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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 30, 2007
Ex-AXA rep indicted for fraud

Gordon Robert Moore was indicted by a Colorado grand jury on 45 counts of theft, securities fraud and forgery.

By D Hampton
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 29, 2007
FINRA eyes MSC for VA oversight

MSC is the subject of a complaint by FINRA concerning the firm's allegedly shoddy VA bookkeeping.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES AUG 28, 2007
Albert Lee to head Merrill's Taiwan office

In the newly created position, Mr. Lee will be responsible for expanding the investment bank's business in Taiwan.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2007
Penson tagged with $15M arbitration claim

The claim centers on investments in Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, or CMOs.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2007
NEXT may face cease-and-desist order

The SEC alleges that the firm violated Regulation S-P while it recruited registered representatives.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 27, 2007
New York Life unit recruits treasurer

New York Life Insurance Co. has named Steven Lash as senior vice president of the corporate finance department and Richard Witterschein as the company’s new first vice president and treasurer of the department.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2007
Indie firms seek guidance on client information

Regulators continue to leave independent- contractor broker-dealers in the lurch over the tricky issue of how brokers can use clients’ private information when moving accounts to a new firm.

By Bloomberg
OPINION AUG 27, 2007
Morningstar rating systems questioned

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Rep production figures called misleading

In the race to show the highest-producing sales forces, brokerage firms may be goosing the numbers.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 27, 2007
Deferred-comp legislation may be introduced in Sept.

Senate Finance Committee leaders are working on a plan to resurrect legislation to cap deferred compensation, which they could reintroduce next month as part of a bill that would extend popular education tax breaks.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Inflation-protected-bond funds lead the pack

Inflation appears to be contained, but that hasn’t stopped inflation-protected-bond funds from outperforming.

By Bloomberg
OPINION AUG 27, 2007
These are the times that try advisers’ goals

By ewilliams
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Estate planning for gays is still tricky

NEW YORK — Despite the strides gay couples have made to have their relationships recognized by the courts, estate planning remains more complicated for them.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a new lease — and view — on life

NEW YORK — Gulf Coast financial advisers are standing on higher ground two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated that region.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 27, 2007
Use of income annuities in retirement gets a plug

CHICAGO — While income annuities are the most cost-effective way to provide income at retirement, investors are reluctant to purchase them, according to a new study.

By Bloomberg
OPINION AUG 27, 2007
Share buybacks worth scrutinizing

By ewilliams
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Restricted-securities firm forms matchmaker unit for private transactions

NEW YORK — A company that specializes in the sale of restricted securities and other illiquid positions has formed a group to help owners of minority stakes in small to midsize companies sell their shares in private transactions.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2007
Bear Stearns Broker-Dealer Services focuses on hiring

NEW YORK — After completing an overhaul of its top management late last year, Bear Stearns’ clearing and custody unit continues to hire new executives — some of whom are being recruited from top rivals.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
LDI approach touted for target date funds

NEW YORK — Target date funds should take a liability-driven investing approach, protecting them from the bumps and grinds of equity markets, officials at Pacific Investment Management Co. contend.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES AUG 27, 2007
TD-E*Trade merger chatter continues unabated

The jolts that TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. experienced during 18 months of integration following the 2006 merger of TD Waterhouse Group Inc. and Ameritrade Holding Corp. have not dulled its appetite for more deals, according to chairman and chief executive Joe Moglia.

By Bloomberg