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INVESTING FIXED INCOME JUN 16, 2009
Goldman Sachs launches fund that invests in corporate-credit asset classes

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, a unit of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has launched a fund designed to help investors take advantage of the fast-changing credit markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 16, 2009
House Democrat urges insurance regulatory overhaul

Because the insurance industry has grown to $6.3 trillion in assets under management and $1.2 trillion in annual premiums, the regulations that govern the industry need to be modernized, according to House Capital Markets Subcommittee Chairman Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 16, 2009
Hedge funds up 5.77% in May

Hedge funds gained 5.77% in May and 10.75% for the year through May 31, according to research from BarclayHedge.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
Lincoln National to accept government funds

The company, which markets itself under the name Lincoln Financial Group, said it will accept as much as $950 million in capital as part of the government's $700 billion TARP program.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUN 15, 2009
LIBOR falls to new low

The British Bankers' Association said the rate on three-month loans in dollars — known as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor — was down 0.01 of a percentage point to 0.61 percent.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2009
Future of target date funds the focus of SEC- Labor Department hearing

More than two dozen industry and association representatives will weigh in on whether target date funds need to be redesigned at a June 18 hearing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor.

By Sue Asci
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
S&P raises its ratings on TARP recipients The Hartford, Lincoln National

Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its outlook on TARP recipients The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group and Lincoln National Corp.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
Suit claims Starr International improperly received 290M shares of AIG stock

American International Group Inc. and its former chairman and chief executive, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, have a court date today related to a fight over a block of AIG shares that was sold for $4.3 billion.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2009
Mutual funds, ETFs attract $55B in May

Mutual fund and ETF investors invested more than $55 billion in stock and bond funds last month, marking the second straight month of $50 billion plus in net inflows to long-term funds,

By David Hoffman
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2009
Expenses on the Reserve Primary Fund reached $16.6M

The Reserve Primary Fund, which had $4.5 million in assets as of June 10, had total expenses of $16.6 million from Sept. 15 through June 10, which included $15 million in management fees, according to a statement issued by The Reserve Management Co. Inc. last week.

By Sue Asci
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 15, 2009
Sun Life Financial to purchase Lincoln National’s U.K. business

Sun Life Financial Inc. today said that it will buy Lincoln National Corp.’s business in the United Kingdom for about $318.6 million.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2009
Difficult times spark a shift to budget booze

The “liquor indicator” is showing that consumers are still worried about losing their jobs.

By Dan Jamieson
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2009
Investors yank cash from money market funds

Wary investors have been steadily moving assets out of safe — but incredibly low-yielding — money market mutual funds in significant numbers since the U.S. markets bounced off of their lows in early March.

By Mark Bruno
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 14, 2009
Arbitration settlement lands in insurer's lap

A sprawling case of alleged securities fraud involving an independent broker-dealer and two brokers may wind up costing an insurance company $10.3 million.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 14, 2009
Changing regulations mean EIA compliance challenges

As new annuity rules continue to develop, chief compliance officers at broker-dealers say that they still face some challenges in implementing compliance procedures with their financial advisers.

By Darla Mercado
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 14, 2009
Health reform debate overlooks long term care, Tom Daschle says

As Congress takes up health care reform, too little attention is being paid to long term care.

By Sara Hansard
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 14, 2009
Finra suitability proposal raises hackles of those in the fixed-annuities industry

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s proposal to widen its purview to include non-securities products has left some in the fixed-annuities industry gnashing their teeth.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2009
Pershing asks advisers to pay surcharges for more funds

Pershing LLC, the largest provider of back-office services and financing to small and independent broker-dealers, this month began charging shareholder servicing fees to brokers and financial advisers who buy certain mutual funds from its Fund Center platform.

By Jed Horowitz
INVESTING ETFS JUN 14, 2009
BlackRock poised to grab No. 1 spot

Make way for the 1,600-pound gorilla in the money management industry.

By Mark Bruno
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 12, 2009
Principal Financial nixes federal cash infusion

The Principal Financial Group has declined to participate in the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program.

By Darla Mercado