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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 04, 2007
How the PGA jumped into a huge retirement pool

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Thanks to the largesse of the FedEx Cup, the best retirement plan in sports just got better.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 30, 2007
Ex-AXA rep indicted for fraud

Gordon Robert Moore was indicted by a Colorado grand jury on 45 counts of theft, securities fraud and forgery.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 29, 2007
FINRA eyes MSC for VA oversight

MSC is the subject of a complaint by FINRA concerning the firm's allegedly shoddy VA bookkeeping.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2007
NEXT may face cease-and-desist order

The SEC alleges that the firm violated Regulation S-P while it recruited registered representatives.

NEWS WIREHOUSES AUG 28, 2007
Albert Lee to head Merrill's Taiwan office

In the newly created position, Mr. Lee will be responsible for expanding the investment bank's business in Taiwan.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 28, 2007
Penson tagged with $15M arbitration claim

The claim centers on investments in Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, or CMOs.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 27, 2007
New York Life unit recruits treasurer

New York Life Insurance Co. has named Steven Lash as senior vice president of the corporate finance department and Richard Witterschein as the company’s new first vice president and treasurer of the department.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2007
Indie firms seek guidance on client information

Regulators continue to leave independent- contractor broker-dealers in the lurch over the tricky issue of how brokers can use clients’ private information when moving accounts to a new firm.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Rep production figures called misleading

In the race to show the highest-producing sales forces, brokerage firms may be goosing the numbers.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Inflation-protected-bond funds lead the pack

Inflation appears to be contained, but that hasn’t stopped inflation-protected-bond funds from outperforming.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Estate planning for gays is still tricky

NEW YORK — Despite the strides gay couples have made to have their relationships recognized by the courts, estate planning remains more complicated for them.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a new lease — and view — on life

NEW YORK — Gulf Coast financial advisers are standing on higher ground two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated that region.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2007
Bear Stearns Broker-Dealer Services focuses on hiring

NEW YORK — After completing an overhaul of its top management late last year, Bear Stearns’ clearing and custody unit continues to hire new executives — some of whom are being recruited from top rivals.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 27, 2007
Use of income annuities in retirement gets a plug

CHICAGO — While income annuities are the most cost-effective way to provide income at retirement, investors are reluctant to purchase them, according to a new study.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
LDI approach touted for target date funds

NEW YORK — Target date funds should take a liability-driven investing approach, protecting them from the bumps and grinds of equity markets, officials at Pacific Investment Management Co. contend.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2007
Restricted-securities firm forms matchmaker unit for private transactions

NEW YORK — A company that specializes in the sale of restricted securities and other illiquid positions has formed a group to help owners of minority stakes in small to midsize companies sell their shares in private transactions.

NEWS WIREHOUSES AUG 27, 2007
TD-E*Trade merger chatter continues unabated

The jolts that TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. experienced during 18 months of integration following the 2006 merger of TD Waterhouse Group Inc. and Ameritrade Holding Corp. have not dulled its appetite for more deals, according to chairman and chief executive Joe Moglia.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2007
Workers to bosses: chip in on planning

Workers know they have to save for retirement, but they’re lost without financial planning, a study found.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 23, 2007
NGA urged to back Nat'l Insurance Act

Two insurance associations want the NGA to support legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance regulation.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 20, 2007
Subprime fallout breeds new kind of ‘vulture’ fund

Money managers are finding a bevy of opportunities in the subprime-mortgage fallout.