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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Restricted-securities firm forms matchmaker unit for private transactions

NEW YORK — A company that specializes in the sale of restricted securities and other illiquid positions has formed a group to help owners of minority stakes in small to midsize companies sell their shares in private transactions.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a new lease — and view — on life

NEW YORK — Gulf Coast financial advisers are standing on higher ground two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated that region.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2007
Bear Stearns Broker-Dealer Services focuses on hiring

NEW YORK — After completing an overhaul of its top management late last year, Bear Stearns’ clearing and custody unit continues to hire new executives — some of whom are being recruited from top rivals.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
LDI approach touted for target date funds

NEW YORK — Target date funds should take a liability-driven investing approach, protecting them from the bumps and grinds of equity markets, officials at Pacific Investment Management Co. contend.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 24, 2007
Blackstone bewails proposed tax boost

Blackstone Group claims its yearly tax tab would increase by $525 million under legislation proposed in the Senate.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME AUG 24, 2007
Gross: Crisis needs ‘Rooseveltian’ response

Bond fund manager Bill Gross said the subprime-mortgage crisis merits a swift federal response.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME AUG 24, 2007
Pimco's Gross is buying bank bonds

The founder and managing director of Pacific Investment Management Co. is buying debt of investment banks.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 23, 2007
Troubled Goldman fund on upswing

Goldman Sachs's Global Equity Opportunities hedge fund gained 12% last week after the firm injected it with $3 billion in cash.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2007
Workers to bosses: chip in on planning

Workers know they have to save for retirement, but they’re lost without financial planning, a study found.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 23, 2007
NGA urged to back Nat'l Insurance Act

Two insurance associations want the NGA to support legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance regulation.