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	<title>Corporate Insight Blog</title>
	
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		<title>A Light at the End of the Wachovia-Wells Fargo Merger Tunnel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Latzer</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For nearly a year and half, most Wachovia customers have been waiting patiently to see when and how the merger with Wells Fargo would affect them. For some customers, this process has been too...<br/>
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		<title>Firms Back Variable Annuity Product Launches With Aggressive Online Marketing Campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pousty</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Retirement Income Journal Article Written By Ben Pousty, Senior Analyst - Annuity Monitor

Published in the February 24th Issue of RIJ
With variable annuity sales down, firms are intensifying online...<br/>
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		<title>Decreased Commissions and CARD Regulations - February Trends and Highlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Lundahl</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following several months of new product releases, tools, and web promotions, the pace slowed across the industry this February. A few firms revamped their sites this month, and as the athletes took...<br/>
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		<title>The CARD Act and Online Card Payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Miller</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the bulk of the 2009 Credit CARD Act came into force. The new law includes regulations covering many aspects of the card business, including APRs, Fees and statement design. As a...<br/>
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		<title>Sour Year for VA Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ellison</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to Limra (via a story in this morning&#8217;s Ignites), total US VA sales were down 18% from 2008, though it seems most of the loss ocurred in the first half of the year. Given the shambles...<br/>
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		<title>Discover Picks Up E*TRADE Bank’s Online Saving Accounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Miller</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[E*TRADE announced to many of its banking customers today that the firm has sold some of its existing savings accounts to Discover Bank.
According to an email from E*TRADE, clients who currently have...<br/>
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		<title>January Brings New Products and Advertising Campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Lundahl</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[January was an interesting month with firms wasting no time introducing new products and advertising campaigns. There was a new contest from Fidelity, new products from American Express and AXA...<br/>
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		<title>FINRA Clarifies Stance on Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ellison</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[FINRA this week published guidelines around social media in Regulatory Notice 10-06. While I’m no lawyer, there appears to be a few things that were clarified with this notice:

Records of social...<br/>
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		<title>Wholesalers: Be a Good Business Partner</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ellison</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[InvestmentNews posted an interesting piece yesterday covering 8 ways that wholesalers get blacklisted by advisors. There are some good things here, but they are probably best summed up by one...<br/>
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		<title>CI Analyst Video Cast: Annuity Website Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ellison</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of discussing social media here on our blog and in our research, we thought we’d kick off 2010 by expanding our own efforts in this realm by enhancing our commentary with video. So,...<br/>
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