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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Morgan Stanley exec charged with $2.5M fraud

A former Morgan Stanley employee has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from the firm, with the crimes allegedly occurring over more than seven years.

By Bloomberg
TAX FEB 18, 2009
Tax maven advising California says advisers should be wary

A member of a blue-ribbon panel appointed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to make recommendations on improving the state’s tax code said the panel’s members are philosophically opposed to taxing professional fees or any other “non-tangible” services but warned that dire economic conditions may make such opposition moot.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2009
States fight for right to regulate equity index annuities

When the SEC declared that equity index annuities are securities last year, it ignored the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 18, 2009
Housing starts dropped 16.8% in January

New residential-housing construction permits continued to decline last month, falling 4.8% from December.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2009
Obama plan targets 9M homeowners

President Obama’s mortgage plan aims to keep up to 9 million families from losing their homes to foreclosure.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 17, 2009
Obama signs stimulus bill

President Obama today signed into law the $787 billion stimulus bill.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 17, 2009
Confidence in financial security drops

Americans’ confidence in their own financial security continues to drop, according to an index that showed a steady decline in people’s views over the past six months.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 17, 2009
SEC: Stanford ‘inflated’ fund wrap results

The SEC today charged that Allen Stanford and his financial companies also falsely promoted the Stanford Allocation Strategy fund mutual fund wrap program.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2009
Plan sponsors’ use of target funds jumps

Employers persuaded their employees to put their 401(k) investments in the stock market, but now they are trying to persuade them not to abandon their investments.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS FEB 17, 2009
Brokers depart Smith Barney for Robert W. Baird

Smith Barney has lost 15 advisers in the Baltimore area to Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.

By Bloomberg
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 17, 2009
Iceland at the brink of failure

Iceland’s economic meltdown, fueled by its exposure to foreign debt, could bring the country to the brink of failure, according to research from Hennessee Group.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 17, 2009
Institutional investors’ confidence rises

Institutional investor confidence worldwide increased 12.7 points to 72.9, from January’s level of 60.2.

By Bloomberg
OPINION FEB 15, 2009
It's time to rescue the bank rescue plan

The equity market reacted to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's much-anticipated bank rescue plan last week with a resounding thud.

By MFXFeeder
OPINION FEB 15, 2009
Don’t dance around principles

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 15, 2009
DWS chief preaches new tools, models

As clients continue to question the merits of traditional investment approaches, Philipp Hensler, chairman and chief executive of DWS Investments Distributors Inc., is prepping his firm to arm financial advisers with a new way of thinking.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES FEB 15, 2009
Advisers target disgruntled clients

Whether out of necessity or a sense of opportunity, financial advisers are gearing up to attract clients in the midst of one of the worst bear markets on record.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 13, 2009
Credit Suisse owes $400 million in CDO case

Credit Suisse Securities has been ordered by an arbitration panel to cash out an institutional client that held $400 million in collateralized debt obligations.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 13, 2009
Stimulus package hits execs in the wallet

Executives at companies receiving federal assistance would face stiffer limits on bonuses and severance under the stimulus bill passed by the House today.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 13, 2009
The Hartford jettisoned from commercial paper program

The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. yesterday said that would no longer be able to participate in a federal commercial paper program.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 13, 2009
House passes stimulus bill; Senate to vote tonight

The House this afternoon approved by a vote of 246-183 a $787 billion stimulus bill in the hope that it will help the United States out of the economic crisis.

By Bloomberg