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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
More funds with managed payouts coming

More mutual funds are being developed that offer managed payouts designed to give investors a steady stream of income.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Investors aren't exactly wild about Harry

Investors continue to bail as Harry W. Lange celebrates his two-year anniversary as the manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund on Wednesday, although it's clear that the fund's performance is on the mend.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Fund company marketing brochures miss sweet spots

Financial advisers focus only on sales brochures and fund information that is germane to their financial practices; otherwise, marketing efforts fail to attract their attention, even momentarily, according to a soon-to-be released report.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 25, 2007
Fidelity announces multi-managered group

Fidelity's VIP Contrafund Portfolio will be managed by a multi-manager group of seven managers.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 25, 2007
MBIA in red for third quarter

MBIA, the world’s largest bond insurer, reported third-quarter earnings with a net loss of $36.6 million, or 29 cents per share.

By Bloomberg