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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 17, 2008
Insurance for Fifi and Fido

Pets Best Insurance Services is bringing coverage to man's best friends through banks and employee benefit providers.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 17, 2008
New exchanges to the rescue?

Companies holding auction-rate securities have a new escape option: an emerging secondary market for trading the now-illiquid instruments.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 17, 2008
Correction

Due to a technical error, an old story about Robert R. Carter stepping down from his role as president of NFP Insurance Services Inc., ran in today's INDaily.

By Investment News Team
RIA NEWS MAR 17, 2008
WaMu's executive bonuses ignite backlash

Washington Mutual Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting April 15 will be no love fest.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 14, 2008
Jackson National’s earnings rise

Jackson National Life reported today a 14% earnings increase and $4.1 billion in revenue for 2007.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 14, 2008
Consumer sentiment at 16-year low

U.S. consumer sentiment has slipped to its lowest level since 1992, according to a University of Michigan/Reuters survey.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 14, 2008
CPI holds steady

Cheaper gas prices were a major reason the consumer price index was unchanged in February.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 14, 2008
Advisers focus more on health of insurance carriers

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 13, 2008
Dimon: Housing mess relief a year away

"it looks to me, [recession is] what we're in right now, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO James Dimon said.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 13, 2008
Retail sags, U.S. imports grow

With gas prices soaring and the economy struggling, retail sales slid 0.6% in February.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2008
Fixed annuities sales down 9% in '07

Estimated sales of book value annuities totaled $6.9 billion, while sales of indexed annuities totaled $6.3 billion.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 11, 2008
U.S. trade deficit rises slightly

The U.S. trade deficit inched up in January, according to the Department of Commerce.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2008
Assets jump 18% in socially conscious investments

A growing desire among investors to align their portfolios with their personal and political beliefs is transforming the financial services landscape and creating opportunities and challenges for financial advisers.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 10, 2008
Becoming a thriving enterprise

Financial advisory firms have evolved from home-based businesses, to one-man shows, to full-fledged, thriving enterprises with multiple professionals and sometimes many staff members.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 10, 2008
Round Table: Regulation - Round-Table discussion transcript

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

By MFXFeeder
RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2008
Wholesale stats rebound in January

Farm product sales jumped 16.1% for January and 73.3% from the year-ago period.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 10, 2008
Indie broker-dealers welcome SEC plan

The SEC's proposed changes to Regulation S-P may slow down recruiting of independent reps, but executives with independent broker-dealers nonetheless are relieved that the agency has given some potential guidance on the issue.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2008
Don't count out clean-energy stocks, some say

The big hit clean-energy stocks have taken this year is just an expected correction, not the end of a fad, green-investing advocates say.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2008
An alternative fleece

If hedge funds are becoming too commonplace, Michael Goldston offers jaded high-net-worth investors an alternative investment whose distinctiveness will knock their socks off and keep their feet toasty at the same time.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS MAR 10, 2008
529 industry vocal in finalizing fed tax rules

The Section 529 college savings plan industry is trying to make sure that the Internal Revenue Service doesn't rain on its parade.

By Bloomberg