Claymore/Clear Mid-Cap Growth Index ETF, and the Claymore/IndexIQ Small-Cap Value ETF.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES APR 26, 2007
Fewer securities class actions in 2006

The number of federal securities litigation class actions hit a record low of 106 cases last year compared to 169 in 2005, although settlement values remained high, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study released today.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 25, 2007
RBS trumps Barclays' bid for ABN Amro

A group of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland today offered over $98 billion for ABN Amro, trumping the $90 billion offer by London-based Barclays PLC announced earlier in the week, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 25, 2007
Waddell & Reed sees 16.7% profit boost

Mutual fund company Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. today reported that its first-quarter net income rose 16.7% and that assets under management reached $50 billion for the first time.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 25, 2007
Merrill to acquire stake in Japan bank

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. today announced that it will buy a nearly $3 billion stake in Resona Holdings Inc., Japan's fourth-largest bank, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 25, 2007
Aflac first-quarter profits grow 10.9%

Aflac Inc.’s net income increased 10.9% in the first quarter, despite lagging sales in Japan, the Columbus, Ga.-based insurance company reported.

By Bloomberg