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NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 08, 2007
A.G. Edwards reps await retention package

Wachovia Corp. is putting the finishing touches on its retention package for brokers with A.G. Edwards.

By Bloomberg
NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUN 08, 2007
TD challenged again by hedge funds

Two hedge funds have sent a second letter to TD Ameritrade, challenging the company’s refusal to merge.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 08, 2007
AIG's Wilmington settles with OTS

One of AIG's subprime units settled with the Office of Thrift Supervision over inappropriate loans to some borrowers and excessive fees.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 07, 2007
Citigroup settles with NASD for $15.2M

Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay $15.2 million to settle claims with NASD that its brokers misled employees of BellSouth Corp.

By Bloomberg
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 07, 2007
Galvin targets unregistered B-D

A Massachusetts man and his company have been charged with operating as an unregistered broker-dealer and soliciting investors for companies he represented.

By Bloomberg
NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUN 06, 2007
Hedge funds urge TD to merge

Two hedge funds are pressuring TD Ameritrade to sell out to E*TRADE or Schwab, according to press reports.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 06, 2007
Morgan Stanley cuts Discover loose

Morgan Stanley’s board of directors has approved the spin-off of Discover Financial Services.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 06, 2007
Prudential closes research operations

Prudential Financial today announced that it would close its equity research and trading business, with a loss of some 420 jobs.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 06, 2007
MetLife appoints SVP

MetLife Inc.'s Investors Group has promoted Elizabeth M. Forget to senior vice president, the insurer said today.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 05, 2007
Goldman Sachs VP joins Chicago Merc

Scot Warren was appointed managing director for equity indexes at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, according to a statement from the exchange.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 05, 2007
Top Merrill economist quits

Jesper Koll, an economist for Merrill Lynch based in Japan, has resigned from his post, published reports said.

By Bloomberg
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 05, 2007
Bear and Saudi execs join forces

Bear Stearns has joined with a group of Saudi Arabian executives to provide investment products that comply with Islamic law.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUN 05, 2007
Wealthy hold few assets in indexed funds

Wealthy investors who use registered investment advisers are only indexing 3.8% of their marketable securities.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 04, 2007
Great-West CFO explains Putnam buy

Great-West Life bought Boston-based Putnam Investments to obtain "instant recognition" in the U.S. market.

By Bloomberg
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 04, 2007
Use of insurance for M&A deals growing

The fear of mergers-and-acquisition agreements’ going sour increasingly is being eased by insurance, according to industry experts.

By Bloomberg
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 04, 2007
A.G. Edwards brokers mull life after acquisition

Bracing for change, registered representatives at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. last week met the news that they are being acquired by Wachovia Corp. with a range of opinions.

By Bloomberg
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 04, 2007
Indie firms sweeten deals for recruits

Faced with intense competition for financial advisers and growing transition costs, an increasing number of independent-contractor broker-dealers over the past year have boosted the amount of money they give to representatives and advisers to switch firms.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 04, 2007
Check out this tabloid tale

The son of former National Enquirer owner Generoso Pope Jr. is fighting his mother in a battle that has all of the makings of a story that the elder Mr. Pope might have splashed over the cover of his lurid supermarket tabloid.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS JUN 04, 2007
Fidelity CEO eases requirements for adviser biz’s profit margins

Edward C. “Ned” Johnson III has given the adviser services business at Fidelity Investments approval to loosen temporarily constraints on its profit margins in a bid to gain market share among advisers.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 04, 2007
Canada will allow deductions for foreign acquisitions

OTTAWA — A funny thing happened on the way to a “hollowed out” corporate Canada. Instead of foreigners’ taking over Canadian companies and moving top jobs and decision making offshore (InvestmentNews, March 26), Canadian companies are acquiring foreign companies in record numbers.

By Bloomberg