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AMVESCAP profits hike 27.1%
London-based AMVESCAP PLC reported that operating profit increased by 27.1% for the quarter to $237.2 million, from $186.6 million in the same quarter last year.
Vanguard to simplify account fees
The Vanguard Group Inc. today said it plans to simplify its account fees, and will also offer ways for investors to avoid them entirely.
CME books record revenues, profits
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. today reported a 32% hike in total revenues and a 42% increase in net income.
T. Rowe Price earnings up 22%
T. Rowe Price Group today announced that its first-quarter earnings rose 22% and that its assets under management reached a new record.
AMG beats Street expectations
Asset management firm Affiliated Managers Group Inc. said today that asset inflows and better performance from its funds lifted first-quarter profit by 4%.
Keep Merrill rule’s safeguards, say groups
Financial service professionals who provide portfolio management, asset allocation and financial advice should be regulated as investment advisers, six organizations said in a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox.
RBS trumps Barclays’ bid for ABN Amro
A group of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland today offered over $98 billion for ABN Amro, trumping the $90 billion offer by London-based Barclays PLC announced earlier in the week, according to published reports.
Waddell & Reed sees 16.7% profit boost
Mutual fund company Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. today reported that its first-quarter net income rose 16.7% and that assets under management reached $50 billion for the first time.
Morgan’s wealth group settles bias suit
Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group has announced it will pay at least $46 million to settle a class action filed by eight current and former female financial advisers and registered trainees.
Merrill to acquire stake in Japan bank
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. today announced that it will buy a nearly $3 billion stake in Resona Holdings Inc., Japan's fourth-largest bank, according to published reports.
Aflac first-quarter profits grow 10.9%
Aflac Inc.’s net income increased 10.9% in the first quarter, despite lagging sales in Japan, the Columbus, Ga.-based insurance company reported.
CBOE profits skyrocket
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc. reported a 251% increase in net income during the first quarter on stronger trading volume.
CME posts 42% first income net
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. posted a 42% increase in net income during the first quarter, as electronic trading volume grew sharply.
NPH posts record revenues
National Planning Holdings Inc., the nation’s seventh largest independent-contractor broker-dealer network, today posted record revenues of more than $135 million during the first quarter, an increase of 13.5% from the same time last year.
New UBS index predicts weather
UBS AG today launched a global warming index based on weather futures for 15 U.S. cities that is being traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Legg’s Hirschmann stepping down
Legg Mason Inc. today said James W. Hirschmann III has decided to relinquish his responsibilities as president and chief operating officer at the Baltimore-based money management firm.
JP Morgan Chase goes Hollywood
JP Morgan Chase & Co. said it has launched JPMorgan Entertainment Advisors to provide financial and strategic advice, services and products to clients in the entertainment and media businesses.
Some cheeseheads love HSAs
Health savings accounts are more than four times more popular with employers in a swath of Wisconsin than in the United States as a whole
North Dakota blazes a regulatory trail
NEW YORK — North Dakota last week became the first state to adopt a more stringent statute regulating life settlements, with special emphasis on stranger-originated life insurance.
Director jumps from UBS to JP Morgan
JP Morgan Chase & Co. has tapped Joe Jiampietro, a former UBS AG managing director in the financial institutions and governments team, making him the latest to leave the Zurich-based bank.
