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Hedge funds are preparing to muscle in on the riskiest part of the $550 billion commercial mortgage bond market, where a handful of firms control the fate of deals.
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Virtus Investment Partners Inc. and Artio Global Investors Inc. set out on their own in 2009 within nine months of one another. The paths of the two money managers couldn’t have been more different.
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Larry Boswell sat slumped in a wheelchair. His sweatpants were soiled, his T-shirt soaked in saliva. Flies buzzed around his head.
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MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, slipped as Raymond James Financial Inc. lowered its rating on the company after the shares rallied for two weeks.
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MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, regained the top spot in variable-annuity sales in the first half of the year, leading a group of five firms expanding their dominance in the industry.
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Variable-annuity sales in the U.S. rose for the fourth straight quarter amid gains by the two biggest U.S. life insurers, MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. , as stock markets advanced.
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Sales of commercial mortgage-backed securities aren’t likely to increase much next year as borrowing costs remain high and lenders back off making new loans, according to CMBS executives.
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Ailing U.S. workers, hounded by debt and the 9.9 percent unemployment rate, are forgoing compensated leave with greater frequency and sticking to the daily grind, said the head of the biggest U.S. long-term disability insurer.
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MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, got more time to submit a fresh capital plan to the Federal Reserve as the firm seeks to raise its dividend and resume buybacks after being twice blocked by the regulator.
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Aflac Inc., the world’s biggest seller of supplemental health insurance, said first-quarter profit doubled as investment results improved. The shares gained as the company said it expects 2012 Japan sales growth of 10 percent, after previously projecting a drop.
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