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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Alternatives managers are hot picks

The hunt for alternatives managers is greater than any other type of manager this year, according to a new survey of consultants' expected searches for 2008.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Fed rescue revives U.S. dollar

The dollar rose to 1.5341 per euro, the largest gain since March 12, and advanced to 100.04 yen per dollar in trading in Japan.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
A market ripe for convertibles

With stock market volatility on the rise, the time is right for financial advisers to consider convertibles for a place in client portfolios.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Staying on course

Index managers are holding steady despite the market downturn, according to a biannual survey of managers of indexed assets by InvestmentNews' sister publication Pensions & Investments.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Maintaining client confidence seen as key for advisers

With investor confidence in the global financial markets at a severe low point, driven even lower last week by the crumbling of Wall Street giant The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., planners are facing the challenge of how to maintain clients' confidence in the midst of the credit turmoil.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 24, 2008
Protecting yourself from the Street

We are as suspicious of public markets as we are of public toilets.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 20, 2008
Conference Board biz index down again

The index of leading indicators that gauges future business activity fell 0.3% in February, the fifth straight month of decline.

NEWS RIAS MAR 20, 2008
M&A for registered investment advisers slowing

Firms with less than $500 million in assets under management have been most affected, said David DeVoe, senior director of mergers and acquisitions for Schwab Institutional in San Francisco.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 19, 2008
REIT manager to pay $30 million

W.P. Carey & Co. was accused of selling more than $235 million of an affiliated REIT's shares without a registration statement.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 19, 2008
Morgan reports lower first quarter

The firm reported first-quarter net income of $1.5 billion, compared with $2.7 billion in the year-ago period.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 18, 2008
Produce prices rise for second-straight month

The index for finished goods other than foods and energy moved up 0.5 percent after a 0.4% increase in January.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 18, 2008
AIG to pay Pennsylvania $13.5 million

AIG will pay $13.5 million to settle an investigation involving its alleged sham reinsurance deal with General Re.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 18, 2008
Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers

Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brother's profit fell more than 50% in the first quarter but managed to beat Wall Street estimates.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 17, 2008
India lures U.S. money

As U.S. markets sink lower, money managers are busy capitalizing on India's booming economy.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 17, 2008
NPH, Conseco

National Planning Holdings Inc. posted strong results for 2007, while Conseco Inc. posted a write-down for the fourth quarter.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 17, 2008
Insurance for Fifi and Fido

Pets Best Insurance Services is bringing coverage to man's best friends through banks and employee benefit providers.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 17, 2008
New exchanges to the rescue?

Companies holding auction-rate securities have a new escape option: an emerging secondary market for trading the now-illiquid instruments.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 17, 2008
Correction

Due to a technical error, an old story about Robert R. Carter stepping down from his role as president of NFP Insurance Services Inc., ran in today's INDaily.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 17, 2008
WaMu's executive bonuses ignite backlash

Washington Mutual Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting April 15 will be no love fest.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 14, 2008
Jackson National’s earnings rise

Jackson National Life reported today a 14% earnings increase and $4.1 billion in revenue for 2007.