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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2010
State of the Union boosts stock futures

Stock futures rose modestly Thursday, a day after President Barack Obama said the government should take new actions to bolster the economy and create jobs.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2010
European stocks slip but Wall Street pushes higher

European stock markets continued to trade lower Monday following steep losses in the U.S. at the end of last week. Wall Street, however, regained some ground at the open even as concerns lingered about President Barack Obama's plan to curb banks' risk-taking.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2010
Stock futures signal likely end to market tumble

European stock markets fell Monday as expectations for a rebound on Wall Street diminished amid ongoing concerns about President Barack Obama's plan to curb bank risk-taking.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2010
Bank of New York Mellon profit surges on asset management fees

Bank of New York Mellon says its fourth-quarter profit surged as asset and wealth management revenue offset lower interest income.

NEWS WIREHOUSES JAN 25, 2010
Asset management biz boosts JPMorgan's earnings

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it earned $3.28 billion in the last three months of 2009, extending a winning streak for big U.S. banks.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 25, 2010
Money manager and radio personality charged with foreign-currency fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order freezing the assets of a Minneapolis money manager and a nationally syndicated radio personality for allegedly operating a foreign-currency-trading scheme.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2010
Nationwide gives 200 reps more time to find new broker-dealers

Nationwide Financial Network, the sales and marketing arm of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., has pushed back by three months the previous deadline for 200 independent financial advisers to find new broker-dealers.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 24, 2010
SunAmerica Retirement Markets looks to pump up interest in VAs

SunAmerica Retirement Markets Inc., the AIG subsidiary, has released two new variable annuity riders — and the company vows to compete with rival carriers to grab advisers' attention.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 24, 2010
Life insurers join effort to help Haiti

Two major life insurers are providing disaster relief to Haiti by making donations to the earthquake-ravaged republic.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2010
BrightScope launches online 401(k) fee tool for advisers

BrightScope Inc., a provider of 401(k) plan ratings, last week introduced an online tool that provides investors and financial advisers with personalized data about how much they are paying in fees in retirement plans.

NEWS RIAS JAN 24, 2010
Roll-up rolls on as Focus buys interest in Bridgewater

Focus Financial Partners, armed with $50 million in new capital from private-equity backers, said last week that it has bought an interest in Bridgewater Wealth and Financial Management LLC.

NEWS RIAS JAN 24, 2010
Crisis probe provides theater but little light

The hearings of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission are off to a poor start, generating a whole lot of heat but not much light. If its chairman, Philip Angelides, and the other members of the commission don't

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 24, 2010
Amid flood of donor-fund assets for Haiti, a plea to stay the course

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2010
Investors can actually breathe again

To say merely that the world economy is much better than it was just 12 months ago would be to greatly understate how far we've come in stabilizing the global financial system.

Two complex managers latest to leave MSSB
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Two complex managers latest to leave MSSB

Pete Secret and Peter Ardolino join the growing list of complex managers who have exited the firm since its merger with Smith Barney

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2010
Edward Jones to hire 1,000 advisers this year

St. Louis-based brokerage firm says it is reaping the benefits from the national trend of financial advisers exiting bigger brokerages and bringing their clients with them

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Target date fund returns rebounded in 2009

Target-date funds in Ibbotson Associates' research universe returned an average of 27.1% in 2009, compared to a 30.8% loss in the previous year.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Jobless rate rose in 43 states last month

Unemployment rates rose in 43 states last month, the government said Friday, painting a bleak picture of the job market that illustrated nationwide data released two weeks ago.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2010
Santa Claus rally nicked, as stocks end day down

Stocks fluctuated in a narrow range Tuesday after reports on home prices and consumer confidence came in largely as expected, showing a gradual improvement in the economy.

NEWS RIAS JAN 22, 2010
UBS' topped-up recruiting package lags plans at MSSB, Merrill Lynch

UBS Wealth Management Americas is beefing up its recruiting package in the chase for elite financial advisers, but the deal falls short of those recently offered by two top rivals.