Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 01/28/2010



Ivy League sees rise in total apps
The applicant pools at Ivy League schools are getting more competitive every year...

One Fee to Bind Them
Last fall, Deena Katz, she of Texas Tech and Evensky & Katz, flagged me down at the FPA National Conference and said, "You have to talk to Matt Lynch...

Commissioners ask for more transparency on investments
Asking for more transparency and concluding their communication problems lie with Treasurer Bernice Baker, Curry County commissioners seemed satisfied Wednesday with an explanation of investments during a lengthy study session...

Market Wire - HighTower Appoints Steve Hayden, of Ogilvy & Mather, to Board of Directors
January 25, 2010 -- HighTower, the first open-source, advisor-ownedfinancial services company serving high net worth clients, is pleased toannounce that Steve Hayden...

The Memphis Flyer's Sports Beat
Jaemi HUBO, a robot, sleeps at the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab, the headquarters for a five-year, $2.5 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation...

Market Wire - AdvisorShares Launches Monthly Portfolio Manager Commentaries; Announces Key New Hires to Support Its Growth
January 25, 2010 -- AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, an innovativeinvestment management firm designed to offer actively managed ETFs, isexcited to announce that it...

J.P. Turner Welcomes National Director of Training and Development
January 27, 2010 -- J.P. Turner & Company, LLC recently announced that Greg Mausz will serve as national director of training and development for their Institute for Advisor Growth...

Charleston Daily Mail - Business briefs
January 26, 2010 -- Manchin to speak at chamber breakfast Gov. Joe Manchin is among the confirmed speakers at the South Charleston Chamber of...

Puritan Life partners with Great American
Puritan Life Insurance Company has recently announced its appointment with Great American Insurance Group...

Puritan Life partners with John Hancock
Puritan Life Insurance Company has recently announced its appointment with the prestigious John Hancock Financial company...

Business Wire - New Ameriprise Financial Advertising Campaign Puts Advisors “More Within Reach”
January 25, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a25d0) MINNEAPOLIS -- Ameriprise financial advisors are ÃÂEURÂMore Within Reach.ÃÂEURÂ ThatÃÂEURÂ(TM)s what a...

Market Wire - Valuation and Strategic Consulting Specialist Joins Marks Paneth & Shron LLP's Litigation and Corporate Financial Advisory Services Group
January 25, 2010 -- Leading New York-area accounting firm MarksPaneth & Shron LLP (MP&S) announced today that Donald M. May, Ph.D.,CPA , 49, a valuation...

Evening Times; Glasgow (UK) - FINANCIAL INCLUSION ADVISOR
January 25, 2010 -- Money Matters Advice Centre, Glasgow We require an experienced adviser with a working knowledge of...

Our Cosmic Glue
In the 1930s it occurred to a bunchof researchers that the stars and planets should have been pulled apart by their own mass...

Brookfield's Reardon: Remarriages Require Unique Financial Planning
As we trudge our way through the heart of the winter season, many couples are thinking about more than just springtime and warmer weather...

Winthrop to induct 5 into Hall
Winthrop will induct five former student-athletes into the 2010 class of the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame...

Montclair debt a 'time bomb'?
Improvements to Clary Anderson Arena and other municipal buildings: $161,975. Buying and installing furniture for Montclair High School, and technology upgrades for all schools: $600,000. Refunding property taxes after successful tax appeals: $1.8 million...

CVC Hires Ex-BNY Mellon Director
Global private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners , has named Thomas Renyi as a senior advisor, CVC Capital Partners reports...

The Local Buzz: Parsons Corp. sponsors charity event
Parsons Corp., a Pasadena-based engineering construction firm, will serve as a gold sponsor of the Saadiyat Beach Classic, to be held today at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhabi...

Getting There
Over my roughly 300-year career observing the financial services world, I've discovered that the very best advice about succeeding in this business comes from people who have worked closely with hundreds of advisory firms...

Business Wire - WealthTouch Ignites Expansion With $11 Million in Capital
January 25, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a2dc0) - Investment responds to increased client demand and tremendous growth - DENVER --...

WCD Principal Serves on New Jersey Governor Christie's Transition Team
To facilitate a successful transition effort, Governor Christie staffed his transition teams with experts in their respective fields...

Business Wire - Overture Acquisition Corp. Announces Entry into Agreement with Victory Park
January 26, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966aab60) GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands -- Overture Acquisition Corp. (NYSE Amex: NLX) (ÃÂEURÂOvertureÃÂEURÂ) has...

Elena Panaritis Social Entrepreneur and Special Advisor to the Greek.
Elena Panaritis to speak at Stanford University, Claremont University, and San Francisco SAIS/INSEAD Alum event San Francisco, CA, January 28, 2010 -- -- The Events Prosperity Unbound: a formula for prosperity for the world's distressed January 26: Claremont University, Tuesday Talks...

Life Settlements: Technology and Service Providers
The life settlements industry will transact approximately US $13 billion annually from 2010 to 2013...

Daily Post; Liverpool (UK) - THEBUSINESSLIST
January 26, 2010 -- Tuesday, January 26 Ian Wilkinson, from J Montagu Financial Solutions, will talk about the importance that financial planning can have on the...

International Scholars React to Shen Yuna s Cancellation in Hong Kong
Bao Tong [top left], Chen Yongmiao [top right], Chin Heng-wei [bottom left], Jin Zhong [bottom right] A public outcry has erupted over the cancellation of Shen Yun Performing Arts' scheduled performances in Hong Kong...

Market Wire - Examiner Trade Surveillance Software Offers New Functionality to Securities Firms
January 25, 2010 -- Wolters Kluwer FinancialServices has added new functionality to its Examiner software to helpfinancial organizations comply with new personal...

ERHC Energy seeking a listing on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange
ERHC Energy Inc. , a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in the highly prospective Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, today announced that it has commenced the process of seeking a listing on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange...

FortuNet, Inc. Special Committee Recommends That Stockholders Tender Their Shares in Tender Offer
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27, 2010 -- FortuNet, Inc. today filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 announcing that the special committee of independent directors formed by its Board of Directors to consider the matter has unanimously determined to recommend, on behalf of the Company, that stockholders tender their shares of the ...



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