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A new Amerprise study finds that far too many baby boomers are sacrificing their retirement goals and plans to help ease some of the short-term economic pain facing their children and their own parents.

A broker has consented to pay a $10,000 fine and take a suspension of 15 business days in response to allegations that he incorrectly marked trades and prevented his firm’s compliance department from accurately monitoring the transactions.

The new services will include organizational tools to help family members organize vital information, paper files, electronic records and digital passwords.

On May 29, 2012, Fort Worth TX-based American Beacon Advisors launched the American Beacon The London Company Income Equity Fund (ABCAX), which is sub-advised by The London Company of Richmond, Virginia.

BNY Mellon hires two more pros in its Tampa office, which has seen double-digit growth since it opened in 2008.

Linscomb & Williams, which has $2.7 billion in assets under management, hired Abigail C. Gunderson, Ryan L. Patterson and Lauren J. Bain.

On May 29, 2012, Leawood, Kansas-based Palmer Square Capital Management LLC, launched its second alternative mutual fund, dubbed the Palmer Square SSI Alternative Income Fund.

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Minneapolis-based Leuthold Weeden Capital Management’s Board of Directors of the Leuthold Hedged Equity Fund has decided to liquidate the underperforming fund.

Keith Hartstein, president and CEO of John Hancock Funds, will be retiring in September 2012 after 22 years at the firm.

Executives from BlackRock, Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase, and Invesco met with SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro to talk about money market reforms.

San Francisco-based RS Investments has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch the RS Equity Income Fund.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost another 74.92 points Friday to close at 12,454.83, closing out the week ahead of the three-day holiday.

On May 25, 2012, Virtus replaced Harris investment for Newfleet Asset as subadvisor for the Short/Term Bond fund.

Wells Fargo has named investment banking veteran Joseph Colianni head of banking of Abbot Downing, the company’s newly launched business catering to America’s wealthiest households.

Los Angeles-based Causeway Capital Management LLC has replaced Pzena Investment Management, LLC as subadviser to the Harbor Global Value Fund, effective May 25.

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. last September put the brakes on its effort to sell its mutual-fund unit to private equity shop Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC after banks cut back on lending for leveraged buyouts.

On May 25, 2012, San Francisco-based RS Investments filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch the RS Equity Income Fund.

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