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Gross: No reason to be in Treasuries
FIXED INCOME APR 11, 2011
Gross: No reason to be in Treasuries

Little payback for keeping Uncle Sam in cash; specter of inflation an added bonus

By John Goff
Ex-Allstate agent sues for $15M, alleges “hostile takeover” of his business
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 10, 2011
Ex-Allstate agent sues for $15M, alleges “hostile takeover” of his business

Veteran insurance agent Paul A. Mattus has filed suit against The Allstate Corp., claiming that the carrier had muscled him out of his book of business in order to pass it on to a newer, younger agent.

By Darla Mercado
N.Y. Life to release longevity annuity product
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 10, 2011
N.Y. Life to release longevity annuity product

Worried about outlasting your savings? Worry no more; N.Y. Life has you covered

By Darla Mercado
UBS to shell out $10.75M to settle Lehman-related row
FIXED INCOME APR 10, 2011
UBS to shell out $10.75M to settle Lehman-related row

UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay $10.75 million in fines and restitution to settle Finra allegations that its advisers misled clients about the “principal protection” feature of a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bond product sold a few months before that firm filed for bankruptcy.

By Liz Skinner
ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2011
The real estate expert is in the house

Recognizing the critical role of real estate in clients' financial lives, advisers are finding different ways to incorporate real estate expertise into their practices.

By Deborah Nason
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 10, 2011
Guess what? Buy-and-hold works

If an investor can hang on during short-term periods of underperformance, it turns out the old buy-and-hold argument for well-managed mutual funds may be right after all. That's one of the key take-aways of research conducted by Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 10, 2011
$52M CEO fails to stop rot at AllianceBernstein

Peter Kraus has worked for more than two years to stem client defections from investment manager AllianceBernstein LP

By Bloomberg
ETFS APR 10, 2011
Will hedge funds be gremlin in Nasdaq-100 re-balancing?

In the wake of last week's announcement by the Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. that it will re-balance the Nasdaq-100 Index for the first time in 13 years, portfolio managers are warning that investors could see greater volatility in technology stocks over the next few weeks

By Jessica Toonkel
BRIC house shaky, as developed nations suddenly a mighty good bet
EMERGING MARKETS APR 08, 2011
BRIC house shaky, as developed nations suddenly a mighty good bet

Stocks in U.S., Europe outpacing ermerging market equities for first time since 1998; 'skies are bluer'

By John Goff
ETFS APR 08, 2011
ETF model portfolios to be ranked by Morningstar - stars next?

Morningstar Inc. soon will begin ranking — and possibly even applying its popular star rating to — exchange-traded-fund model portfolios used by financial advisers, a first for the burgeoning industry

By Jessica Toonkel
FIXED INCOME APR 08, 2011
Nassim Taleb: Two lousy bets every investor should avoid

'Black Swan' author says steer clear of Treasuries, U.S. greenback; 'Euro has Germany, the dollar has nothing'

By Bloomberg
How to 'backdoor' emerging markets in 2011
EMERGING MARKETS APR 08, 2011
How to 'backdoor' emerging markets in 2011

Emerging markets remain red-hot among investors, but rather than just making a broad sector bet, advisers should look for specific and strategic exposure to these economies as a way to minimize risk and take advantage of sweet deals.

By Bloomberg
Top tax rate would go sky-high under new proposal
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 07, 2011
Top tax rate would go sky-high under new proposal

Rep. Schakowsky want big increase in marginal rates for millionaires, billionaires

By Bloomberg
Finra orders Citigroup to pay $51M to muni fund investors
FIXED INCOME APR 06, 2011
Finra orders Citigroup to pay $51M to muni fund investors

Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, was ordered to pay more than $51 million to a group of investors in its MAT and ASTA municipal-bond hedge funds, which regulators began examining more than two years ago.

By Mark Bruno
Bond investors steering clear of Treasuries
FIXED INCOME APR 06, 2011
Bond investors steering clear of Treasuries

Dan Fuss, manager of the $19.4 billion Loomis Sayles Bond Fund, currently has just 2.51% of his portfolio in U.S. Treasuries, and his allocations to government debt aren't likely to change anytime soon.

By Andrew Osterland
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 06, 2011
Top tax rate would go sky-high under new proposal

U.S. millionaires would face an annual income tax increase of at least 10% under a deficit reduction measure proposed by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, R-Ill

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 05, 2011
American Century nabs ex-Fidelity big as new sales chief

Former Fidelity distribution head Peter Cieszko will join American Century in a new position heading up intermediary and institutional sales in North America

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS APR 05, 2011
SEC enforcement to target fund industry

The mutual fund industry will be one of the targets of more-aggressive enforcement by the SEC, according to experts who spoke last week at an Investment Company Institute conference

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
BlackRock to take wraps off wraps for retail advisers
ETFS APR 05, 2011
BlackRock to take wraps off wraps for retail advisers

Asset manager set to launch customized programs for broker-dealers

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME APR 05, 2011
Gross urges speeding up global bond allocations

Institutional investors increasingly are thinking outside the U.S. Barclays Capital Aggregate box for their fixed-income allocations, but market veterans say that it will be a long time before there are more-global mandates

By Douglas Appell