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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 26, 2009
The Hartford launches search for new CFO

Life insurer Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said Monday that its chief financial officer, Lizabeth Zlatkus, will be named its chief risk officer and the company will begin looking externally for a new CFO.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 16, 2009
Fund manager, one of world's wealthiest people, busted in $20M insider-trading ring

Federal authorities have arrested six people in a hedge fund insider trading case that they say led to $20 million in illegal profits.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 16, 2009
Wall Street has spent $224M to influence financial reforms

$224 million. It's a lot less than $16.7 billion but it could pack far more punch. That's the amount the financial industry spent in the first half of this year to lobby Congress to water down regulations aimed at preventing another financial meltdown. And more money is expected to be on the way.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 15, 2009
Former NHL star Sergei Fedorov files new suit connected to $60M in losses from financial adviser

Ex-Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov is suing his former lawyers, claiming they share responsibility for the loss of millions of dollars invested with another client.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 14, 2009
New Lazard chairman and CEO: Insider Kenneth Jacobs

Lazard Ltd. is naming Kenneth M. Jacobs as CEO and chairman, choosing a longtime executive at the investment advisory firm to fill vacancies from last month's sudden death of Chairman and CEO Bruce Wasserstein.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 14, 2009
Dow crosses 10,000 mark for first time in a year

The Dow Jones industrial average has reclaimed 10,000 for the first time in a year.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 14, 2009
Bear Stearns hedge fund managers set to face the fire

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers are on trial in one of the few criminal cases brought against Wall Street executives in connection with the collapse of the housing market.

NEWS RIAS OCT 13, 2009
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to address RIAs at TD Ameritrade event

Two former U.S. presidents will appear together in a panel discussion to headline a TD Ameritrade investment conference next February.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 12, 2009
Oil over $73 ahead of US earnings results

Oil prices rose above $73 a barrel Monday as investors looked to a slew of U.S. corporate earnings reports this week for signs of economic recovery.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 12, 2009
Insurance agent slammed with fraud charges, could face up to 60 years

A lawyer for a Miami insurance agent says he'll plead not guilty to charges of stealing more than $14 million from premium finance companies.