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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 05, 2007
Carried tax plan ignites debate

Senate hearings on taxing-carried interest begin tomorrow, but reports predicting its impact are out now.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 05, 2007
Van Eck agri-ETF says 'MOO'

Van Eck Global launched the Market Vectors-Agribusiness ETF on the American Stock Exchange today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 04, 2007
NYC lags Greenwich in take-home pay

New York City houses the bulk of the investment banking industry, but it holds second place when it comes to weekly pay.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 04, 2007
ETFs edge up in August

ETF Insider's ETF 50 Index increased by 0.6% in August, following two consecutive months of declines.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 04, 2007
Nationwide rolls out enhanced VA

Nationwide Financial Services Inc. has kicked off enhancements to its Lifetime Income Rider.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 04, 2007
Fund firms beef up alternative offerings

PHILADELPHIA — Despite concerns from financial advisers, more mainstream mutual fund companies are spicing up their fund lineups with products that employ strategies long used by hedge funds.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2007
Industry supports NEXT in fight with SEC

NEW YORK — NEXT Financial Group Inc., which is in the middle of a scrap with the Securities and Exchange Commission over its use of confidential client information when recruiting representatives, is getting strong support in some corners of the independent-contractor brokerage industry.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 04, 2007
Big firms discover reverse mortgages

SAN FRANCISCO — After years of being heralded as the next big thing in banking, reverse mortgages have come into their own, morphing from a mom-and-pop industry to big business in just the last six months.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 04, 2007
Appetite for CDOs, other risky debt, up

NEW YORK — Recent market volatility is unlikely to curb investors’ appetite for collateralized debt obligations and other complex securitized-debt products despite the risks, wealth management executives said.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 04, 2007
Increase seen in use of collective trusts in DC plans

CHICAGO — The seemingly endless quest for cost-effective alternative investments has increased the interest in collective trusts among employee benefit plan sponsors and financial advisers, though concern about transparency remains a hurdle.