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  New Hire Roundup: Oliner, Kleinke Join AEI; Bozek Advances at Prudential

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2012

  This week in new hires, Stephen Oliner and JD Kleinke went to AEI; Joan Bozek was promoted at Prudential Retirement; Steven McKay and Joseph Kaplan went to Putnam Investments.

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  Enron Bankruptcy 10 Years Later: Before Bailouts Were Big

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 2, 2011

  Though just a decade ago, the Enron era in some ways seems to belong to another era—a time when failing companies met with bankruptcy rather than bailouts.

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  FHA Reserves Hit Bottom, but Rebound Expected

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2011

  Acting FHA Commissioner Carol Galante told reporters on Tuesday that “while the FHA is facing the most severe economic conditions,” the FHA’s “Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) fund capital balance remains in positive territory and its programs are actuarially sound.”

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  SEC Slapped Down in Two Cases Against Banks

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  October 28, 2011

  U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff administered a mighty tongue-lashing to the SEC in a proposed settlement with Citigroup the same day his colleague on the bench Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum dismissed fraud charges against a JP Morgan executive.

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  Chess Champ? Hedge Funds May Want You

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 30, 2011

  Wall Street loves chess, and chess champions and other gaming experts may very well have developed skills that assist them to excel in the kind of analytical decisions required by high-level investing of the type that hedge funds make.

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  How a Freethinking Economist Saved Your Retirement Portfolio

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  September 29, 2011

  Research by economist Richard Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, has “nudged” vast numbers of Americans to a higher savings rate.

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  New Hire Roundup: Kiley to Lead Security Benefit; SNR Denton Welcomes Samlin; Edelman Recruits Bottazzi

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2011

  This week in new hires, Michael Kiley was named to become CEO of Security Benefit Corp.; Scott Samlin went to SNR Denton; Edelman Financial Services recruited Joe Bottazzi from outside the industry and Reliance Trust named Robert F. Cook to head its church and nonprofit division.

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  New Hire Roundup: RJF's Augustine Succeeds Sayler; Valdman, Leventino Join ETFS

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 5, 2011

  In new-hire news this week, Raymond James Financial CEO Paul Reilly announced that Jamie Augustine would succeed Van Sayler as head of Fixed Income.

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  New Hire Roundup: Augustine Succeeds Sayler at RJF; Valdman and Leventino Join ETFS

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 5, 2011

  In new-hire news this week, Raymond James Financial CEO Paul Reilly announced that Jamie Augustine will succeed Van Sayler as head of Fixed Income.

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  Calvert Equity Portfolio’s England Finds Value in Socially Responsible Stocks

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 29, 2011

  Richard England, who sub-advises the $1.7 billion Calvert Equity Portfolio (CSIEX), talks about how his stock picks match the firm's social responsibility criteria.