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INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Existing home sales increase

Sales of existing homes increased by 2.9% in February to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.03 million units, following six consecutive monthly declines.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 24, 2008
Mutual Service faces arbitration claim

Mutual Service Corp. faces at least one arbitration claim for allegedly failing to supervise a mortgage broker whose practice collapsed last September under the weight of a nearly $30 million fraud.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Retirement Income: Help retirees combat inflation

With inflation expectations on the rise, now is a good time to consider what strategies you might implement for your retired clients to respond to a possible upturn in inflation.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAR 24, 2008
When physicians are your target

Despite the challenges faced by today's physicians — the soaring cost of malpractice insurance and declining insurance reimbursements are just two — doctors remain one of financial advisers' most sought-after niches

By Libby Dubick
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Alternatives managers are hot picks

The hunt for alternatives managers is greater than any other type of manager this year, according to a new survey of consultants' expected searches for 2008.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Fed rescue revives U.S. dollar

The dollar rose to 1.5341 per euro, the largest gain since March 12, and advanced to 100.04 yen per dollar in trading in Japan.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Staying on course

Index managers are holding steady despite the market downturn, according to a biannual survey of managers of indexed assets by InvestmentNews' sister publication Pensions & Investments.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAR 24, 2008
The artful dance of liquidity

Not that we needed much confirmation, but the Federal Reserve Board's actions last week confirmed the seriousness of the financial crisis that was triggered by the bursting of the housing bubble.

By MFXFeeder
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Protecting yourself from the Street

We are as suspicious of public markets as we are of public toilets.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
A market ripe for convertibles

With stock market volatility on the rise, the time is right for financial advisers to consider convertibles for a place in client portfolios.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Maintaining client confidence seen as key for advisers

With investor confidence in the global financial markets at a severe low point, driven even lower last week by the crumbling of Wall Street giant The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., planners are facing the challenge of how to maintain clients' confidence in the midst of the credit turmoil.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 24, 2008
Headache for Ameriprise

For nearly a decade, Jon E. Drucker has been a thorn in the side of Ameriprise Financial Inc.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAR 21, 2008
Help Retirees Combat Inflation

By Bloomberg
RIAS MAR 20, 2008
M&A for registered investment advisers slowing

Firms with less than $500 million in assets under management have been most affected, said David DeVoe, senior director of mergers and acquisitions for Schwab Institutional in San Francisco.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2008
Conference Board biz index down again

The index of leading indicators that gauges future business activity fell 0.3% in February, the fifth straight month of decline.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 19, 2008
Morgan reports lower first quarter

The firm reported first-quarter net income of $1.5 billion, compared with $2.7 billion in the year-ago period.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 19, 2008
REIT manager to pay $30 million

W.P. Carey & Co. was accused of selling more than $235 million of an affiliated REIT's shares without a registration statement.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 18, 2008
AIG to pay Pennsylvania $13.5 million

AIG will pay $13.5 million to settle an investigation involving its alleged sham reinsurance deal with General Re.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 18, 2008
Produce prices rise for second-straight month

The index for finished goods other than foods and energy moved up 0.5 percent after a 0.4% increase in January.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 18, 2008
Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers

Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brother's profit fell more than 50% in the first quarter but managed to beat Wall Street estimates.

By Bloomberg