Site Map for March 2009

Date
Title
Mar 31, 2009

Consumer confidence stays steady in March

Mar 31, 2009

IRS offers Ponzi victims safe harbor

Mar 31, 2009

Advisers seek to skirt VA roadblocks

Mar 31, 2009

U.S. home-prices drop set records in January

Mar 31, 2009

Salvation for seniors seen in alternative investments

Mar 31, 2009

Gloomy forecast for foundation giving

Mar 31, 2009

Stocks rebound on last day of quarter

Mar 31, 2009

Take action with your retirement advisory board

Mar 31, 2009

European markets recover but G-20 worries persist

Mar 31, 2009

Euro zone inflation drops to record low

Mar 31, 2009

Barclays announces ‘preferred bidder’ for iShares unit

Mar 31, 2009

ARS suit against UBS dismissed

Mar 31, 2009

Employers flock to gov't funds to safeguard DC plans

Mar 31, 2009

Dependence on fuel stokes bad economy, Gore says

Mar 31, 2009

Slott to advisers: 'Get visible, get remembered'

Mar 30, 2009

Merrill socked with $39.8M arbitration ruling

Mar 30, 2009

Don’t bank on upbeat indicators, experts say

Mar 30, 2009

Bank stocks fall after Geithner's comments

Mar 30, 2009

Obama rejects GM, Chrysler restructuring plans

Mar 30, 2009

World markets off sharply in Monday trading

Mar 30, 2009

Mercer, Callan pull plug on merger

Mar 29, 2009

Outrage, yes; tax law, no

Mar 29, 2009

Auto-IRA plan isn't good in the long run, opponents say

Mar 29, 2009

More public plans make shift

Mar 29, 2009

Retirement product marketing tactic draws critics

Mar 29, 2009

Fidelity's Goldman retooling service

Mar 29, 2009

Reaction mixed as SEC shelves reform of 12(b)-1 fees

Mar 29, 2009

Market's plunge brings out the dividend investors

Mar 27, 2009

TD Ameritrade upgrades in bid to boost recruiting

Mar 27, 2009

More states see jobless rate top 10%

Mar 27, 2009

Swiss bankers bristle over international criticism

Mar 27, 2009

DWS to shutter three mutual funds

Mar 27, 2009

Fork over estimated tax now, and save

Mar 27, 2009

Consumer spending up 0.2% in February

Mar 27, 2009

Money fund regs not expected to exceed ICI guidelines

Mar 27, 2009

Analysis: Pendulum swings to financial restraints

Mar 27, 2009

Commercial banks take 4Q hit trading derivatives

Mar 27, 2009

Defrauded MBIA investors get $60 million

Mar 27, 2009

Adviser seeks Reserve refunds from New York AG

Mar 26, 2009

Mortgage rates drop to record low

Mar 26, 2009

Consumer watchdog agency proposed in House

Mar 26, 2009

U.S. jobless claims set new record

Mar 26, 2009

New tab for retirement health care: $240,000

Mar 26, 2009

Geithner unveils financial system overhaul

Mar 26, 2009

Economy shrinks at 6.3% annual rate

Mar 25, 2009

Fidelity reopens two funds, unveils one

Mar 25, 2009

February new US home sales rise unexpectedly

Mar 25, 2009

Mercer to offer DC admin services direct to advisers

Mar 25, 2009

Putnam stakes claim in 401(k) market

Mar 25, 2009

Managers become bullish on bonds

Mar 25, 2009

Obama tax proposal could hinder giving, charities fear

Mar 25, 2009

Bosses, workers starve DC plans

Mar 24, 2009

Fed and Treasury chief to get grilled on AIG

Mar 24, 2009

Alzheimer's patient costs 3X those of other seniors

Mar 24, 2009

Making the most of retirement advisory board meetings

Mar 24, 2009

Home prices post 6.3% annual decline in January

Mar 24, 2009

House wrestles with adviser conflicts of interest issues

Mar 23, 2009

Vanguard ups expense ratios for 29 funds

Mar 23, 2009

Hennessy adds large-caps to lineup

Mar 23, 2009

Treasury goal: $500B in toxic asset purchases

Mar 23, 2009

February existing home sales rise unexpectedly

Mar 23, 2009

Chamber of Commerce: No to auto-retirement plans

Mar 23, 2009

Administration seeks to free frozen credit markets

Mar 22, 2009

Is your advisory business salable?

Mar 22, 2009

Florida annuity proposal worries insurance industry

Mar 22, 2009

SEC should modify plan to contact clients

Mar 22, 2009

Advisers don't want iShares sold to a big competitor

Mar 20, 2009

Markets offer younger investors a great opportunity

Mar 20, 2009

Lawmakers consider tighter rules for credit card companies

Mar 20, 2009

SEC targets hedge funds for 'preferential redemptions'

Mar 20, 2009

State securities cops seek fed money to combat fraud

Mar 20, 2009

Janus paid chief $7M in '08

Mar 20, 2009

Hedge funds buying stocks again: Report

Mar 20, 2009

U.S. deficit to exceed $1.8 trillion this year

Mar 20, 2009

Internet Explorer 8; ING releases web offering

Mar 20, 2009

SEC charges ex-N.Y. fund CIO with fraud

Mar 20, 2009

AG coalition going after AIG bonuses

Mar 19, 2009

Vanguard says new global fund first of its kind

Mar 19, 2009

Madoff's foundation victims miss out on tax break

Mar 19, 2009

New jobless claims, at 646,000, below expectations

Mar 19, 2009

Younger boomers buying group LTC insurance

Mar 19, 2009

Variable annuity sales plunged 30% in 4Q

Mar 19, 2009

EU says new stimulus 'a deadly idea'

Mar 19, 2009

13 TARP recipients owe $220M-plus in back taxes

Mar 19, 2009

Bank brokerage sales fell 10% in 4Q

Mar 19, 2009

Survey: Asset growth came from consolidation

Mar 19, 2009

Madoff bled hedge funds too

Mar 19, 2009

Supreme Court to hear case on fund fees

Mar 18, 2009

Lawmakers seek taxes on pay for TARP receivers

Mar 18, 2009

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in February

Mar 18, 2009

$8,000 cash refund for some home buyers

Mar 18, 2009

Retirement assets plunged 25% in '08

Mar 18, 2009

Bail out construction, not banks: Survey

Mar 18, 2009

Fed to buy up to $300B long-term Treasury bonds

Mar 18, 2009

Industry group wants money fund safeguards

Mar 17, 2009

Sen. Grassley to AIG execs: Quit or commit suicide

Mar 17, 2009

Investor sues Prudential over 'misleading' note offering

Mar 17, 2009

E-Trade launches fixed-income tools

Mar 17, 2009

Angry investors target Reserve's reserves

Mar 17, 2009

Krugman calls EU stimulus 'disappointing'

Mar 17, 2009

Advised investors less aware of ETFs than self-directed peers

Mar 17, 2009

IRS allowing tax relief for some Madoff victims

Mar 17, 2009

Wealthy are gloomy but staying the course

Mar 17, 2009

Vanguard tops fund companies for '08 sales

Mar 17, 2009

Conseco delays SEC filing

Mar 17, 2009

New home construction up 22.2% in February

Mar 17, 2009

60% of DC plans unchanged since crisis began

Mar 17, 2009

Janus merges two retail fund lines

Mar 17, 2009

More layoffs expected at American Funds

Mar 17, 2009

Wholesale prices rise 0.1% in February

Mar 16, 2009

Obama unveils plan for small businesses

Mar 16, 2009

Developing a calendar for your retirement advisory board

Mar 16, 2009

Five Pimco funds redeem $225M of ARS

Mar 16, 2009

Federated launches three new funds

Mar 16, 2009

Homebuilders' confidence stays near historic lows

Mar 15, 2009

Custodial services for alternatives require hands-on approach

Mar 15, 2009

Time to embrace fiduciary standard

Mar 15, 2009

Advisers will triumph over disappointment

Mar 15, 2009

Model ETF portfolios get attention from Barclays

Mar 15, 2009

Investors seek 529 plans backed by FDIC

Mar 15, 2009

Feds crack down on advisers in Massachusetts

Mar 15, 2009

Happy Birthday, MITTX

Mar 15, 2009

No takers for Madoff

Mar 15, 2009

Automatic-IRA plan needs more work

Mar 15, 2009

Despite market rally, advisers remain skeptical

Mar 15, 2009

Big-name investors lose luster with some advisers

Mar 15, 2009

Advisers win reprieve in battle with Schwab

Mar 13, 2009

Bogle calls for fiduciary standards

Mar 13, 2009

State Street: ETF assets dropped in February

Mar 13, 2009

Putnam employees to work more hours

Mar 13, 2009

Stanford clients receive good news

Mar 13, 2009

Man ruined by Madoff sues adviser

Mar 13, 2009

Angelsoft.net, GlobalBroker

Mar 13, 2009

Systemic regulator seen as inevitable

Mar 13, 2009

Perkins reopens fund to new investors

Mar 13, 2009

National Advisors opens doors to alternatives

Mar 13, 2009

China worried about its U.S. debt holdings

Mar 13, 2009

Rallying world markets indicate higher U.S. open

Mar 13, 2009

U.S. trade deficit falls on import decline

Mar 13, 2009

Jon Stewart hammers 'Daily Show' guest Jim Cramer

Mar 13, 2009

Madoff appeals bail revocation

Mar 13, 2009

Five Pimco funds redeem $225M of ARS

Mar 13, 2009

Consumer confidence edges up in March

Mar 13, 2009

Swiss will adopt world standards on tax evasion

Mar 12, 2009

Oppenheimer recruiting brokers, advisers from Stanford Group

Mar 12, 2009

Mutual funds have net inflows of $44B in past two months

Mar 12, 2009

RIAs angry over SEC move to contact clients directly

Mar 12, 2009

Jefferson County, Ala., moves closer to default

Mar 12, 2009

Madoff pleads guilty to huge financial swindle

Mar 12, 2009

McLean Wealth Advisors unveils fee-based platform

Mar 12, 2009

Fed reports record fall in household net worth

Mar 12, 2009

LIMRA: LTC insurance sales tumble

Mar 12, 2009

Vanguard establishes human-rights investment policy

Mar 12, 2009

Schwab back pedals on alternatives ban

Mar 12, 2009

Fidelity to help advisers train employees

Mar 12, 2009

Stocks slip after economic data, GE rating cut

Mar 12, 2009

Putnam's Reynolds: Suspend mark-to market accounting

Mar 11, 2009

Obama urges allies to take stimulus action

Mar 11, 2009

Obama to sign massive spending bill

Mar 11, 2009

Official warns Congress not to force lending

Mar 11, 2009

Helmsley Trust ruling means less for dogs

Mar 11, 2009

U.S. Rep Ackerman seeks tax refunds for Madoff victims

Mar 11, 2009

Fidelity launches three new adviser funds

Mar 11, 2009

Some 97 insurers line up for accounting break

Mar 11, 2009

Broker charged with swindling $750K from elderly investors

Mar 11, 2009

Look out, Pimco: Raymond James may sue ARS issuers

Mar 11, 2009

Advisers got the joke about CNBC years ago

Mar 11, 2009

Ex-Goldman, Putnam managers to start hedge fund

Mar 10, 2009

Mutual fund death toll so far this year: 35

Mar 10, 2009

Foundation giving expected to drop this year

Mar 10, 2009

Fund of hedge funds world now 30% smaller

Mar 10, 2009

SEC to make sure investor/adviser accounts match

Mar 10, 2009

SEC zeroes in on The Reserve's B-D

Mar 10, 2009

TD Ameritrade to keep waiving money-fund fees

Mar 10, 2009

Report: SunTrust chief could see big payday

Mar 10, 2009

Regulatory overhaul needed: Bernanke

Mar 10, 2009

Pound the pavement, urges Schwab expert

Mar 10, 2009

Charitable contributions from IRAs

Mar 10, 2009

IAA calls for segregation of duties at advisory firms

Mar 10, 2009

Single-family home prices fell 18.9% in January

Mar 10, 2009

Blackstone's CEO: 'Keep away' from real estate

Mar 10, 2009

SIFMA: Replace 'fiduciary duty' with 'universal standard of care'

Mar 09, 2009

Survey: Buyers, sellers still disagree on home prices

Mar 09, 2009

'Buy high, sell low' compounded '08 pain

Mar 09, 2009

401(k) investors stayed the course in 2008

Mar 09, 2009

Stifel Financial plans 100% buyback of ARS

Mar 09, 2009

Get on Facebook, says Microsoft exec

Mar 09, 2009

Adviser invented $1B clients to lure investors

Mar 08, 2009

Climate proxies up

Mar 08, 2009

American Funds No. 1 in adviser inquiries

Mar 08, 2009

Lack of SEC enforcement called cuplrit in lax oversight

Mar 08, 2009

Obama's proposed budget poses challenges for advisers

Mar 08, 2009

Social investing on upswing, foundation manager says

Mar 08, 2009

Making most of excess capital losses

Mar 08, 2009

Gold's wild ride perplexes advisers

Mar 08, 2009

RIAs lash out at Schwab decision on alternatives

Mar 08, 2009

ICI chief favors fiduciary role for advisers

Mar 06, 2009

Advent unveils research management system

Mar 06, 2009

‘Reset’ Social Security and collect more

Mar 06, 2009

Middle-market execs see stability on the horizon

Mar 06, 2009

Ameriprise among bidders for AIG B-Ds

Mar 06, 2009

Mass. regulator moves on Madoff feeder fund

Mar 06, 2009

Fixed-annuities sales rose 60% in 2008

Mar 06, 2009

Fiserv snared in Madoff web

Mar 06, 2009

Phoenix Cos. overstated losses in 2008

Mar 06, 2009

Consumer borrowing rose in January

Mar 06, 2009

U.S. Rep Frank wants federal charter for life insurers

Mar 06, 2009

Top complaint for insurers? Delayed payments, report says

Mar 06, 2009

Jobless rate hits 8.1%; highest since '83

Mar 06, 2009

Finra creates Office of the Whistleblower

Mar 06, 2009

Captrust snags veteran adviser to open L.A. office

Mar 05, 2009

Fidelity says it posted record results in B-D lines

Mar 05, 2009

Life insurer Aviva lost $995M in 2008

Mar 05, 2009

Fidelity to launch series of low-cost target date funds

Mar 05, 2009

Corporate giving taking a hit, survey says

Mar 05, 2009

ETFs bust the mutual fund manager myth

Mar 05, 2009

Worker productivity fell at 0.4% rate in fourth quarter

Mar 05, 2009

GM auditors have 'substantial doubt' about its future

Mar 05, 2009

Confidence in White House up, in Wall Street down

Mar 05, 2009

Legg Mason takes $610M charge for SIVs

Mar 05, 2009

Top exec predicts record recruiting year

Mar 05, 2009

Stanford advisers sue SEC over frozen accounts

Mar 05, 2009

Unemployment claims unexpectedly drop to 639,000

Mar 05, 2009

SEC settles with 14 firms on trading charges

Mar 05, 2009

Wanted: Expert retirement advisers

Mar 04, 2009

TD Ameritrade acquisition's 4Q profit down 46%

Mar 04, 2009

Obama launches housing plan

Mar 04, 2009

Street spent $5 billion on influence, study says

Mar 04, 2009

Senate to grill UBS official

Mar 04, 2009

U.S. lost record 778,000 jobs in February

Mar 04, 2009

Obama tax plan may hurt philanthropy

Mar 04, 2009

Even the rich have the economy blues

Mar 04, 2009

M&A set to rise in pharma sector, analysts say

Mar 04, 2009

Report: Hartford in talks to sell life unit

Mar 04, 2009

Audit: Regulators saw red flags at First National

Mar 04, 2009

Old Mutual's earnings off 30%

Mar 04, 2009

Advisers see uptick in new assets: Survey

Mar 03, 2009

$138M in ND investments frozen by fraud case

Mar 03, 2009

Raymond James snags outsider to succeed CEO

Mar 03, 2009

Smith Barney ends exclusive Legg fund deal

Mar 03, 2009

Boston Fed President: Banks must dump toxic assets

Mar 03, 2009

Citi to lower some mortgage payments

Mar 03, 2009

Mutual fund industry calls for superregulator

Mar 03, 2009

Fed rolls out consumer credit program

Mar 03, 2009

Homes sales hit new low in January

Mar 03, 2009

Hedge funds 4Q outflow largest since ‘94

Mar 03, 2009

Economists say Dow drop means more recession

Mar 03, 2009

Justice Dept. chastises UBS chairman over IRS fraud probe

Mar 03, 2009

RIAs lash out at Schwab hedge fund decision

Mar 03, 2009

T. Rowe promotes two managers to new posts

Mar 03, 2009

At a glance: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Mar 03, 2009

Fitch’s plan to change muni ratings put on hold

Mar 03, 2009

Sen. Levin seeks to close tax-haven loophole

Mar 03, 2009

SIPC raises assessment fees on brokerage firms

Mar 02, 2009

The Dow drops below 7,000; lowest since '97

Mar 02, 2009

Judge clears two ex-Smith Barney brokers

Mar 02, 2009

Conseco posts 4Q loss of $406.8M

Mar 02, 2009

U.S. to provide another $30B to AIG after $61.7B loss

Mar 02, 2009

Stanford accounts to remain frozen

Mar 02, 2009

Hong Kong hot for investing

Mar 02, 2009

Harbor Funds launches global fund

Mar 02, 2009

Conducting employee rollover seminars

Mar 02, 2009

Investors bailing out of stock funds: Report

Mar 02, 2009

Ohio names 20 insurers receiving accounting breaks

Mar 02, 2009

Despite $30B lifeline, AIG’s credit outlook remains bleak

Mar 02, 2009

Mar 02, 2009

Manufacturing slump expected to continue

Mar 02, 2009

Dow futures down 125 on AIG loss

Mar 01, 2009

Two leading 529 plan groups join forces in Washington

Mar 01, 2009

Think twice before deducting IRA losses

Mar 01, 2009

Software program aims to simplify retirement account tax management

Mar 01, 2009

Delay retirement withdrawal age: ICI chief

Mar 01, 2009

Advisers sticking with equities, survey finds

Mar 01, 2009

Nationalization should be last resort

Mar 01, 2009

Investors angered by market losses

Mar 01, 2009

Asset managers may be too weak to lead recovery

Mar 01, 2009

NAVA marketing conference notebook

Mar 01, 2009

Following commodity trading advisers

Mar 01, 2009

Finra's VA suitability rule still sticks in B-Ds' craw

Mar 01, 2009

Advisers take on challenge of clients with Alzheimer's

Mar 01, 2009