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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
TIAA-CREF stages 529 comeback

TIAA-CREF wants to be a contender in the Section 529 college savings plan business — again.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2007
Vanguard program draws hedge fund shares

Hedge fund shares fast are becoming an important source of new donations for the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2007
Multistrategy hedge funds dazzle investors

Despite being associated with one of the largest hedge fund implosions in recent memory, the multistrategy hedge fund model continues to represent the gold standard for much of the $1.2 trillion industry.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
The smallest 529 plan weighs consolidation

NEW YORK — The nation’s smallest Section 529 college savings plan — Tennessee’s BEST Savings Plan in Nashville, which has less than $40 million in assets and is managed by New York-based TIAA-CREF — soon may become the second state to transfer its 529 plan assets to a neighboring state.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
Court setbacks add to Ontario commission’s woes

OTTAWA — The Ontario Securities Commission is playing catch-up after a slew of embarrassing court decisions that have led to a spate of negative editorials and op-ed articles.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
NASD still tinkering with VA suitability rule

IRVINE, Calif. — NASD continues to tinker with a pending variable annuity suitability rule, making a fourth proposed change in almost two years.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
Firm aims to mold brokers into uber-reps

SAN FRANCISCO — In a world of broker-dealers that are out to poach financial advisers with large books of business, Scott Householder takes a different tack that feels like tough love to his representatives.

INVESTING ETFS APR 16, 2007
Sale of parent Mellon has Dreyfus in flux

With the acquisition of the parent company due to close in July, the future of the storied Dreyfus Corp. still is uncertain.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
Niche planners target low- to moderate-income market

NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom holds that it isn’t profitable to work with the low- to moderate-income market, but financial advisers across the country are developing business models that fly in the face of that supposed truism.

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 16, 2007
Morgan Stanley wins reps over

A year after taking over retail at Morgan Stanley — amid much skepticism — James Gorman has made believers out of most of the firm’s troops.