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A Free Market Program: From the CFTC's Chair to the ABA's Ears
By Staff WriterKEY WEST, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--The acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave the keynote address at a Feb. 4 meeting of the American Bar Association's committee on the regulation of futures. She outlined the principles that guide her discharge of her duties and the tasks that lie ahead, both...
February 04, 2005
A Gathering Storm: The Market-Driven Unbundling of EquityThe head of contracts for difference at IG Markets Ltd. agrees with some of the U.K. regulators' concerns about the effects of the dramatic spread of CFDs in recent years.
February 03, 2005
UnumProvident Sticks To Pricing StrategyA Chattanooga, Tenn., insurer turned its performance around in the fourth quarter of 2004 despite a drop in new product sales.[@@]The insurer, UnumProvident Corp., ...
January 27, 2005
Exchange-Traded Fund Assets Rose in December: ICIJan. 25, 2005 -- The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose to $226.2 billion at the end of December from $211.7 billion at the end of November, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI). ETF assets totaled $151.0 billion at the end of 2003. The number of...
January 13, 2005
Illinois Benefits Firm Changes NameNU Online News Service, Jan. 13, 2005, 5:20 p.m. ESTElenz & Associates, Palatine, Ill., has changed its name to Benefits Age.[@@]The firm, which has ...
January 07, 2005
Administaff Forecasts Employment GrowthNU Online News Service, Jan. 7, 2005, 3:12 p.m. ESTThe job market at small and midsize employers might be improving.[@@]Researchers at Administaff Inc., Houston, ...
December 29, 2004
Create Your Own Brand To Prosper In 2005 And BeyondCreate Your Own Brand To Prosper In 2005 And BeyondBy Wilma G. AndersonGetting recognition is tougher than ever. Besides the hundreds of other advisors in ...
December 20, 2004
Exchange-Traded Fund Assets Jumped in November: ICIDec. 17, 2004 -- The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose to $211.7 billion at the end of November, from $190.5 billion at the end of October, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI). ETF assets totaled $151.0 billion at the end of December 2003. The number...