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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 06, 2009
CLASS Act still alive in Senate

The debate over health care reform may be getting even more rancorous, but the Senate still aims to keep a provision that would create a government program for long-term care.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 06, 2009
Many of the firm's clients made their fortune in the investment world

While high-net-worth clients often tend to be more sophisticated than the average investor, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC claims that its clients are even more investment-savvy than the typical wealthy investor.

NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2009
Firm based in smaller market has eye on the wider world

In 1986, Thomas A. Muldowney was discouraged by what he was seeing in the financial services industry.

NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2009
New York asset manager a family firm in more ways than one

At 83, Robert B. Deans Jr. still comes into the office every day.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 06, 2009
Eliminating fear as a factor

In his 38 years in the business, I. Craig Hester has never seen clients as scared as they were during the market downturn.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
A deep bench: Each client is served by a team, typically of 3 advisers, and has access to partners

It's very rare that an investor gets the expertise of an entire financial planning team, but at Budros Ruhlin & Roe Inc., that's exactly what they get.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
Skewed IRA, 401(k) data present window for advisers

Government estimates about how much investors withdraw from their 401(k)s and IRAs are probably way off — maybe by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report published late last month by the Investment Company Institute.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 06, 2009
Avast, ye! Somali pirates create an exchange for stolen loot

Market forces work everywhere — even, it would seem, on the high seas.

NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2009
Firm's new leader has his sights set on new frontiers

Rolling out of the recession, Aspiriant LLC's newly chosen leader has set his sights on eastward expansion, turning the steering wheel away from sunny California and toward the Midwest.

NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
Joel Hirsh: In equities, big and boring is best

The next wave of equity opportunities lie in big, “boring” companies that have been largely overlooked in the current rally, according to hedge fund manager Joel Hirsh.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 06, 2009
John Sykes quits Gunn-Allen board

The sudden resignation last week of John Sykes, chairman of GunnAllen Holdings Inc., has raised questions about the future of the company and its broker-dealer, GunnAllen Financial Inc.

NEWS RIAS DEC 06, 2009
Serving the stewards is focus of firm with Christian clientele

Ronald Blue & Co. LLC and its chief executive, Russ Crosson, have put their faith in charity.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Upbeat U.S. jobs report gives world stocks big boost

Stocks surged in early trading Friday after the government said the nation's jobless rate dropped to 10 percent in November and far fewer jobs were lost.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Stock futures surge after jobs report

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Unemployment slips to 10%

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 04, 2009
SunLife president eyeing acquisitions in the U.S.

Acquiring a life insurance company in the United States is an option that Sun Life Financial Inc. is willing to entertain, Jon Boscia, president of the Canadian financial services firm, said today.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Geithner sees more bank TARP repayments soon

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said he expects the “vast number of banks” that borrowed money from the government during the financial crisis to repay the debt fairly soon, and expressed confidence that the economy is slowly reviving.

Top life insurance companies ranked by direct premiums
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Top life insurance companies ranked by direct premiums

Top 25 providers of variable annuities, ranked by assets
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Top 25 providers of variable annuities, ranked by assets

 

NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 04, 2009
Raymond James snags high-earning Merrill team

The five-person business, with about $520 million in assets, is setting up shop as an independent in Novi, Mich.