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By Philip E. HarrimanWhen you make yourself available to clients after the decisions are made, you assure them they made the right choices.
October 31, 2011
Liquidation Proceeding for MF Global Undertaken by SIPCThe Securities Investor Protection Corporation, which maintains a special reserve fund authorized by Congress to help investors at failed brokerage firms, announced today that it is initiating the liquidation of MF Global Inc., under the Securities Investor Protection Act.
October 31, 2011
Liquidation Proceeding for MF Global Undertaken by SIPCThe Securities Investor Protection Corporation, which maintains a special reserve fund authorized by Congress to help investors at failed brokerage firms, announced today that it is initiating the liquidation of MF Global Inc., under the Securities Investor Protection Act.
October 31, 2011
The Debt Fallout: How Social Security Went ‘Cash Negative’ Earlier Than Expected (Washington Post)Last year, as the recession raged on and unemployment rates held frighteningly steady, a struggling Social Security program went "cash negative" for the first time since the early 1980s.
October 31, 2011
The Debt Fallout: How Social Security Went ‘Cash Negative’ Earlier Than Expected (Washington Post)Last year, as the recession raged on and unemployment rates held frighteningly steady, a struggling Social Security program went "cash negative" for the first time since the early 1980s.
October 28, 2011
NAIC to Consider Initiative to Grow Financial Modeling SuiteNo determination has been made as of yet, but the NAIC no longer can rely on the rating agencies for structured security ratings, per Dodd- Frank, and suffers from a "lack of expertise to model these securities internally."
October 28, 2011
NAIC to Consider Initiative to Grow Financial Modeling SuiteNo determination has been made as of yet, but the NAIC no longer can rely on the rating agencies for structured security ratings, per Dodd- Frank, and suffers from a "lack of expertise to model these securities internally."
October 26, 2011
Security Benefit Teams Up with PershingThe EliteDesigns deferred variable annuity, to be distributed by Security Distributors, Inc., boasts 200 investment options for registered investment advisors and other fee-only advisors and their clients.