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INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2008
Paulson Capital ends year in red

However, the Portland-based investment brokerage boasted a gain of 123% in total revenue.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2008
Index goes for gold

Dow Jones Indexes of New York continues to add components to its 2008 Summer Games Index, which measures the performance of the official partners, sponsors and suppliers of the 29th Olympic Summer Games in Beijing.

OPINION MAR 31, 2008
Updating the regulatory system

Judging by the thundering impact of the housing collapse, something is wrong with financial regulation.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 31, 2008
Insurers can't refuse coverage due to travel

NAIC has revised its rules to keep life insurers from refusing coverage based on customers’ future travel.

BROKER DEALERS MAR 31, 2008
National Planning Holdings unveils surprising pay plan

Last year, National Planning Corp. and its sister broker-dealers shocked the independent-contractor broker-dealer industry with its lucrative recruiting packages to independent representatives.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2008
Upromise hit with high-level shake-up

In a move that has stunned the Section 529 college savings plan business, James Fadule has left his position as president of industry powerhouse Upromise Investments Inc.

BROKER DEALERS MAR 31, 2008
Advanced Equities gears up to go public

Advanced Equities Financial Corp., a Chicago-based securities firm that has carved a niche of financing companies backed by venture capital firms, is preparing for an initial public offering.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2008
Risk management is key to distribution planning

Financial advisers and clients can be their own worst enemies when drafting plans for retirement income, making common — but crucial — errors that can ruin distribution plans, according to an influential academic.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2008
Barclays chooses MetLife as annuity provider

MetLife is bringing in its deferred income annuity as an asset allocation option in a defined contribution plan.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 28, 2008
Plosser to Fed: Tackle inflation or lose trust

Philly Fed president Charles Plosser was one of two voting members of the FOMC to oppose last week's cut in the Fed Funds rate.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 28, 2008
U.S. spending flatlined in February

U.S. consumption edged up by a scant $12 billion, a gain of only 0.1%.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 28, 2008
Insurer sues ex-chief executive

AIG has filed suit against ex-chief executive Maurice Greenberg and six other former directors and executives, accusing them of breaching fiduciary duty,

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 28, 2008
Confidence index may point to recession

March's reading of the Reuters/University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment was the worst since 1992.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 27, 2008
New York Life Insurance

The firm reported that its operating earnings jumped 17% to a record level of $1.28 billion for 2007.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 27, 2008
Gross national product unrevised

The U.S. economy grew at 0.6% annual rate in the first quarter, marking the slowest quarter since 2002.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 27, 2008
Man Group sees robust results for '07

The London hedge fund manager projects net management fee income to grow 15% from the year-ago period.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2008
Obama calls for more bank supervision

A "patchwork of regulators" are "unable or unwilling" to protect the American people, said Sen. Barack Obama.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2008
Vote on 401(k) fee disclosure likely

The bill is expected to pass the House by summer, but will not make it through the Senate, lawyer James Delaplane said.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2008
Clients want advisers, not stock pickers

Most advisers are clueless about important tax rules that impact individual retirement accounts, CPA Ed Slott said.

INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 26, 2008
Bleak economy stats drive markets down

Orders for durable goods were down 1.7% last month, after a 5.1% drop in January, according to the Department of Commerce.