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INVESTING ETFS OCT 29, 2007
WisdomTree yields new ETF

Tomorrow, WisdomTree Trust will debut an ETF offering exposure to small-cap stocks in emerging markets.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
Long-term-care insurance buyers younger

The average age of a buyer is now 58, down from 61 in 2005, and 67 in 2000, according to a survey.

NEWS RIAS OCT 29, 2007
RIA assets skyrocket 47%

RIA firms racked up $1.4 trillion in assets this year, compared to $950 billion in assets in 2005.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
LIMRA and LOMA ink merger

The new not-for-profit organization will called LL Global Inc., providing a unified management structure.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 29, 2007
Thomas C. Wilson new Allianz risk chief

He will replace Raj Singh, who will take a new position at the Swiss Reinsurance Co.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2007
QDIA rules expected to have widespread ramifications

The new regulations from the Department of Labor covering qualified default investment alternatives will have widespread ramifications for both financial advisers and insurance companies.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH OCT 29, 2007
Fidelity to spend $50M on platform for advisers

Hoping to steal the thunder from archrival Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.'s annual gathering of advisers this week, Fidelity Investments last week unveiled plans to spend $50 million to develop a wealth management technology platform aimed at advisers.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 29, 2007
Age-based funds dominate 529 plans

Age-based mutual funds appear to have firmly cemented a commanding position as the investment option of choice in Section 529 college savings plans, according to industry executives at the annual 529 Technical Conference in Las Vegas last week.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Younger boomers off the radar screen

Mutual fund companies catering to the first wave of baby boomers, now nearing retirement, may be neglecting younger boomers who have many more years of work still ahead of them.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH OCT 29, 2007
Rogue trader Nick Leeson sings for software firms

Nick Leeson, the rogue derivatives trader whose fraudulent transactions brought down London's venerable Barings Bank, has a new gig.