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Futures point to slightly lower market opening
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2009
Futures point to slightly lower market opening

By Associated Press
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2009
Stock futures point to a lower opening

By Associated Press
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2009
New jobless benefit claims unchanged at 505K

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 19, 2009
New York Life on the prowl to buy mutual fund companies

New York Life Insurance Co. is looking to acquire one or more fund companies, according to one of the company's top executives.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2009
Weak dollar a mixed blessing and an opportunity

Could the Obama administration be following a weak-dollar strategy deliberately?

By MFXFeeder
Krawcheck unveils her new management team at BofA
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2009
Krawcheck unveils her new management team at BofA

Sallie Krawcheck, head of Merrill Lynch's Global Wealth & Investment Management unit, has named a number of top executives to her new management team.

By Mark Bruno
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 19, 2009
Schwab sees a surge this year in breakaway brokers

The Charles Schwab Corp's campaign to help stockbrokers become independent investment advisers has been picking up speed.

By Jed Horowitz
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
Stock futures point to modestly higher opening

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
Two investment shops promising 1000% returns ordered to stop sales

Nebraska officials say two related Omaha companies have been improperly selling unregistered investments promising as much as a 1,000 percent annual return.

By Associated Press
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
Stocks are modestly lower in early trading

Stocks slid in early trading Wednesday after a report showed housing starts dropped unexpectedly in October.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 18, 2009
Phoenix moves to shore up risk-based capital ratio

The Phoenix Cos. Inc. last week drafted a reinsurance agreement with a subsidiary of Swiss Re, improving the carrier's risk-based capital ratio.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 18, 2009
Lower capital requirements for RMBS would mean more flexibility for insurers, Moody's says

U.S. insurers may improve their financial flexibility as state insurance regulators change the way they evaluate capital requirements for residential-mortgage-backed securities, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 18, 2009
STOLI by the book

Sex, violence and stranger-originated life insurance are at the center of a new novel, “The Death Bond Conspiracy,” written by an unusual author — an insurance agent.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
Merrill Lynch to cough up $8.5M to Florida over auction-rate securities

Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. Inc. will pay Florida $8.5 million to settle claims that the brokerage firm's financial advisers misled their clients about auction-rate securities, according to a <a href=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-biz-merrill.settles-090109,0,4894709.story>report</a> in the Orlando Sentinel.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
Kansas to receive $5M from auction rate securities settlements

Kansas has received a total of $5 million from multistate settlements with four investment companies.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
Schwab defies New York AG on buying back auction rate securities

The Charles Schwab Corp. today said it will not meet New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's demand that it repurchase auction rate securities from clients that purchased them from the discount-brokerage firm, even though its exposure to a buyback is relatively limited.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2009
TD Ameritrade settles ARS charges with SEC; Schwab denies charges of misrepresentation

The Securities and Exchange Commission today said that it has settled charges against TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. Inc. for making inaccurate statements when selling auction rate securities. Also today, Charles Schwab &amp; Co. denied charges by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that the firm misrepresented the safety of such securities.

By Sue Asci
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2009
Stock market dips on manufacturing numbers

By Associated Press
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 17, 2009
Securities America program aims to groom million-dollar producers

By Lisa Shidler
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 17, 2009
Regulator: Life settlements industry must safeguard seniors

A key state insurance official has called upon the life settlements industry to keep Main Street policyholders in mind &#8212; or else.

By Darla Mercado