Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 12/08/2009



For banks, living death certificates
Even though the world financial crisis was brought on by a decade of systemically reckless government policies and programs -- monetary policy, Fannie Mae, and now Dubai World -- one of the great political fads among governments these days is to take a run at banking reform...

a Best fundsa list fails to meet test of time
And yet, if you picked the funds tabbed last week by Morningstar Mutual Funds as the best for the year ahead - you'd be making a stupid investment...

U.S. Newswire - SEI Advisor Network Survey Finds Fiduciary Standard Widely Supported
December 1, 2009 -- To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Company Contact, Dana Grosser of SEI, +1-610-676-2459, dgrosser@seic.com; or Media Contact, Daniel Black of...

Market Wire - Cisco CIO Joins Apptio's Board of Directors as Strategic Advisor
December 1, 2009 -- Apptio, the leading provider of on-demand ITFinancial Management (ITFM) software, today announced the addition of CiscoSystems Senior Vice...

Convergence of Islamic and Conventional Finance Imminent
A groundbreaking book that explains the impact of globalization on Islamic Finance and its portents for the future...

Business News
An informational meeting on Junior Achievement will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday, Dec...

PR Newswire - John Hancock Life Insurance Announces Distribution Relationship With Edward Jones
December 1, 2009 -- Edward Jones Clients To Have Access To Broad Range Of Competitive John Hancock Life Insurance Products And Services BOSTON, Dec. 1...

2009 CEF Year-End Strategies, Part 1
Last year it was conjectured the closed end fund market segment would have a "good year" in '09. It wasn't a heroic pronouncement...

Market Wire - Roger B. Palley Joins First Foundation as Managing Director of Equity Investments
December 1, 2009 -- Roger B. Palley brings experience and acumenhoned by 45 years in the investment business to First Foundation , a20-year-old financial...

Give yourself the money hunting edge
Review the latest version of your business plan to make sure it tells the story of your company accurately and efficiently...

Looking For Shareholder Opinions On Avro Energy's Latest News
After yesterday's news from Avro Energy, Inc. announcing that it is starting workover operations this week on the Dixon Narcarrow #1 well in South Arkansas, subject to rig availability, our team is inviting all shareholders to their exclusive investor controlled forum...

PR Newswire - OppenheimerFunds Retirement Services Announces Enhancements Targeted to Participants, Plan Sponsors and Financial Advisors
December 1, 2009 -- NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OppenheimerFunds Retirement Services today announced new resources intended to help plan participants, plan...

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Vadera warns European banks to 'come clean'
Shriti Vadera, advisor to the G20, today warned the world's most senior bankers that Continental lenders have still to come clean about the magnitude of their losses and bad debts...

Stock Watch: InvestorSoup.com Issues Market Alert for La Jolla Pharmaceuticals Co.
InvestorSoup.com announces an investment report featuring La Jolla Pharmaceuticals Co...

Market Wire - Titan Energy Worldwide Retains Strategic Growth as Its Global Investor Relations Advisor
December 1, 2009 -- Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. (OTCBB: TEWI), aleader in distributed power generation products and intelligent energymanagement services, announced...

Free Book Challenges the Five Personal Finance Advice Blunders That.
Free copies of the book are available at http://www.laserfg.com'On an almost daily basis, we talk to seniors who are flabbergasted that things did not turn out as they'd expected, even after following their financial professionals' advice for many years...

Business Wire - CFN Services Joins Switch and Data’s GeoReachSM Partnership to Provide Low-latency Exchange Interconnection Solutions in Metro New York and Toronto
December 1, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966aba60) TAMPA, Fla. -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of network-neutral data center and Internet...

The Walking Company Holdings,
The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in Santa Barbara, CA...

Sick, poor to be resilient
Those battling poverty and various illnesses have been called upon to develop a high level of resilience to ensure that they surmount any obstacles that may hinder their eventual escape from their situations...

1.3m for Leeds markets area 'survival plan'
LEEDS City Council is applying for a A 1.3m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve the area surrounding Kirkgate Market around Lower Kirkgate between the market and Warehouse Hill...

Market Wire - Al Frank Asset Management Acquires Tactical ETF Portfolios
December 1, 2009 -- Al Frank Asset Management (AFAM), one ofthe oldest, private boutique money managers in the country, is pleased toannounce today that it has...

Should your home be your retirement plan?
Recent house price rises will have eased worries but, as Chiara Cavaglieri reports, now may be the time to abandon the idea of 'property as a pension' Millions of Britons are still banking on their homes to see them through old age despite property prices falling from their highs of 2007, according to new research from retirement specialist ...

How to Leave a Legacy of Stewardship and Financial Responsibility
According to a comprehensive study of retirement attitudes published by Ameriprise Financial - 61 percent of respondents with financially dependent children said their number one financial priority was helping their children become more financially savvy...

Freewest Board Recommends Rejection of Noront's "Final" Offer
The Board of Directors of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. has unanimously recommended that Freewest shareholders reject the revised "final" offer by Noront Resources Ltd...

PR Newswire - Barron's Again Names The Colony Group's CEO as One of America's Top Independent Financial Advisors
December 1, 2009 -- BOSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In its annual list of "The Top 100 Independent Investment Advisors," Barron's magazine ranked The Colony Group's...

Looking For Shareholder Opinions On PSI's Latest Agreement With Maximum Marketing
After yesterday's news from PSI Corp. announcing an agreement with Maximum Marketing, Inc., to provide access to supermarkets, natural and organic food stores and drugstore chains from Maryland to Florida and west to Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, our team is inviting all shareholders to their exclusive investor controlled forum...

Apartment complex clears another hurdle
The Belleville City Council on Monday approved the next step in a planned 144-unit apartment complex near Southwestern Illinois College...

Business Wire - North Pointe Investment Partners Adds To Its Expertise
December 1, 2009 -- HASH(0x1ee7300) Advisors Henry Greenberg and Kathy Cataldo join premier Worcester wealth management firm ...

Looking For Shareholder Opinions On BlueFire Ethanol's Latest News
After yesterday's news from BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. announcing that the Department of Energy increased funding to $81.1 million dollars for Phase II construction of its cellulosic ethanol biorefinery planned for Fulton, MS., our team is inviting all shareholders to their exclusive investor controlled forum...



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