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How Obama's health care bill would effect tax on investment income
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 23, 2010
How Obama's health care bill would effect tax on investment income

High-income families would be hit with a tax increase on wages and a new levy on investments under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2010
Obama wants to apply Medicare tax to investment income

President Barack Obama's health plan proposal would extend Medicare taxes to the investment income of higher-earning households.

By Dan Jamieson
ALTERNATIVES MAR 22, 2010
Commercial property values up again in March

Property values have now risen by almost 15% since hitting their lows in May 2009, according to Green Street Advisors Inc., but values are still off about 30% from their late 2007 peak.

By Dan Jamieson
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2010
AllianceBernstein beefs up target funds

With regulators and lawmakers continuing to scrutinize the blowup of target date funds in 2008, AllianceBernstein LP is adding a component to its lineup of target date funds aimed at managing market volatility better.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 22, 2010
AllianceBernstein adds risk tool to its target date funds

With regulators and lawmakers continuing to scrutinize the blowup of target date funds in 2008, AllianceBernstein LP is adding a component to its lineup of target date funds aimed at managing market volatility better.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 22, 2010
AIG makes key hires and sells more assets

American International Group Inc. recently made several high-level appointments and agreed to sell some assets, but recruiting talent and repaying government debt will remain challenges, according to experts.

By Colleen Mccarthy
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 21, 2010
Target date funds on a tear

Funds also saw higher flows due to investors' improving confidence in the market, and target-date funds' popularity as a qualified default investment option in 401(k) plans

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 19, 2010
The top 10 performing bond funds of 2010

Which bond funds are producing equity-like returns this year?

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 19, 2010
Proprietary target date funds better performers: Morningstar

Five of the seven top-performing target date funds are composed of only proprietary funds, according to a report released today.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Insurers pan Obama's proposed tax on investment income
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 19, 2010
Insurers pan Obama's proposed tax on investment income

The American Council of Life Insurers today blasted a newly floated tax proposal on unearned income — part of a series of suggested changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009.

By Darla Mercado
EMERGING MARKETS MAR 19, 2010
Emerging markets emerging as a good bet, says Hennion & Walsh's Mahn

Money managers and financial advisers need to start looking beyond domestic equity and other traditional asset classes for risk-adjusted returns in the current market, according to Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer with Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 19, 2010
Straight from the CEO: What Invesco plans to do with Van Kampen

Invesco Ltd. is likely to keep intact most of the Morgan Stanley/Van Kampen operations <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/FREE/910199972/1022/ONLINENEWS >which it said last night that it will acquire for $1.5 billion</a> &#8212; although some changes to the $119 billion retail money management business it's buying are expected &#8212; Martin Flanagan, president and chief executive of Invesco, said in an interview with InvestmentNews.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES MAR 18, 2010
BlackRock's Jeff Lindsey: Choosing stocks in a choosy market

The current environment is most definitely a stock-picker's market, says the firm's managing director. His advice? Focus more on company fundamentals than sectors or the economy

By Jeff Lindsey
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 18, 2010
Will regulators kill off fledgling secondary market for death benefits?

State insurance regulators Monday voted in favor of a proposal that would allow carriers to terminate an annuity living or death benefit if a client sold the contract over the secondary market.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 18, 2010
Life settlements' annual volume to hit $13B: Study

Annual volume from life settlements transactions is expected to reach $13 billion in face value over the next three years, according to research from Aite Group LLC.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 18, 2010
Goldman's longevity index has short life

By Darla Mercado
EMERGING MARKETS MAR 17, 2010
The 10 top-performing international stock funds of 2010

U.S. equity funds have out-performed, by and large, but a handful of overseas funds have generated some solid performance so far this year.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 17, 2010
Too much market optimism, says Harry Rady

Since many low-quality, high-beta companies have &quot;rallied too much,&quot; Mr. Rady is currently looking for overvalued firms to short.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS MAR 16, 2010
Tom Lydon on the slew of new bond ETFs, and two ways to play tech sector ETFs

The technology sector is white hot these days. If you're not buying it, just look at the Nasdaq, which has been leaving the other indexes swimming in its wake.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 16, 2010
The top 10 performing U.S. stock funds in 2010

Rankings and data through Mar. 15, 2010, according to <a href=http://www.Morningstar.com>Morningstar.com</a>

By mlanche