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WIREHOUSES MAY 03, 2007
Lehman appoints first head based in London

New York-based Lehman Brothers has appointed Roger Nagioff as global head of fixed income, based in London, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
FINTECH MAY 03, 2007
Association debuts benchmarking tool

The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors has launched a new benchmarking tool that will help advisers measure their practices against those of fellow NAPFA members.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 03, 2007
Wachovia to bow retirement income account

Wachovia Securities LLC is launching a pilot version of a retirement income management account, Robert Vorlop, director of investment products, told attendees of the Money Management Institute's annual meeting in Washington.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 02, 2007
Clients loyal to their advisers

Wealthy investors are less likely to be loyal to a brokerage firm than they are to an adviser with whom they have developed a strong relationship, according to a national study of 4,000 affluent Americans released today by Cambridge, Mass.-based market research firm Cogent Research LLC.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2007
GSAM announces fund-of-funds

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has introductioned two new fund-of-funds, the Goldman Sachs Income Strategies Portfolio (GXIAX) and the Goldman Sachs Satellite Strategies Portfolio (GXSAX), both of which will be managed by its by GSAM's Quantitative Strategies Group.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2007
Fidelity unveils three enhanced index funds

Fidelity Investments today announced the offering of three new enhanced index funds: Fidelity Large Cap Value Enhanced Index Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Core Enhanced Index Fund and Fidelity Large Cap Growth Enhanced Index Fund.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2007
Merrill to buy back $6 billion in shares

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. will buy back as much as $6 billion in shares of common stock over time, in an effort to return capital building up on its balance sheet to investors, the company announced today.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2007
Morgan Stanley CFO to retire

Morgan Stanley has announced that David H. Sidwell, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company at the end of the year.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 30, 2007
Morgan emerging market debt fund bows

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched the Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc., the first U.S. registered closed-end fund to invest principally in emerging markets sovereign debt denominated in the local currency of the issuer.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 30, 2007
Demonstrators target Fidelity over Sudan

Thousands of protesters – some bearing signs asking “Is your Fidelity 401(k) funding genocide?” -- gathered in Boston’s Government Center Sunday to protest Fidelity’s investment ties to Sudan.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 30, 2007
Battle over SRO merger rages on in court, at SEC

The fight over the pending consolidation of the regulatory units of the New York Stock Exchange and NASD is proceeding apace on two fronts: in court and at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 30, 2007
Congress aims at less affluent in its retirement savings efforts

Congress is beginning to refocus its retirement savings policy-making efforts on finding ways to help Americans of modest means save for retirement, as well as trying to help people get better returns from their retirement savings plans.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS APR 30, 2007
High-profile adviser loses 314G arbitration claim

A high-profile financial adviser who hosts a weekly financial-advice radio show has lost a $314,000 arbitration claim that focused on his failure to deliver promised investment management.

By Bloomberg
OPINION APR 30, 2007
Flying high with derivatives can be risky

By ewilliams
OPINION APR 30, 2007
‘Never mind’ the SEC’s regulatory mess

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2007
Citigroup clinches Nikko takeover

With a $13.4 billion offer, Citigroup Inc. yesterday closed on the largest foreign takeover of a Japanese company, Nikko Cordial Corp., according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 27, 2007
Mack backs Clinton for president

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. today confirmed that chief executive John Mack, a registered Republican, has thrown his support behind Democratic New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential election, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 26, 2007
Fidelity brokerage unit assets rise

Fidelity Investments today said total client assets at its Fidelity Brokerage Co. unit reached a record $1.77 trillion in the first quarter, up 19% from a year earlier.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 26, 2007
Schwab offers high-yield checking accounts

Charles Schwab Corp. today announced no-fee checking accounts from Charles Schwab Bank, with an annual percentage yield of 4.25%.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 26, 2007
Regulate reps as advisers, says survey

More than 90% of investors surveyed believe that the same investor protection rules should apply to both stockbrokers and financial planners when they offer the same kind of investment advice services, according to a new study.

By Bloomberg