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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 14, 2007
Longevity plagues financial planning

“Four score and seven years” may soon be more recognizable as the typical baby boomer life span than the start of a famous speech.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS MAY 14, 2007
Raymond James recruits recruiters

Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is adding major clout to its recruiting effort, bringing on board half a dozen recruiters, including two top executives from rival independent-contractor firms, investmentnews.com reported Friday.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 14, 2007
Los Angeles entices wealth managers

Like Southern California itself, the Los Angeles wealth management market is vibrant, sprawling, lucrative, growing and fragmented.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2007
Cox, Schapiro tackle disclosure at ICI meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining disclosures for 401(k) plans and is looking at ways to provide 401(k) information using interactive software, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said last week.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 10, 2007
Marsh & McLennan rebrands consulting units

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has consolidated its three top management consulting businesses to streamline the operations under one name and better compete for high value clients, according to Crain's New York Business.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 10, 2007
Sanders Morris Harris posts earnings drop

Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc. posted a small drop in first-quarter earnings on an after-tax decline of $1.6 million in the income from its merchant portfolio and its ownership interest in limited partnerships net of minority interests.

By Bloomberg
RIAS MAY 09, 2007
Fidelity unveils systems for RIAs

Fidelity Investments, in cooperation with Oracle Corp. and Emerging Information Systems Inc., has created two web-based customer relationship management and financial planning systems for registered investment advisers, the Boston-based firm announced today.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 09, 2007
Conseco reports lower income

Conseco, Inc. in Carmel, Ind. today reported $14.6 in net operating income for the first quarter of 2007, down from $55.8 million for the same period a year ago.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS MAY 09, 2007
ING cuts fees for advisers

As part of effort to spiff up its fee business, the ING Advisors broker-dealers have cut fees that their advisers pay for two key advisory offerings.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 09, 2007
Morgan Stanley to pay $7.9 million

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. will pay $7.9 million for its failure to provide best execution to certain retail orders for over-the-counter securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 09, 2007
Legg Mason 4Q profits jump 15%

Legg Mason Inc. posted a 15% increase in net income as increased advisory fees drove assets under management to record levels.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 08, 2007
Schwab looks beyond boomers

Charles Schwab Investment Management has lowered its minimum initial investment in mutual funds to $100 as part of a sweeping effort to capture younger investors.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2007
Deutsche books 20% hike in revenues

Deutsche Bank reported $12.9 billion in net revenues for the first quarter, a 20% gain from the same period in 2006, thanks to record sales in its corporate and investment bank division.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2007
Lazard revenues grow 4.9% in first quarter

Lazard Ltd. Today posted a 4.9% increase in first quarter revenues on growing asset management fee income and record inflows, but fell short of analysts expectations.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 08, 2007
Citigroup to pay $200,000 for unit's misdeeds

Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding one of its brokerage units that manipulated auctions involving municipal and corporate bonds.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 08, 2007
Marsh 1Q income down 36%

Marsh & McLennan Cos. today reported that first-quarter income declined by 36% to $268 million, compared to $416 million for the same period a year ago.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2007
Advisers should study up on 529s

Advisers need to be educated about college savings plans in order to better serve ther clients. That was one of the messages delievered at a confernce on colleges savings this morning sponsered by AllianceBernstein Investments.

By Bloomberg
BROKER DEALERS MAY 08, 2007
Fidelity B-Ds fined for misleading G.I.s

NASD announced today that it has fined two Fidelity Investments broker-dealers $400,000 for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature promoting plans that were sold primarily to U.S. military personnel.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 08, 2007
JPMorgan to stop payments to alum associations

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to stop making payments to more than 100 college alumni associations that allowed the company to market its consolidation loans directly to graduates, according to the Wall Street Journal.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 08, 2007
Regulators: Recommend only suitable annunities

The National Association of Securities Dealers and state regulators in North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota signed a joint statement supporting a new rule to require that insurance companies and agencies recommend only suitable annuity products to their customers.

By Bloomberg