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Head of world's largest fund missing
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2010
Head of world's largest fund missing

Rescue workers were scouring an artificial Moroccan lake Saturday in search of the head of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund — the world's largest — who went missing after his glider crashed.

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2010
Raymond James' Jeffrey D. Saut: Warren Buffett's 'Mr. Market'

The following is an investment strategy column by Jeffrey D. Saut, managing director at Raymond James & Associates Inc.

By Jeffrey D. Saut
Insurers target new channels to help boost VA sales
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 29, 2010
Insurers target new channels to help boost VA sales

Insurance companies are scoping out new distribution channels for variable annuities. Managed-money programs and 401(k) plans top the list of targets.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2010
Recruiting wars rage on as Baird snags veteran Smith Barney manager

The battle for talent in the wealth management industry appears far from over as evidenced by several hiring announcements today.

By Hilary Johnson
RIA NEWS MAR 29, 2010
Citigroup loses $7.6B in 4Q as it repays TARP

Citigroup says it lost $7.58 billion during the final three months of 2009 as consumers still struggled to repay loans and the bank repaid its government bailout money.

By Associated Press
WIREHOUSES MAR 29, 2010
Baird nabs $267M Morgan Stanley Smith Barney team; J.P. Morgan adds 70 advisers

A team of four financial advisers has left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where they advised on $267M in client assets, to join the private-wealth-management group at Robert W. Baird & Co., according to a company spokesperson.

By Michelisa Lanche
RIA NEWS MAR 28, 2010
Geller, Erlich exiting Geller Group

By Jed Horowitz
RIA NEWS MAR 28, 2010
Penson to issue debt to support Broadridge deal

Proceeds from the planned private placement of senior second-lien secured notes will be used in part to help support the businesses of some 100 broker-dealer clients Penson hopes to absorb in its Ridge purchase

By Jed Horowitz
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2010
Genworth launches another hybrid annuity

Genworth's Total Living Coverage Annuity can also be covered through a tax-free 1035 exchange out of an old annuity or life insurance product.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 28, 2010
Bank sales of annuities hit record low in January

Monthly sales of bank annuities have been declining steadily since climbing to a 2009 high last March.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 28, 2010
Advisers can use reform to reach out to clients who own small businesses

A number of financial advisers are using the health care reform legislation passed last week as an opportunity to reach out to clients and review their investment portfolios.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RIA NEWS MAR 28, 2010
Health care reform brings challenges, opportunities for advisers

Investment advisers should be closely examining the sweeping bill to overhaul American health care to determine how it will affect their clients' investment strategies.

By MFXFeeder
FundQuest hooks up with Envestnet in IT deal
FINTECH MAR 26, 2010
FundQuest hooks up with Envestnet in IT deal

FundQuest is partnering with Envestnet Asset Management Inc. to offer advisory firms additional IT resources.

By Amanda Fiscina
RIA NEWS MAR 26, 2010
Peter Schiff: We are surely doomed to repeat our mistakes

In this week's much anticipated State of the Union address, President Obama again demonstrated his poor understanding of the fundamental problems that confront our nation. By following the advice of the same people who helped guide our economy to the precipice of total collapse, Obama now threatens to push it over the edge.

By Peter Schiff
RIA NEWS MAR 26, 2010
McCann's move: UBS chief picks former Merrill vet to lead adviser group

Robert McCann, CEO of UBS AG's Wealth Management Americas, announced several appointments to his “Renewal” team Tuesday — including Bob Mulholland, a 25-year Merrill veteran, who will replace Jamie Price as head of UBS' adviser group.

By Hilary Johnson
RIA NEWS MAR 25, 2010
The 2010 Lipper Awards: This year's winners

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. took the award for the best large mutual fund group, and RidgeWorth Capital Management Inc. won best small fund group last night at the Lipper Fund Awards, which took place at The Plaza Hotel in New York.

By Mark Bruno
Obama's reform might provide shot in the arm for health care sector: Fund managers
RIA NEWS MAR 25, 2010
Obama's reform might provide shot in the arm for health care sector: Fund managers

The signing on Tuesday of the landmark legislation removes much of the uncertainty that's been hanging over the medical industry.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS MAR 25, 2010
Is Bakken Shale the new American Gold Rush?

It just could be the biggest oil field discovered in the contiguous US in more than 40 years…

By Daily Reckoning
WIREHOUSES MAR 24, 2010
Blog: Morgan Stanley <del>Smith Barney</del>

From this outside perspective, with knowledge gained from talking to dozens of folks on the inside of the firm, MSSB is a joint venture in title only: Morgan Stanley is running the show.

By Mark Bruno
Health care reform: Fast facts on investment income tax and other key changes
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2010
Health care reform: Fast facts on investment income tax and other key changes

President Barack Obama signed a major health care overhaul bill Today. Here are some of its features, along with details on a package of changes to the legislation under consideration by the Senate this week.

By Associated Press