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RIA NEWS APR 22, 2009
Despite first-quarter gains, T. Rowe lays off 5.5% of work force

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. said Wednesday that reeling markets sent its first-quarter profit tumbling by more than two-thirds, and the investment manager announced plans to cut 288 jobs, or 5.5% of its work force.

By Sue Asci
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
Treasury says about $110B left in $700B bailout fund

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
State Street net drops 16%

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
Botsford Group exec to acquire firms and hire advisers aggressively

Executives at The Botsford Group are aiming to capitalize on the downturn in the markets, and the disruption it's caused in the financial advisory industry, by aggressively acquiring and hiring advisers in the coming months.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
Geithner tells Congress that rescue is working

Congressional oversight panel told of progress, including increases in the number of refinanced mortgages and signs that credit conditions have improved.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
TD Ameritrade 2Q net down 29%, new assets off 7%

By Jed Horowitz
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
Bank of New York Mellon Q1 earnings down 57%; cuts dividend

Parent of Pershing and Dreyfus cuts dividend to nine cents a share from 24 cents, to save $700M a year.

By Associated Press
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 21, 2009
Top Illinois regulator blasts Allstate exec's N.Y. Times Op-Ed

A critique of state regulatory missteps from The Allstate Corp.’s Tom Wilson, did not sit well with Michael T. McRaith, director of the Illinois Division of Insurance.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
Jefferies earnings results beat Wall Street expectations

Jefferies Group Inc. swung to a first-quarter profit, beating Wall Street expectations, as the middle-market investment bank reported strong trading revenue growth.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 21, 2009
Phoenix drops bid for TARP help

The Phoenix Cos. walked away from TARP assistance after a bank it was hoping to acquire failed and was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
Estate tax proposal looks to maintain current exemptions

Your clients have probably been asking about the estate tax because it is scheduled to sunset in 2010 and then rise again in 2011 at higher rates.

By Joseph W. Walloch
RIA NEWS APR 21, 2009
KeyCorp posts a 1Q loss, plans to cut dividend

Banking company KeyCorp is reporting another big quarterly loss, partly due to a large increase in its set-asides for loan losses, and plans to cut its dividend.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2009
PMFM renames itself Stadion Money Management

The registered investment advisory firm has changed its corporate name to reflect its core focus.

By Lisa Shidler
RIA NEWS APR 20, 2009
European markets down after last week's gains

European markets dipped today as investors booked profits from last week's gains, while Asian stocks edged higher as the Chinese premier's positive assessment of the world's third-largest economy helped soothe nerves ahead of key earnings reports from leading U.S. companies.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS APR 20, 2009
Stocks continue slide as leading indicators drop more than expected

Stocks are still sliding following a Conference Board report that its March index of leading economic indicators has fallen 0.3%.

By Associated Press
RIA NEWS APR 20, 2009
BofA shares drop despite quarterly profit

Bank of America Corp. warned of worsening loan default problems Monday even as it posted a first-quarter profit of $2.81 billion. Investors concerned about the banking industry's health sent financial stocks and the overall market sharply lower.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 20, 2009
Volume up, value down in insurance M&A worldwide

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. insurance industry lost value last year, while non-U.S. transactions plummeted, according to data from Conning Research and Consulting.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS APR 19, 2009
Let's focus on dangers of the future, Mr. Bernanke

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and his Fed colleagues must begin to address investors' concerns about inflation in more concrete terms than he did in his speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta last week.

By MFXFeeder
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 19, 2009
Advisers take wait-and-see attitude toward insurers

Insurance stocks have outperformed the overall market during the past four weeks, but financial advisers are reluctant to jump in.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 19, 2009
Ex-major league star Mo Vaughn and adviser in beanball battle

A financial adviser to former Major League baseball player Mo Vaughn is claiming that he threatened and intimidated her after she tried to rein in his "insane spending habits."

By Mark Bruno