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WIREHOUSES APR 18, 2007
Knight Capital's profits plunge

Knight Capital Group Inc. posted a 35% drop in first-quarter profits on lower revenues and a loss from discontinued operations, falling short of analysts estimates.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 18, 2007
JPMorgan Chase books record profits

JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a 55% increase in quarterly earnings, energized by gains in its investment banking and asset management businesses.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 18, 2007
Morgan Stanley hires Asia investment boss

Morgan Stanley has hired Blair Pickerell as its managing director and head of investment management for Asia, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
Schwab profits rise 12%

Charles Schwab Corp. posted a 12% increase in net income for the first quarter, as new customers increased assets in client accounts.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
Wells Fargo sees 11% profit hike

Wells Fargo & Co. posted an 11% increase in first-quarter profit, resulting from growth in lending and a higher-net interest margin, which set off increasing credit losses.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
Mellon posts juicy first quarter

Mellon Financial Corp. reported a 22% increase in first-quarter profit after an acquisition helped boost its assets over the $1 trillion mark.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
State Street boasts profits hit highpoint

State Street Corp. posted an 11% increase in net income on stronger servicing and investment management fees, which boosted revenue to a record level.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
Wachovia adopts changes to board election

Wachovia Corp. shareholders have approved two proposals by the company's board that will affect how directors are elected and how often.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
TD Ameritrade takes 2Q fall

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. posted an 18% drop in second-quarter net income today, one year after the company recorded its largest one-time gain.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 17, 2007
Jefferies books record banking revenues

Jefferies Group Inc. announced record quarterly investment banking revenues, net revenues, net earnings, and earnings per share, according to a statement released today.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
IRS pending regulations seen as consolidating 403(b) market

The IRS plans to issue final regulations for 403(b) plans by the end of June, and the changes could result in industry consolidation, particularly in the K-12 marketplace, observers said.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 16, 2007
HSA advocates blast sex-bias conclusions

Proponents of health savings accounts and their mandatory high-deductible health insurance plans have come out swinging against a study concluding that the plans cost women about $1,000 more per year than men.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES APR 16, 2007
Smith Barney not for sale, executive says

Along with the layoffs and cost cutting unveiled last week by Citigroup Inc. came rumors that the company’s Smith Barney brokerage unit was destined for a spinoff.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 16, 2007
Adviser health insurance options exist

Most financial advisers wouldn’t expect to find health insurance in the same store where they buy lumber and fertilizer, but it turns out that the folks in orange aprons really can help with just about anything.

By Bloomberg
OPINION APR 16, 2007
Reporter’s ethical lapse sullies journalism

By ewilliams
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
The smallest 529 plan weighs consolidation

NEW YORK — The nation’s smallest Section 529 college savings plan — Tennessee’s BEST Savings Plan in Nashville, which has less than $40 million in assets and is managed by New York-based TIAA-CREF — soon may become the second state to transfer its 529 plan assets to a neighboring state.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2007
TIAA-CREF stages 529 comeback

TIAA-CREF wants to be a contender in the Section 529 college savings plan business — again.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
Fund group says rule review could have merit

The radical notion of abolishing mutual fund boards and allowing funds to set their own prices may be worth a second look, according to the head of a group representing independent fund directors for the $10.4 trillion fund industry.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
NASD still tinkering with VA suitability rule

IRVINE, Calif. — NASD continues to tinker with a pending variable annuity suitability rule, making a fourth proposed change in almost two years.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2007
Obama, Clinton call for investigation into LTC abuses

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are calling for investigations into alleged long-term-care-insurance abuses just as the government is set to release its latest survey, showing a 97% satisfaction rate among policy claimants.

By Bloomberg