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RIAS DEC 09, 2008
Pershing escalates pitch for 'breakaway brokers'

Pershing LLC, the securities clearing and RIA custody affiliate of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., has set up a website and suite of tools for stockbrokers who are considering shifting from large broker-dealers to other business models.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 09, 2008
H&R Block posts loss but gains some ground

The Kansas City, Mo.-based tax services provider reported a net loss of $134.9 million, or 41 cents a share, for the quarter ended Oct. 31, compared with a net loss of $502.3 million, or $1.55 cents a share, in the year- earlier period.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 08, 2008
MetLife forecasts 4Q boost

MetLife Inc. today said that its fourth-quarter profits will be up from the 2007 period and that it will reap the benefits of investment gains.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2008
Fidelity and Amex team to bolster IRAs

Fidelity Investments of Boston today launched a program that allows investors to save for retirement while spending money.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 08, 2008
NAIC floats updating state reinsurance regs

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners of Kansas City, Mo., yesterday adopted a new proposal to modernize state-based regulation of reinsurance.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 08, 2008
BNY Mellon buys $21.7M in ARS of three funds

The ARS had been bought by three of New York-based BNY Mellon’s funds prior to mid-February, when the market for these debt instruments dried up, according to Fund Action.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2008
A healthy investment

The stock market's near free fall since September could play right into a concentrated bond offering by Kessler Memorial Hospital.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES DEC 07, 2008
Transcript: Wirehouse/Regional Brokerage FIrms Round Table

The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion.

By MFXFeeder
OPINION DEC 07, 2008
Give clients the confidence they need

The end of each year is a time of reflection and anticipation.

By Bloomberg
OPINION DEC 07, 2008
Obama must look to private sector for economic team

Where are the advocates for businesspeople and investors in President-elect Barack Obama's incoming administration?

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 07, 2008
Busted brokers continue bilking clients at new firms

Despite intense pressure from regulators to tighten recruiting standards for brokers with marks on their records, these bad apples are still being hired by new firms, recent cases illustrate.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES DEC 07, 2008
Tide change for traditional retail-brokerage firms expected

The outlook for traditional retail-brokerage firms has never been so uncertain.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2008
Portfolio re-balancing becomes high-wire act

With the stock market down more than 40% from the start of the year, the idea of portfolio re-balancing has taken on new meaning for many financial advisers and their clients.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2008
Advisory firms retain their M&A allure

Demand to buy financial advisory firms remains strong despite a drop in the value of assets under management and turmoil in the financial markets.

By Charles Paikert
BROKER DEALERS DEC 07, 2008
Brokers in no rush to go independent

As much as executives at custodian firms dream about scores of wirehouse brokers going independent, they say that it's just not happening.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 05, 2008
Hartford’s upped earnings guidance boosts stock

Shares of The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. jumped this morning on news that the company has raised its earnings guidance for the end of the year.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 05, 2008
Unemployment reached 6.7% in November

The U.S. economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, marking the largest single monthly contraction in the job market in 34 years, according to data from the Department of Labor.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2008
ING settles with investors bilked of $2.9M

ING Financial Partners last month reached a settlement with 38 defrauded investors to return $2.9 million stolen by two former brokers, both of whom are now in jail.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 04, 2008
It is time for IRA conversions

Before yearend, capitalize on low stock values by moving to Roth accounts.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 03, 2008
Beige Book details drab outlook

Economic activity weakened across the country since mid-October, as the credit crisis had an impact on the broader economy, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.

By Bloomberg