Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 06/18/2010

Business Wire - As Financial Crisis Helps Forge Stronger Links with Clients, Advisors and Boomers Agree Protecting Assets Ranks Ahead of Market Gains, MetLife Research Finds
June 16, 2010 -- Over 1,000 financial advisors polled on the impact of the financial crisis on Baby Boom generation.

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PC Is Dead? Think Twice: A 20% Growth in 2010?
Ever since I started to work asA a technology A journalist, I've been hearing about "the death of the PC" , and every time, the PC market has had a "foe" that will rain destruction on the PC market...

Business Wire - Brewer Financial Services Expands Advisor Network, Adding $100 Million in AUM
June 16, 2010 -- HASH(0x1f45ab0)

Brewer Now Represented in 27 Offices Nationwide CHICAGO...

Manufacturing Close - Up - Blue Sphere Corp. Set to be Listed on Standard & Poor's Market
June 15, 2010 -- Blue Sphere Corp., a company in the Cleantech sector as an Emission Reduction project integrator, announced that its company information will...

Sergei Fedorov's foreclosure problems tied to financial advisor
Former Red Wings forward Sergei Fedorov faces foreclosures on three homes, including two in Bloomfield Hills, MI , and these foreclosures appear related to the man who Fedorov's suing for $60 million, Joseph Zada...

Business Wire - Hatteras Funds Opening New York Office
June 16, 2010 -- Hatteras Funds Opening New York Office RALEIGH, N.C. & NEW YORK -- Hatteras Funds, a leading provider of unique alternative...

Aon Benfield Identifies Mega-Earthquake Hotspots
Source: CPI Financial Wordcount: unknown Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has launched a report titled, ' When The Earth Moves: Mega-Earthquakes To Come? ' in conjunction with the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre...

Cambridge Eyes Launch of Social Media Supervision Tool
Just as it is inconceivable to think an advisor would not have an email address as a source of contact, we are likely nearing the day - probably sooner rather than later - when we can't imagine an advisor not having a presence on one of the main social networking platforms...

Market Wire - New Island Recieves Unsolicited Takeover Bid From Anaconda Mining and Engages Financial and Legal Advisors
June 16, 2010 -- New Island Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NIS) ("New Island") reports that on June 11, 2010, Anaconda Mining Inc....

Most Clients Have Yet To Hear From Advisors About Roth Conversions
Over the past year, it has been nearly impossible to read the financial press without stumbling upon a story about the new liberalized Roth IRA conversion rules that went into effect in January...

First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Portfolio Manager Update Call for .
First Trust Advisors L.P. announced today that First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund intends to host a conference call with Chartwell Investment Partners, L.P. , the Fund's investment sub-advisor, on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at 4:15 P.M. Eastern Time...

M&S customer advisor Grace McGaw of Handbridge prepares to deploy to Afghanistan with the TA
A CHESTER Territorial Army soldier is training for a specialist task in Afghanistan...

Elderly couple targeted by timeshare fraud
CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ***************************** Fraud alert - Timeshare resale scam The Sault Ste...

Fiduciary requirement in Wall St reform draws fire
Proposals to curb abusive securities sales have drawn fire from companies who say new rules would add steep costs to their retirement and 401 savings plans...

WACS board approves reductions
WESTFIELD For Mark Sissel, it was one of the worse experiences of his career. While the Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education was devising its 2010-11 budget, Sissel, the district's superintendent, knew cuts could be made to the school's staff and programs...

Business Wire - Alexandra (Alex) Mores Forms Advisory Financial Group
June 16, 2010 -- Experienced industry professionals form Advisory Financial Group led by Alex Mores. Launched with an impressive list of loyal clients and former...

Harmonix riffs on Rock Band 3 features
Harmonix and MTV have started the hype machine for Rock Band 3 , the latest edition of their music-based rhythm game, promising an array of new features along with compatibility with fans' existing instruments -- just in case anyone has already bought into previous Rock Band titles...

Business Wire - Advisors Named in Mediacom Communications Going-Private Proposal
June 17, 2010 -- Advisors Named in Mediacom Communications Going-Private Proposal MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. -- MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (Nasdaq:...

Xinhua News Agency - CEIS - IMF advisor calls for Europe-China cooperation in reforming int'l
June 16, 2010 -- IMF advisor calls for Europe-China cooperation in reforming int'l market PARIS, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The special adviser to IMF...

Oil Sands Sector Fund Declares Quarterly Distribution
The quarterly distribution is payable on or before July 15, 2010 to unitholders of record on June 30, 2010...

Pacholder High Yield Fund Announces Monthly Distribution
The Pacholder High Yield Fund, Inc. declared a regular monthly distribution of $0.060 per common share for the month ending June 30, 2010...

Market Wire - Individuals with Financial Plans Feel Better Prepared to Deal with Difficult Economic Times; Feel More Apt to Achieve Life Goals
June 16, 2010 -- Canadians who have engaged in comprehensive, integrated financial planning are significantly more optimistic about their personal wellbeing as...

Big Spring ISD Bond Construction Planning Update 6/18/10
Greg Sherman CBS 7 News June 18, 2010 BIG SPRING, TEXAS - It's been more than a month since Big Spring voters said yes to a $60 million DOLLAR bond to essentially rebuild the school district and leaders are continuing their plans and getting ready to issue bonds...

The Product Guru: The Skinny on Target Date Fund Reform
We think the Securities and Exchange Commission is a fan of this column. A few weeks ago, when writing about the hullabaloo over target-date funds, I wrote that your clients would want to know why there is suddenly a controversy "over the definition of target ...

New Fund Name and New Index Take Effect for First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund , an exchange-traded index fund and a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund , announces, effective following the close of trading today, that the name of the Fund has changed to First Trust Strategic Value Index Fund and the new index for the Fund is Credit Suisse U.S. Value Index, Powered by HOLTa ...

Belated a oeBook Reporta on Lessons from the Naval War College
A month ago I participated in a conference of mostly military officials and national security experts-I was probably the "oddest bird" there-at the Naval War College in Newport, RI.A The title and focus of the conference was "Economics and Security: Resourcing National Priorities."A I had planned on writing about some of the things I learned much ...

Manufacturing Close - Up - King Consolidated Names J. Robert Ransone as EVP/COO
June 15, 2010 -- King Consolidated, Inc., a privately-held Dallas based sponsor of investment grade oil and gas portfolios, announced that J. Robert Ransone...

Albemarle High School principal orders student newspapers destroyed
Destruction of an edition of Albemarle High School newspaper The Revolution is being called one of the "silliest" censorship cases in years and a clear violation of the First Amendment...

Flaherty launches payment task force
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a new task force Friday to study the evolution of payment systems in Canada and ensure the market remains safe and competitive...

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