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RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 10, 2008
Legislators backs federal insurance regulator

A proposed Office of Insurance Information would just be the first step toward creating a federal insurance regulator.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 10, 2008
NYSE Euronext to partner with Progress

The exchange is attempting to provide its customers with complex event processing capabilities.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 10, 2008
Study: Ranks of underinsured have swelled

Some 25 million U.S. adults with health insurance in 2007 faced financial stress due to insufficient coverage.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 09, 2008
Brokers, insurers juggle hot potato of VA suitability

Both brokers and insurers bear responsibility for the suitability of variable annuity sales, but at different points in the sales process, industry officials said at a conference last week.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 09, 2008
Endowments, pensions drive hedge fund growth

While there has been a lot of talk among lawmakers and regulators about the so-called retailization of hedge funds, the one trend that has appeared to dominate the nearly $2 trillion hedge fund industry over the past decade has been the increased influence of institutional-class investors.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 09, 2008
Housing market revived in April

In a sign that the housing market may be set for a rebound, the pending home sales index increased 6.3% in April.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2008
Advisers will need to master expanded products

Financial advisers face an array of challenges in the retirement market in the next decade.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 09, 2008
A single standard tops Your Silver Bullet's goals

Your Silver Bullet is creating a single standard on which members can base future software projects.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 09, 2008
Web regarded as most influential tech innovation

Advisers and the vendors serving them agree the Internet — first as a communication tool and later as home to numerous hosted applications — is the single most important technology innovation affecting the industry in the last decade.

INVESTING ESG JUN 09, 2008
Activists hail data as reason to avoid Sudan-linked firms

Activist groups urging fund firms to divest from companies doing business in Sudan are finding evidence that stocks of some of the companies have delivered lower returns than some of their peers that have no connection to the country.