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RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 08, 2008
BNY Mellon buys $21.7M in ARS of three funds

The ARS had been bought by three of New York-based BNY Mellon’s funds prior to mid-February, when the market for these debt instruments dried up, according to Fund Action.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 08, 2008
MetLife forecasts 4Q boost

MetLife Inc. today said that its fourth-quarter profits will be up from the 2007 period and that it will reap the benefits of investment gains.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 08, 2008
NAIC floats updating state reinsurance regs

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners of Kansas City, Mo., yesterday adopted a new proposal to modernize state-based regulation of reinsurance.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 07, 2008
A healthy investment

The stock market's near free fall since September could play right into a concentrated bond offering by Kessler Memorial Hospital.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 07, 2008
Transcript: Wirehouse/Regional Brokerage FIrms Round Table

The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion.

By MFXFeeder
ADVISOR NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 07, 2008
Tide change for traditional retail-brokerage firms expected

The outlook for traditional retail-brokerage firms has never been so uncertain.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 07, 2008
Portfolio re-balancing becomes high-wire act

With the stock market down more than 40% from the start of the year, the idea of portfolio re-balancing has taken on new meaning for many financial advisers and their clients.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 07, 2008
Advisory firms retain their M&A allure

Demand to buy financial advisory firms remains strong despite a drop in the value of assets under management and turmoil in the financial markets.

By Charles Paikert
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 07, 2008
Brokers in no rush to go independent

As much as executives at custodian firms dream about scores of wirehouse brokers going independent, they say that it's just not happening.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 05, 2008
Unemployment reached 6.7% in November

The U.S. economy shed 533,000 jobs in November, marking the largest single monthly contraction in the job market in 34 years, according to data from the Department of Labor.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 05, 2008
Hartford’s upped earnings guidance boosts stock

Shares of The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. jumped this morning on news that the company has raised its earnings guidance for the end of the year.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 04, 2008
It is time for IRA conversions

Before yearend, capitalize on low stock values by moving to Roth accounts.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 04, 2008
ING settles with investors bilked of $2.9M

ING Financial Partners last month reached a settlement with 38 defrauded investors to return $2.9 million stolen by two former brokers, both of whom are now in jail.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 03, 2008
Beige Book details drab outlook

Economic activity weakened across the country since mid-October, as the credit crisis had an impact on the broader economy, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 03, 2008
Jobs continue to dwindle in November

The U.S. economy shed 250,000 private-sector jobs in November in the latest sign that the recession is pummeling the job market, according to the monthly ADP National Employment Report released today.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS DEC 03, 2008
State Street Corp. to cut 6% of work force

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 02, 2008
Black Friday high on volume, short on profits

Sales on Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving, thought to be the busiest shopping day of the year — fared better than anticipated but did not rescue November retail sales, according to a report from Thomson Reuters of New York..

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 02, 2008
Greenberg: AIG needs more help

AIG is in need of a federal government guaranty to meet counterparty collateral requirements, its former CEO Maurice Greenberg, said today.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 02, 2008
Genstar to buy health care outsourcer

Genstar Capital LLC, a San Francisco-based private-equity firm, yesterday agreed to buy Long Term Care Group Inc., an outsourced services administrator.

By Bloomberg
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 01, 2008
Independents take advantage of recruitment 'protocol'

By Bloomberg