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How to play the new volatility
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 13, 2010
How to play the new volatility

There's a rollercoaster on Wall Street right now. And it's making retail investors and financial advisers downright queasy. But to one money manager, short-term stock market volatility represents pure opportunity.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 13, 2010
Wall Street bigs asked to sign off on fiduciary duty

The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard takes a different tack in its bid to eliminate the broker-dealer exclusion

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Latest fascination for hedgies? Mutual funds

The prospect of tough new regulations in Europe has hedge funds hopping on the 'Ucits' bandwagon. But questions about liquidity, custody dog these collective-investment vehicles

Shareholders refuse to put nail in golden coffin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2010
Shareholders refuse to put nail in golden coffin

17 of Fortune 100 companies provide death benefits for heirs of top execs. Omnicom stockowners are just the latest to vote down a 'pay-for-no-pulse' proposal

Roubini: U.S. likely target for 'bond vigilantes'
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Roubini: U.S. likely target for 'bond vigilantes'

Dr. Doom says bond traders may start unloading government paper -- and, in turn, drive the price of borrowing up

When will the job picture improve? Stiglitz offers bleak prediction
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
When will the job picture improve? Stiglitz offers bleak prediction

With the dollar losing the 'negative beauty show' to the euro, the Nobel laureate doesn't see the job picture improving until the middle of the decade

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Tale of the tape

Note to independent advisers: It's time to measure yourselves against a bigger stick.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 12, 2010
Forget Conseco – now it's CNO Financial

Financial services company with troubled past changes corporate name; 'new beginning'

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Goldman rivals: SEC hasn't queried us on CDO deals

The Securities and Exchange Commission hasn't contacted Citigroup Inc. or Morgan Stanley about their sales of collateralized debt obligations or other securitized vehicles in the wake of its charges that The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. engaged in fraud in the sale of such securities, according to executives at the two firms.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Smith Barney deal helps boost Morgan Stanley earnings

Morgan Stanley, in its first profit report under Chief Executive Officer James Gorman, posted earnings that beat analysts' estimates as fixed-income trading revenue more than doubled from a year earlier.

Investment upset: College kids dunk on the pros
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Investment upset: College kids dunk on the pros

In 2008, the S&amp;P 500 fell 37%. University endowments fared somewhat better, losing 18.7% of their value. Student-managed assets, on the other hand, shrank by a mere 16.2%, according to <i>InvestmentNews</i> research.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 12, 2010
Krawcheck snags ex-Smith Barney top exec

Bank of America Corp. announced today that Kunal Kamlani has been named head of global investment solutions, reporting to his former colleague at Citigroup, Sallie Krawcheck, president of global wealth and investment management.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 12, 2010
Charles Goldman to leave Fidelity

Charles Goldman, who one year ago joined Fidelity Investments to run its RIA custody, correspondent clearing and family office businesses, is leaving the firm.

Wall Street soars on $1T rescue plan for Europe
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Wall Street soars on $1T rescue plan for Europe

Stocks are surging after European leaders agreed to a nearly $1 trillion rescue plan to avoid a major debt crisis and the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would also provide loans overseas.

JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly: The forces of stability and chaos
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly: The forces of stability and chaos

In theory, it's quite simple.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Natalie Choate's tips — and traps — for IRA conversions

Natalie Choate, a retirement planning expert with Nutter McClennen &amp; Fish LLP, talks with Morningstar's Christine Benz at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit about four factors that favor conversion, and includes some pitfalls to avoid when doing and IRA conversion.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Advisers scramble to calm clients after market suffers big drop

Thursday's stock market whipsaw sent many financial advisers into client management mode &#8212; fielding calls and sending out soothing e-mails as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly tested a record 1,000-point drop.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Sparked by a trading error, volatility returns

The stampede to the exits on Thursday illustrated to financial advisers and market strategists just how skittish investors have become, and especially how frightened they are about the instability of the European economy.

Stock pickers: Price plunge makes for buying opportunity
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 11, 2010
Stock pickers: Price plunge makes for buying opportunity

With corporate earnings improving -- and share prices way down -- P/e ratios suddenly look more attractive

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Advisers: How to talk to clients about elder care

Elder Care issues can create one of the most stressful situations of your clients' lives.