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Investment Advisor January 2006 Callahan & Howard	Risky Business The primary goal of financial advisors is to make life less risky for clients. But using style boxes to determine risk in a portfolio is a fool's errand.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Waddell & Roberts	Primed for Growth Variable universal life insurance is getting a second look from financial advisors for its retirement planning benefits.
Investment Advisor January 2006	Editor's Note: Start a New Season of Giving Financial advisors should consider donating their time and treasure to charitable causes -- and inform clients of their actions -- during these bleak midwinter months.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Palash R. Ghosh	S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Japan Funds Get Imperial Treatment Mutual funds that invest in Japan have blossomed. The average Japan stock fund soared 32.8% in calendar 2005, and registered an average annualized gain of 27.2% over the three-year period.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Barreto & Joseph	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: ERISA Ponders Alternatives As more pension fund money has been flowing into hedge funds -- catching the eye of the SEC and perhaps pushing the move to manager registration -- legislators have acted to ease pension fund access to hedge funds.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Plan Advisor: Reform is in the Air Officials in Washington expect Congress to pass legislation early this year that would shore up the nation's ailing pension system and provide tax breaks to encourage retirement savings.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Clive Cholerton	The IA Soapbox: Missing the Point Mutual fund managers, if you find style boxes too constraining, start a hedge fund. You won't have to disclose a thing, and if you're any good, you'll make a lot more money.
Registered Rep. January 27, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Indie Broker Trade Group Sets 2006 Agenda at San Diego Conference At its second annual conference, the Financial Services Institute spinoff organization announced more plans to represent the special interests of indie b/ds with regulators, including the launch of FSI PAC, a Washington lobbying unit.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Paul Allen	Trading Gets Exotic As the search for higher returns and diversification has sparked a surge in alternative investments, financial firms are working to establish a technology infrastructure capable of managing an acceptable balance between risk and reward.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Maria Wakem	Holding the Spending Line Finding ways to control compliance costs has become a high priority for Wall Street CIOs as they realize that more IT dollars diverted toward compliance means fewer IT dollars devoted to clients' needs and company growth.
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