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News You Can Use Articles Archive
2013
Credit Union National Association
Secondary life insurance loans topic of CU's lawsuit
FT Adviser
Sipp providers' valuations challenged
2012
NASDAQ via Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine
Cash From Your Life Insurance
Reuters
Life Partners Holdings' shares soar on favorable Texas ruling
fundweb
Are the FSA's plans for Ucis resrictions doomed to fail?
Life Health Pro
Before You Suggest a Life Settlement
LifeHealthPro
Obama Tax Plan Draws Bead on Insurers
FT Adviser
FSA launches probe into ARM distributor
Corpus Christi Caller Times
State securities board fines two Corpus Christi investment adviser representatives
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Charges Life Settlements Firm and Three Executives with Disclosure and Accounting Fraud -
CEO and General Counsel Additionally Charged With Insider Trading
Calgary Herald (Canada)
Bosses of insurance policy investment firm accused of Ponzi fraud; dozens of Albertans affected
2011
New Model Adviser (Citywire)
The dangers of the FSA's tough new approach to products
FT Adviser
FSA's stance on life settlements under scrutiny
Money Marketing
What next after life settlements? - the dangers of blanket bans
Financial Services Authority
FSA issues proposed guidance on traded life policy investments (TLPIs)
New Model Adviser (CityWire)
FSA plans ban on retail sale of 'toxic' life settlement funds
Reaction and other news following the FSA announcement:
Money Marketing
MM Leader: FSA needs to take a careful line on life settlements
Wealth Manager (Citywire)
EEA fund suspended after wave of redemptions
Also at Wealth Manager (Citywire)
EEA investor brands FSA 'irresponsible to label death bonds toxic
FT Adviser
FSA defends life settlement clampdown after EEA suspension
Two reaction stories at IFAonline:
EEA advisers hit out at 'reckless' FSA ruling on life settlements
'Irresponsible': One IFA's open letter to Hector Sants on life settlment funds
ILMA
ILMA Releases Latest Investor Notes
- Insurable Interest after Price Dawe, Schlanger and Brasner
The Star-Ledger via Bloomberg News
Hackettstown man pleads guilty to fraud in life settlement case
Investment News
Lawyer bet on terminally ill to gain their death benefits
FT Adviser
Actuary urges caution in the use of life settlements
New Model Advisor (citywire)
The FSA Files: Regulator's struggle to monitor structured products
FT Adviser
Stewart Ford's Lifemark bailout plan collapses
Insurance Networking News
Life Settlements Market Remains Unsettled
U.S. Department of Justice
Superseding Indictment Filed in $670 Million Fraud Scheme
The Malta Business Weekly
Maltese ARM investors' hopes dashed as regulator reveals rule breaches
National Underwriter
Obama Team Targets Estate Tax, DRD, COLI, Life Settlements
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Retirees allege investment fraud and fault Philadelphia lawyer
Citywire (UK)
FSA fines Rockingham £35k over Ucis mis-selling
The Palm Beach Post
Seven common investment scams to avoid
State of Wyoming (US) -
Secretary of State's Office
Annual list of financial products and practices that threaten to trap unwary investors
Institutional Life Markets Association
ILMA Releases Investors Note on "Trends in Cost of Insurance"
National Conference on Insurance Legislators
NCOIL President Aims for FACI Role
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Corpus Christi investment advisers face license hearings, fines
Institutional Life Markets Association
ILMA Releases Investors Note on Court of Appeals Ruling
Forbes
Life Partners warns it could face SEC civil action
Bloomberg
Death Derivatives Emerge From Pension Risks of Living Too Long
U.S Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Chargers Former UBS Financial Advisor With Defrauding Life Settlement Fund Investors
Senior Market Advisor - National Ethics Bureau
Life settlement rules of the road now clearer
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas Legislature won't deliver needed life insurance reforms
Agent's Sales Journal
Could 2011 be the Year of the Life Settlement?
Money Marketing
Hargreaves blames FSA for failing to heed warnings on Lifemark products
National Underwriter
Place Your Bets - Lawsuits Threaten Secondary Market
Reuters
U.S. charges offshore firm [Provident Capital] with bond fraud
New York State of the State Speech
Governor Cuomo Outlines Transformational Plan for a New New York
The Life Settlements Report
Controversial Ohio Insurance Commissioner Hudson Resigns
Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin Stepping Down
National Underwriter
NCOIL to Congress: Fed Charter Would Cost States Dearly
National Underwriter
Governor Makes Appointment and Elected Insurance Commissioners Take Office
2010
Journal of Business Ethics
The Ethics of Life Insurance Settlements: Investing in the Lives of Unrelated Individuals
Money Marketing
Life settlement funds accused on 'hazard' fees
National Underwriter
New York Rules on Canadian Life Settlements
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