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  • March 18, 2012

OSU, Pickens come up empty in insurance battle

After a lengthy court battle, Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. will be permitted to keep $33 million in…

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  • March 15, 2012

Suddenly, UBS and McCann have ‘mo

Turnaround at UBS Wealth Management Americas in progress; 'seemed lost a few years ago'

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  • March 15, 2012

Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid

Insurer mulling raising fees and cutting benefits on popular product; low interest rates to blame

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  • March 14, 2012

Low rates pressure financial adviser income

The Federal Reserve's commitment to keep interest rates at record low levels may be helping the economy, but…

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  • March 13, 2012

Mix masters? Advisers getting better at optimizing client rosters

AUM down in 2011, but production up; 'focusing more on their larger accounts'

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  • March 13, 2012

Putnam CEO calls for new regulator to oversee lifetime-income products

Putnam Investments ceo Bob Reynolds today called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products.

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  • March 13, 2012

Oklahoma State U., T. Boone Pickens tangle with Lincoln National

Oklahoma State University's athletic fund and Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. are embroiled in a legal flap over a failed charitable-insurance-funding plan.

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  • March 11, 2012

Tech events held by T3, FPA Business Solutions redundant

Having attended the Technology Tools for Today and FPA Business Solutions conferences for several years, and served on the latter's business task force for the past four, I have come to the conclusion that the two events overlap.

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  • March 8, 2012

Shorting long-term care

Although most adults agree that the recession has necessitated new long-term financial plans, they continue to ignore long-term-care insurance.

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  • March 8, 2012

Guggenheim scoops up insurer to build fixed indexed annuities

Guggenheim Partners LLC is ramping up its presence in the fixed-indexed-annuity realm with the purchase of an insurer

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  • March 6, 2012

Ruling is Stoli setback for Principal Life

A federal court decision in Pennsylvania has notched a win for life settlement investors.

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  • March 5, 2012

Updated stable-value funds making a comeback

Stable-value funds — onetime retirement plan favorites that were tarnished in the wake of the financial crisis —…

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  • March 5, 2012

Lenny Dykstra as investment guru? Advisers say, ‘Be leery, dude’

Less than nine months after filing bankruptcy, Nails is back in the investment game.

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  • March 4, 2012

Banks missing a trick by not selling insurance: Survey

Sales of insurance — as well as investment products — tends to attract more profitable customers; big edge in trust over brokerages

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  • March 2, 2012

SEC fraud case could give new life to life settlements controversy

Life Partners accused of misleading shareholders about mortality estimates; securities or not?

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  • March 1, 2012

Piper Jaffray downplays takeover talk

But reports of a possible Chinese suitor heat up the floundering firm's share price

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  • February 28, 2012

Guggenheim eyes combining Claymore and Rydex, sources say

Melding of two acquired units would create seventh-largest ETF provider; 'scale business'.

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  • February 27, 2012

Investors paying through the nose for Pimco closed-end funds

Debt funds trading at steep premium; 11.5% hard to pass up

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  • February 26, 2012

Life settlement products turn out to be killer for Tex. reps

Texas securities regulators last week fined a pair of Corpus Christi-based brokers for their alleged sale of notes…

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  • February 24, 2012

Housing biggest expense for 50-plus set

The majority of spending for Americans over 50 goes to mortgages, property taxes and other home-related expenses, according…