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INVESTING ETFS FEB 12, 2007
Non-traditional indexes gaining ground in ETF world

PHILADELPHIA — When it comes to new indexes, those that eschew weightings based on market capitalization are all the rage.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 12, 2007
SEC backing off on B share cases?

Regulators are backing off their aggressive pursuit of B share cases. In the clearest indication yet that enforcers have changed their tune, the SEC late last month dropped a prominent B share case against former Prudential Securities Inc. broker Robert Ostrowski.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 12, 2007
Microsoft’s Vista hits advisers in their pocketbooks

SAN FRANCISCO — The biggest software company in the world may be forcing financial advisers to purchase expensive hardware in the wake of its recent upgrade.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 12, 2007
For fund investors, it pays to read the fine print

BOSTON — Just because the Enron Corp. and market-timing scandals have led to greater disclosure requirements doesn’t mean that some mutual fund companies aren’t still burying some doozies in their regulatory filings, according to Russel Kinnel, director of mutual fund research for Morningstar Inc.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 12, 2007
Cost basis reporting not as simple as it appears

WASHINGTON — Be careful what you wish for with regard to cost basis reporting, as it might cause a headache of colossal proportions.

NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 12, 2007
Wirehouses warm to fiduciary status

In an effort to prevent top brokers from bolting, wirehouses quietly are backing down from their tough stance against allowing advisers to act as fiduciaries to employee retirement plans.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 05, 2007
Putnam needs to show, not tell, advisers say

When it comes to Putnam Investments, it is the performance — not the parent — that matters, financial advisers say.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 05, 2007
Lawmaker changes horses on income stream comments

A congressman who raised eyebrows last month when he seemed to imply that annuities are the answer to the need for lifetime retirement income claims he was misunderstood.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 05, 2007
Many pessimistic about financial future, study shows

WASHINGTON — As Americans feel more stressed out over the erosion of corporate benefits and the solvency of social benefits programs, such traditional economic indicators as gross domestic product growth and household income are becoming less correlated to their perception of the economy’s well-being, according to a recently released study.

NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 05, 2007
Merrill pads its lead in race for assets

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. continues to lead the wirehouse race for net new client assets.