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  Jackson Acquires SRLC From Swiss Re

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  May 31, 2012

  Jackson National Life Insurance Co. has acquired a U.S. subsidiary of Swiss Re for $621 million in an effort to grow its traditional life insurance servicing business.

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  Peng Chen, Global Investment President, Leaves Morningstar

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 31, 2012

  Morningstar announced Thursday that longtime Morningstar and Ibbotson executive Peng Chen will leave the Chicago-based research and investment firm at the end of June.

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  New Hire Roundup: Comfort Joins LPL; Clark Moves Up at Clark Capital

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  This week in new hires, Robert Comfort went to LPL Financial, Brendan Clark was named president of Clark Capital Management and Ken Paieski joined UAT.

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  New Hire Roundup: Kapoor Rises at Morningstar; Chilton Trust Gains Approval

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2012

  This week in new hires, Morningstar promoted Kunal Kapoor; Chilton Trust was approved by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation; and Duff & Phelps announced a new independent broker-dealer due diligence practice.

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  Top Portfolio Products: New Corporate Bond ETF From iShares

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2012

  Global X launches MLP ETF, and AdvisorShares plans Global Echo sustainable ETF launch in May.

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  SEC Charges OptionsXpress in Naked Short Selling Scheme

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2012

  The SEC on Monday charged the Schwab-owned online options firm optionsXpress, as well as four officials at the firm and a customer, in an alleged abusive naked short selling scheme.

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  Top Portfolio Products: New ETFs From State Street, Russell

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 18, 2012

  Interbank FX launches new social trading platform; Smartleaf adds model vendor portal.

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  New Hire Roundup: Bowen Is Acting Chair at SIPC; Pologe Goes to Genworth

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 29, 2012

  This week in new hires, Genworth welcomed David Pologe and David Ford joined Securities America.

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  Genworth Financial Wealth Upgrades Advisor Platform

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2012

  New features on the platform are designed to make working with clients more efficient, with content and tools that are easier to use, said GFWM President and CEO Gurinder Ahluwalia.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Granite Launches Value Fund, Knight Capital Adds Two Astor ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2011

  New products introduced over the last week include a new value fund from Granite Investment Advisors and two new ETF mutual funds from Knight Capital; the adoption of a FTSE benchmark by Vanguard for one of its funds; and the addition of more tools to its active trading platform by...