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NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 07, 2007
Wachovia wealth unit missed earnings-growth goal in ’06

SAN FRANCISCO — Wachovia Wealth Management missed the mark set by its parent company last year as earnings growth was dampened by investments and growth pains in that division.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2007
More firms look to India to fill research needs

NEW YORK — Following the lead of investment banks, money managers are turning to India to hire research analysts at a cheaper price.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 07, 2007
Rich are likely to snub insurers, experts say

NEW YORK — Insurers are launching marketing blitzes to win the investible assets of the wealthy, but many will fail because they don’t understand how rich people think, some consultants say.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2007
Will fears of a hollowing out save income trusts?

OTTAWA — Recent research indicates that those who fear a “hollowing out” of the Canadian economy through foreign takeovers of domestic companies (InvestmentNews, Nov. 6) may have good reason.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2007
Disputing the superiority of fundamental indexing

BOSTON — Fundamental indexing — touted as a “better mousetrap” alternative to capital-weighted market indexes — won’t necessarily catch more mice, according to Harvard professor Andre Perold.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2007
Volatility nearing the end of a three-year holiday

NEW YORK — Active managers that thrive on volatile markets soon may get their day in the sun. Recent data from Wilshire Associates Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., show just how long those managers have waited.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2007
China takes action to plug investment flood

NEW YORK — Chinese regulators have begun limiting the amount of money that asset managers can raise during a fund’s launch period, generally to about 10 billion renminbi ($1.3 billion).

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 07, 2007
As big Canadian listings slip, TSX turns to U.S.

OTTAWA — Richard Nesbitt, chief executive of TSX Group Inc., is touring 10 U.S. cities to try to drum up new listings for the Toronto Stock Exchange.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS MAY 04, 2007
Bradley keen on post B-D rule era

The end of the broker-dealer exemption rule will create a great opportunity for registered investment advisers to build out their firms, said J. Thomas Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional, speaking in Chicago today.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 03, 2007
Acquisitions drive Morningstar revenues

Morningstar Inc. a provider of independent investment research, today reported consolidated revenues of $95.4 million in the first quarter, a 36% increase from revenues of $70.1 million in the first quarter of 2006.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 03, 2007
Lehman appoints first head based in London

New York-based Lehman Brothers has appointed Roger Nagioff as global head of fixed income, based in London, according to published reports.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 03, 2007
Wachovia to bow retirement income account

Wachovia Securities LLC is launching a pilot version of a retirement income management account, Robert Vorlop, director of investment products, told attendees of the Money Management Institute's annual meeting in Washington.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 02, 2007
Dubai takes stake in HSBC

For the second time in as many months, a Mideastern investor has acquired what it called a “substantial” stake in British bank HSBC Holdings PLC, according to published reports.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 02, 2007
JPMorgan records shown on YouTube

JPMorgan Chase & Co is reviewing security protocols after a video posted online showed someone displaying documents found in trash cans containing customers' personal information, according to CNN.Money.com.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 02, 2007
Clients loyal to their advisers

Wealthy investors are less likely to be loyal to a brokerage firm than they are to an adviser with whom they have developed a strong relationship, according to a national study of 4,000 affluent Americans released today by Cambridge, Mass.-based market research firm Cogent Research LLC.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 02, 2007
Managers outsource research to India

Following the lead of investment banks, money managers are turning to India to hire research analysts at a cheaper price.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 02, 2007
Fast bucks proving elusive in real estate

For property owners, there is bad news and good news. The percentage of vacancies rose to 6.1% in the first quarter, a two year high, but the average monthly rent nationwide rose to $991 — a record, said Sam Chandan, chief economists for Reis Inc. in New York.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 02, 2007
Allianz reports jump in earnings

Allianz SE noted that first quarter profits grew a hefty 80%, but results were enhanced from the sale of shareholdings in Germany. Net income crested at 3.2 billion euros ($4.35 billion) from 1.78 billion euros in the same period a year ago, reported Bloomberg.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2007
GSAM announces fund-of-funds

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has introductioned two new fund-of-funds, the Goldman Sachs Income Strategies Portfolio (GXIAX) and the Goldman Sachs Satellite Strategies Portfolio (GXSAX), both of which will be managed by its by GSAM's Quantitative Strategies Group.

NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 01, 2007
Fidelity unveils three enhanced index funds

Fidelity Investments today announced the offering of three new enhanced index funds: Fidelity Large Cap Value Enhanced Index Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Core Enhanced Index Fund and Fidelity Large Cap Growth Enhanced Index Fund.