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		<title><![CDATA[TowerGroup: SEC Proposal to Reclassify Annuities as Securities Products Has Far-Reaching Implications for Industry and Consumers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_July_30/ai_n27952935]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEEDHAM, Mass. -- In June 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released a proposal to reclassify the annuity products referred to as fixed indexed annuities or equity indexed annuities indexed annuities as securities. New research from TowerGroup finds that this proposal has far-reaching implications for the insurance companies and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Progress Apama Division to Host Briefing on "Competing in Today's Fragmented FX Market"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_March_25/ai_n24946774]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Progress' Dr. John Bates, Royal Bank of Canada's Richard Hastings and TowerGroup's Tom Price to address how to compete in today's fragmented Foreign Exchange market  BEDFORD, Mass. -- Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading provider of application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Impact of Baby Boomers' Retirement on the Financial Markets: Shock and Awe or a Subtler Effect?" by TowerGroup.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200608/ai_n19527966]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-18 August 2006-MarketResearch.com: "Impact of  Baby Boomers' Retirement on the Financial Markets: Shock and Awe or  a Subtler Effect?" by TowerGroupC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:18082006    In July 2006, the US Government Accountability Office GAO  published a report titled "Baby Boom...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TowerGroup, Deloitte and Voca to speak at Payment Strategies 2006; Payments conference to highlight changes within European payments landscape.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200603/ai_n20104284]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-21 March 2006-Eiger Systems Limited: TowerGroup,  Deloitte and Voca to speak at Payment Strategies 2006; Payments  conference to highlight changes within European payments  landscapeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:21032006    Rugby, UK : Leading players from across the European payments  industry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At Deadline]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2928/is_200603/ai_n16231948]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New Crossing Report  *The number of systems that anonymously cross block trades is expected to grow, with the new entrants coming from full-service brokers and exchanges, according to Alex Ramistella in a TowerGroup report on crossing networks.  Both Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs have already registered their internal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At Deadline.(trends in securities industry)(Jeffrey A. Citron banned from securities industry)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5552/is_200603/ai_n23571741]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New Crossing Report    *The number of systems that anonymously cross block trades is  expected to grow, with the new entrants coming from full-service brokers  and exchanges, according to Alex Ramistella in a TowerGroup report on  crossing networks.    Both Credit Suisse and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2919/is_200510/ai_n15739200]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["There's only so much you can do and keep your wheels on the bus."  Ted DeZabala, principal of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, on balancing security investment with overall budgetary concerns.  "Effectiveness comes first, because that's where you save big bucks."  Guillermo Kopp, vp of TowerGroup, on how to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fast Track.(Kellogg Specialist Group appoints John Dolan )(SG Cowen and Co appoints John O'Donoghue )(TowerGroup appoints Tom Price )]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5552/is_200508/ai_n23571607]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[*Howard Schwartz was appointed chairman and chief executive officer  of order routing vendor Tradeware Systems. Schwartz was formerly head of  the agency brokerage Lynch, Jones & Ryan. The exec has nearly 40  years of experience in the financial services industry. He headed LJR  from 1991 to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Late Start, Fast Finish]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km3607/is_200504/ai_n14768987]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Members are shocked that University of Kentucky FCU UKFCU can now originate and fund home equity loans in five days or less, according to Brad Hudson, call center sales manager at the $186-million credit union.  The credit union's efficiency is paying off as the demand for home equity loan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cracking Cases Using Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2926/is_200504/ai_n14718590]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying to do more with less-that'll be the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's mantra this year as its information-technology budget declines $3 million to $113 million.  The money, about 12% of the SEC's 2005 budget, will be spent on hardware, software, and services. TowerGroup, the Needham, Mass.-based research firm...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will the SEC mandate operational efficiency?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200406/ai_n19945829]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 2004-Axcess News: Will the SEC mandate  operational efficiency?C1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:06092004    AXcess News New York - As recent comment by the SEC reignites  debate within the US securities industry over T+1 (next-day settlement  of eligible securities transactions)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MasterCard Advisors, a subsidiary of MasterCard International, has acquired TowerGroup, Needham, Mass., from Reuters]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4838/is_4_36/ai_n29094599]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MasterCard Advisors, a subsidiary of MasterCard International, has acquired TowerGroup, Needham, Mass., from Reuters. Master Card Advisors, Purchase, N.Y., is a global professional services organization, offering consulting, research, outsourcing and information products and services, TowerGroup is a research and advisory firm focused on the global financial services industry.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At the Bell.(Late News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200402/ai_n17424158]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lincoln won't butt in on MONY, AXA deal      * Lincoln National Corp. of Philadelphia said Thursday that it  won't interfere with the proposed $1.5 billion sale of The MONY  Group Inc. of New York to AXA Financial Inc. of New York.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Restoring Smiles a Tough Job For Financial Advisors]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2929/is_200308/ai_n6938102]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the core of the relationship between an investment advisor and client is trust, making the past three years especially trying as conflicts of interest on Wall Street manifested themselves in everything from absurdly rosy research reports that misled investors to aiding and abetting some of this generation's biggest business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The corporate shuffle. (Trading Desks).(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3396/is_200304/ai_n8142593]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GOOD NEWS comes in threes.    TowerGroup has hired three new faces to round out its securities  business. Incoming manager Stepharie Evanic comes to the firm from  Accenture, while Ernest Brito, hired as a managing director and senior  advisor, hails from many corners of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ATM Use Shrinking: TowerGroup]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks must look beyond stamps or movie tickets to drive value from advanced functionality. The key to increasing ATM value lies in providing higher levels of service and convenience, through both end-to-end deposit processing and personalized customer relationship management. Although ATMs remain one of the most critical channels in a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tackling issues of reference data.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5555/is_200210/ai_n21945981]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Richard Greensted    Every year, millions of trades are struck. Most settle on time, the  rest do not. Every year, consultants and software vendors warn the  industry of the dire consequences if new settlement solutions are not  implemented. These have included T+1, a European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Web revolution on the way]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4849/is_11_11/ai_n28929814]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF Web services in the financial services industry was a top theme emerging from last week's 2002 TowerGroup Financial Services Business & Technology Conference.  Attendees of the Boston-based event were told by several key speakers to anticipate new kind of "Web revolution" based on networking technologies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2919/is_200201/ai_n6923536]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Knowing your customers well is the key to any good CRM strategy.That's why TowerGroup says banks will spend more money on technology to help them do just that. Meanwhile, it appears credit card issuers are getting to know their patrons just fine as cardholders increasingly purchase non-card related products and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial institutions view poor data management as a major obstacle to achieving STP and T+1.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-15 October 2001-Capco: Financial institutions view  poor  data management as a major obstacle to achieving STP and T+1  C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:15102001    London -- Four out of five financial institutions see badly managed  reference data as a major...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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