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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 25, 2010
The Hartford names new head of 401(k) business

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Sharon Ritchey head of retirement plans in its wealth management division, replacing Jamie Ohl.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 25, 2010
The Hartford names new president of wealth management

John C. Walters is being replaced by David N. Levenson, an executive vice president leading The Hartford's in-force domestic variable annuity business.

By Bloomberg
$$$ to be considered wealthy? Millionaires offer surprising answer
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 24, 2010
$$$ to be considered wealthy? Millionaires offer surprising answer

You'd think $3M or so in investible assets would make a person feel rich. Not so, say the well-off.

By John Goff
Trickle-down doesn't, as rich don't spend tax savings: Moody's
RIAS AUG 24, 2010
Trickle-down doesn't, as rich don't spend tax savings: Moody's

Wealthy pocket savings, research finds; stock market biggest factor in affluent's spending habits

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 24, 2010
Conn. insurance cop questions report about retained-asset accounts

Connecticut's insurance regulator yesterday shot back at critics of insurers' use of so-called retained asset accounts.

By Darla Mercado
John Hancock adds a 'to' to its 'through' TDFs
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2010
John Hancock adds a 'to' to its 'through' TDFs

In an apparent first for the retirement industry, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services is now offering 401(k) participants a choice between target date funds that plan for investments “to” retirement and “through” retirement.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2010
Wilmington Trust suffers wider-than-expected 2Q loss

Wilmington Trust Corp. reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss of $116 million, or $1.33 a share, thanks largely to souring construction loans that continue to plague the regional bank.

By Hilary Johnson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 22, 2010
NY Life tops 2Q list of fixed-annuities sellers

New York Life Insurance Co. was the top seller of fixed annuities during the second quarter, with $1.74 billion, according to Beacon Research Publication Inc.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2010
Why the world needs the uber-wealthy

My colleagues in the business press lavish an extraordinary amount of space on the world's richest people,which is altogether fitting and proper, considering how much they can teach us about the important matters of life.

By Bloomberg
Citi continues to purge U.S. Trust advisers
RIAS AUG 18, 2010
Citi continues to purge U.S. Trust advisers

Citi Private Bank, the private-banking unit of Citigroup Inc., continues its aggressive recruiting from U.S. Trust and has now lured a total of 10 bankers from the Bank of America unit since the end of April.

By Hilary Johnson
RIAS AUG 18, 2010
U.S. Trust, Atlantic Trust ramp up recruiting

U.S. Trust Corp., the private banking unit of Bank of America Corp., has hired five senior-level wealth management experts as part of the firm's bid to hire more than 200 advisers and bankers this year.

By Hilary Johnson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 17, 2010
Adviser groups opposed to exempting indexed annuities from SEC oversight

Groups argue the Harkin amendment would undermine the goal of strengthening the standard of care for investors.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2010
Special report: The top SMAs

The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year.

By Mark Bruno
TAX AUG 16, 2010
Where will the needle land on the estate tax?

There is plenty of uncertainty surrounding the estate tax. The only sure thing is that Congress will punt the issue to next month — or perhaps beyond the fall elections. Nevertheless, a rough picture of what will happen is starting to emerge.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
TAX AUG 16, 2010
More wealthy migrate south to avoid tax hikes

For years, wealthy retirees from high-tax states in the Northeast and Midwest have been streaming to sunny, low-tax Florida. That stream is now turning into a flood.

By Hilary Johnson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 16, 2010
Bank channel sales plump Pru's VA sales

Annuity sales skyrocketed during the second quarter at Prudential Financial Inc., thanks to a push to expand distribution relationships in the bank and wirehouse channels.

By Darla Mercado
TAX AUG 16, 2010
Estate tax issue raised by death of Steinbrenner

By Lisa Shidler
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2010
Why Warren Buffett could lose $8B

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, may have to set aside $8 billion in collateral for derivatives under proposed changes to U.S. financial regulations, a Barclays Capital analyst said.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 16, 2010
MetLife top seller of annuities in 2009

MetLife stays at the top, with Prudential and TIAA-CREF right behind

By Darla Mercado
Buffett's annual letter no longer special delivery
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 16, 2010
Buffett's annual letter no longer special delivery

The oracle's yearly note to Berkshire-Hathaway shareholders was once a big event in investor circles. Now, it's lost its luster. Blame familiarity.

By Associated Press