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NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 08, 2007
Citigroup's all about the green

Citigroup Inc. today announced that it will spend $50 billion over the 10 years to address global climate change, the largest such move ever by Wall Street firm.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 07, 2007
T. Rowe expands website for advisers

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2007
Funds slow pace of hiring legal, compliance staff

Mutual fund companies are starting to slow the pace at which they hire legal and compliance officers, according to several industry experts. With the mutual fund scandals receding into the past, such a trend was inevitable, they said.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 07, 2007
Foreign sales giving MetLife a boost

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer by assets, is reaping the benefits from its growing international business.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 07, 2007
INVEST buys PFIC Securities contracts

INVEST Financial Corp. of Tampa, Fla., this morning said it has acquired the contracts of nearly 400 bank-based registered representatives of PFIC Securities Corp. of Franklin, Tenn., a subsidiary of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. of Memphis.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 07, 2007
Liberty Mutual to acquire Ohio Casualty

Liberty Mutual Group in Boston today announced that it will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Ohio Casualty Corp. of Fairfield, Ohio for $2.7 billion in cash, or $44 per share.

RETIREMENT TAX MAY 07, 2007
Abolish AMT, says Baucus

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said this morning that he would like to abolish the alternative minimum tax, but failing that, he expects that legislation delaying its impact on middle-income taxpayers will be approved by Congress this year.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2007
Is quest for income old-fashioned alchemy or magic elixir?

BOSTON — The Charles Schwab Corp., T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and OppenheimerFunds Inc. are among firms exploring ways to add a guarantee to life cycle funds — providing investors with an income stream in retirement.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 07, 2007
Financial services companies open purse strings for top execs

Many top executives at large financial services companies saw a big jump in pay last year.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 07, 2007
RJ unit takes internal heat

Thomas James clearly is displeased with the growth at Raymond James Financial Services Inc.