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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 26, 2008
Risk becoming Fund managers to focus on risk, balance sheets

Recent market volatility is forcing mutual fund managers to pay more attention to how much risk they are taking in their portfolios and to focus more on balance sheets.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 26, 2008
Wells Fargo launches socially conscious fund

Wells Fargo & Co. has made its first foray into socially conscious investing.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 24, 2008
PIABA to continue reform push

The plaintiff's bar will continue pushing for the elimination of industry arbitrators, said Brian Smiley, the new president of PIABA.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 24, 2008
Earnings drop for T. Rowe, Federated, Franklin

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. reported its first profit drop since 2003 today as weak credit conditions led to a steep decline in inflows.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 24, 2008
Jury finds that Unum defrauded U.S.

A Boston federal jury found that disability insurer Unum Group committed fraud against the United States in some of its disability cases.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 24, 2008
Treasury invests in several regional banks

The Department of the Treasury has begun to purchase stakes in several regional banks as the government aims to halt the freeze of the credit markets,

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 24, 2008
AIG might need more money

AIG has borrowed $90.3 billion from the federal government, surpassing its original $85 billion rescue loan.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 24, 2008
Sales of existing homes begin to rise

Home sales increased 5.5% last month from August and 1.4% from a year earlier to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.18 million units, according to the NAR.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH OCT 24, 2008
Schwab upgrades; TD Ameritrade offers deal

Charles Schwab has upgraded its online trading system, and TD Ameritrade Institutional is offering advisers preferred pricing for donor-advised funds

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 24, 2008
Democratic leaders angry with hedgers

Six Democratic House leaders who deal with financial services issues, including Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Friday expressed “outrage” over a news report that some hedge funds have tried to convince companies that service mortgages not to take advantage of legislation aimed at reducing foreclosures, because it would hurt their mortgage investments.