401-k wire

The leading 401(k) news source for sponsor searches, alliance openings, new technology (e.g., e401k's), and important trends. Provides an insiders' edge for defined contribution executives. (An InvestmentWires publication.)

AIIM e-docs

An unrivalled and unbiased industry source for information on enterprise content management (ECM) topics that help management professionals worldwide make informed and effective technology decisions. Published six times a year by AIIM International (the enterprise content management association) with insightful feature stories and targeted case studies written by technology experts and industry-savvy execs.

Annuity Market News

The official newsletter of the National Association of Variable Annuities (NAVA), this is the only publication devoted to reporting on the annuity and variable life industries. This monthly newsletter provides in-depth coverage on key topics, keeps readers informed about important trends, product innovations, regulatory developments, distribution strategies, competitive activities, viewpoints of industry experts and more.

Employee Benefit Advisor

A complete resource for benefits brokers, worksite marketers, consultants and anyone else in the business of selling and marketing employee benefits. This Web site (sponsored by Employee Benefit News ) delivers the kind of information necessary to effectively pair clients with the best benefits available.

Employee Benefit News

A complete online resource for benefits and HR professionals. Developed and maintained by a full-time staff of experienced business journalists, the critically acclaimed Web site delivers the information benefits decision makers need to keep current, conduct research, benchmark and share ideas and solutions with their peers.

Financial Advisor

A "pure play" on the independent financial advisor market, primarily targeting independent broker/dealer-affiliated financial planners and registered investment advisers. Financial Advisor penetrates virtually the entire financial planning community, including over 30,000 CFPs, 19,000 RIAs, members of the FPA, NAPFA, AICPA- Personal Financial Planning Division and IMCA.

Financial Planning

After 30 years, Financial Planning magazine remains than #1 choice of more than 100,000 of the nation's leading investment professionals. Financial Planning's mission is to provide the award-winning content, tools and resources that advisers need to enhance their professionalism and succeed in business.

Pensions & Investments Online

Founded in 1973, Pensions & Investments is the preeminent international financial newspaper for institutional investing and fund management. Pensions & Investments Online provides the latest industry tools to help gain a competitive edge and topical stories on the latest developments affecting the pensions and investments industries.

PLANSPONSOR

PLANSPONSOR provides comprehensive news, content, research, training and e-commerce solutions to benefits and retirement decision-makers nationwide. PLANSPONSOR's mission is to help these decision-makers, who oversee the welfare of millions of employees with trillions in retirement assets, navigate the complex world of retirement and provide the right solutions to their various constituencies.

Compliance Reporter

The only news-breaking source that exclusively covers compliance initiatives at broker/dealers and investment advisers, as well as regulations and enforcement actions from the NASD, SEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals and state regulatory agencies. Its a must read for diligent compliance professionals who want to be "in the know" about pending rules and regulations, recent industry fines, and what other firms are doing to meet compliance change.

ConclusionsOnline

ConclusionsOnline provides information on regulatory changes, legislative updates, technology advances, industry trends and special interest articles affecting financial institutions or financial services industry professionals. ConclusionsOnline also offers a 600-plus page Regulatory Reference Guide (located in "Library") that includes the annual Year-End Information Reporting Guide.

Equities Magazine

Equities Magazine brings together corporate executives and corporate and institutional investment professionals who closely follow and invest in mid cap and small cap growth companies. Equities Magazine and ww.equitiesmagazine.com have become critically acclaimed print and electronic resources for business & financial news about emerging growth companies.

FundFire.com

The leading source of competitive intelligence for the separately managed account industry with daily stories breaking critical news in the world of institutional and high-net-worth asset management. Informs investment managers about what competitors and prospective clients are doing and empowers investment consultants, pension plans, endowments and foundations to enhance their money management IQ.

Ignites

The pre-eminent source for breaking news about the mutual fund industry. Each morning, Ignites delivers in-depth original articles and summaries of major media news to 40,000+ industry email subscribers. Whether it's the most important regulatory issues or the latest industry scandal, Ignites provides critical, timely industry news like no other information service.

Institutional Investor Magazine

Institutional Investor magazine provides world-class coverage of the major issues and personalities impacting the world of business and finance. It reports on and examines trends in investments and finance, including money is invested professionally, performance measurement, investment research, legislation, regulation, corporate finance and investment banking.

Investment Advisor

"The Voice of Independents" is for professionals who advise individuals on how to manage, maintain, and grow their wealth as well as life issues including retirement planning, charitable giving, and estate planning. Also provides guidance and information to financial planners, investment advisors, registered investment advisors, investment consultants, registered representatives, insurance agents, accountants, and tax attorneys.

InvestmentNews.com

Reports news that affects the business of financial advisers, including stories about industry trends and competition, legislation, people, products, suppliers and technology. Also reports news that directly affects investors, including market updates, investment trends, mutual fund performance, asset allocation, retirement issues, taxes and estate planning.

Operations Management

The only news-breaking source that exclusively covers back-office issues of broker/dealers, investment adviser firms and custodian banks. Operations Management provides insights into the latest securities operations in the U.S. and around the globe, including: development in straight through processing, the latest technology the competition is implementing, and the new custodial relationships.

Registered Rep.

The preferred magazine of retail investment professionals, Registered Rep. provides readers with unbiased insight on trends, regulatory concerns, practice management and investment advice that assist them in building their practices.

Research Magazine

Since 1978, Research Magazine has helped financial advisors boost their client-centric business and better serve the needs of the investor. Research Magazine highlights the latest information on financial tools like ETFs and important trends that affect today's advisors and clients such as compensation and regulation.

Wall Street & Technology

Reaching over 21,000 business and IT executives monthly in the securities and investment markets, Wall Street & Technology delivers insightful news, analysis, research, and thought-provoking features needed to keep capital markets executives ahead of the ever-changing business technology curve.

Waters

Waters covers the practical implementation of technology in the securities industry for financial technology professionals. As firms trade up their systems, Waters helps define the challenges that the top global financial services confront, be they old school issues like trading room systems and operations or new business propositions like consortia portals and e-commerce spin-offs.

Barron's Online

Barron's Online provides daily insight and information from the same, sophisticated, contrarian voice that investors have relied on every week for more than 80 years. In addition to the traditional Barron's content, the online version also provides exclusive editorial features, incisive commentary and investment ideas throughout the week - as well as previews to site enhancements and print magazine content.

Business 2.0 Magazine

Business 2.0 is a magazine founded to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy." Having originally set out to examine the interaction between technology and business, it now focuses primarily on innovation and business opportunity. At the beginning of every year, Business 2.0 prints a popular list of the "101 Dumbest Moments in Business" that have occurred during the previous year.

BusinessWeek.com

BusinessWeek is a global source of actionable insight for 4.7 million success-minded professionals. Since 1929, its affluent audience has trusted BusinessWeek for deeper understanding of the trends that drive growth, how technology creates opportunities, and what best practices keep them ahead of the competition.

Forbes.com

Forbes is among the most trusted resources for the world's business and investment leaders. Forbes.com includes real-time original reporting on business, technology, investing and lifestyle; stock and mutual fund quotes; comprehensive company profiles; and a wide array of interactive tools, calculators and databases.

Fortune Magazine

Fortune Magazine is part of the CNN.com family of websites. Fortune Magazine considers its purview the entire field of business, including the people, trends, companies, and ideas that characterize modern business. Its famous research lists rank companies by gross revenue and profile their businesses: Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, and Fortune Global 500.

Kiplingers

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Web Site offers the same great advice that's in the magazine, and more, including: interactive calculators, up-to-the-minute business news, stock and mutual fund quotes, deposit account yields and credit rates. The Web-only columns offer timely insight into today's trends, and the collection of tutorials and Getting Started articles introduces investors to common financial concepts and shows them how to get the best deals.

MarketWatch.com

MarketWatch.com, an award-winning website from Dow Jones, is a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools. The Company's MarketWatch Information Services group is a leading licensor of market news, data, investment analysis tools and other online applications to financial services firms, media companies, wireless carriers and Internet service providers.

Money Magazine

Part of the CNN.com family of websites, Money is committed to helping readers live the life they want. With a focus on what matters most - their families, their futures, their quality of life - Money provides readers with trusted advice to help them successfully earn, plan, invest, spend and enjoy their money right now.

SmartMoney.com

SmartMoney.com has become a leader in online financial publishing by revolutionizing the way people use the Web for financial planning and research. Provocative commentary and analysis combined with the Web's most powerful investment tools has earned SmartMoney.com continued critical acclaim and recognition from both the financial and Web development industries.

Wall Street Journal

Holding 31 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, the Wall Street Journal seeks to help its readers succeed by providing essential and relevant information from a dependable and trusted source. The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com is the flagship product of Consumer Electronic Publishing, which comprises unique, award-winning Web sites that provide vital business news and information, opinion and commentary, career guidance, and much more.

AIIM

AIIM is the international authority on Enterprise Content Management (ECM) - the tools and technologies used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organizational processes. ECM enables four key business drivers: Continuity, Collaboration, Compliance, and Costs. As a neutral and unbiased source of information, AIIM serves the needs of its members and the industry by providing educational opportunities, professional development, reference and knowledge resources, networking events, and industry advocacy.

ALI/ABA (American Law Institute / American Bar Association)

ALI-ABA is dedicated to keeping the legal community abreast of current developments and providing practitioners with the resources necessary to enhance their practice. ALI-ABA subsidizes a variety of activities to advance the quality and content of post-admission legal education and to enhance professional competence and professional responsibility.

DALBAR

For over 30 years, DALBAR has been "the measure of success" in defining standards of excellence in the financial services industry. DALBAR provides research, ratings, and rankings of intangible factors to the mutual fund, broker/dealer, discount brokerage, life insurance, and banking industries. These include investor behavior, customer satisfaction, service quality, communications, Internet services, and financial-professional ratings.

Financial Planning Association

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) connects those who need, support and deliver financial planning. FPA members demonstrate a professional commitment to education and a client-centered financial planning process. FPA's individual members include financial planners, accountants, attorneys, bankers, charitable giving specialists, insurance agents, stockbrokers, money managers, investment consultants, broker-dealer and corporate executives, and others who champion the financial planning process.

Financial Services Institute

The membership of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) includes Broker-Dealers and Independent Financial Advisors. Broker-Dealer Membership is open to retail NASD-registered firms that provide business processing, clearing, compliance, technology, investment product research, marketing and business development services to independent financial advisors. FSI has 106 member firms with more than 124,000 independent registered representatives (almost 20% of all NASD registered representatives).

Insurance Marketplace Standards Association

The Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA) is a nonprofit, independent organization created to strengthen consumer trust and confidence in the marketplace for individually sold life insurance, long-term care insurance and annuities. IMSA-qualified companies commit to maintaining high ethical standards and to being fair, honest, and open in the way they advertise, sell and service their products.

Investment Company Institute

Founded in 1940, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) is the national association of U.S. investment companies. Its mutual fund members serve 89.5 million individual shareholders and manage $9.212 trillion in investor assets. Membership in ICI is available to any SEC-registered investment company (open-end or closed-end), its investment adviser, and its underwriter.

National Association of Independent Broker/Dealers

Serving as an advocate for the Broker/Dealer community, the National Association of Independent Broker/Dealers (NAIBD) proactively investigates rule & regulation proposals for their impact on its membership. The NAIBD provides a professional forum for the sharing of information and common experience, and manages a web-based platform of resources regarding issues most significantly affecting IBDs including: Compliance, Technology, Firm Management, and Back-office systems.

National Association of Securities Dealers

The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) is a self-regulatory body created by amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The organization serves as the primary private-sector regulator of America 's securities industry. The NASD oversees the activities of more than 5,110 brokerage firms, approximately 150,090 branch offices and more than 659,200 registered securities representatives. From oversight and regulation to licensing and education, the NASD touches virtually every aspect of the securities industry.

National Association for Variable Annuities

The National Association of Variable Annuities (NAVA) sponsors a renowned series of annual conferences devoted to every aspect of the annuity and variable life products industry, produces educational materials and information resources, and performs a variety of ongoing public relations and awareness functions for the industry. NAVA's membership committees offer members the opportunity to make their voices heard on a variety of important industry and association issues.

National Investment Company Service

The National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) is a not-for-profit trade association providing leadership and innovation in educational programming and information exchange within the operations sector of the worldwide investment industry. NICSA membership totals 400+ companies in the United States , Europe and Asia , representing all segments of the securities industry including mutual fund complexes, investment management companies, custodian banks, transfer agents and independent providers of specialized products and services.

North American Securities Administrators Association

Organized in 1919, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection. Its mission is investor consumer protection and its jurisdiction extends to a wide variety of issuers and intermediaries who offer and sell securities to the public. NASAA members license firms and their agents, investigate violations of state and provincial law, file enforcement actions when appropriate, and educate the public about investment fraud.

Securities and Exchange Commission

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), established by Congress in 1934, regulates the U.S. securities markets. Its mission is to protect investors and maintain the market's integrity by enacting new regulations and interpreting and enforcing existing laws.

Securities Industry Association

The Securities Industry Association (SIA) was established in 1972 through the merger of the Association of Stock Exchange Firms (1913) and the Investment Banker's Association (1912). The Securities Industry Association brings together the shared interests of more than 600 securities firms to accomplish common goals. SIA's primary mission is to build and maintain public trust and confidence in the securities markets.

The National Society of Compliance Professionals

The National Society of Compliance Professionals is a nonprofit, membership organization dedicated to serving and supporting compliance officials in the securities industry. NSCP offers practical and interpretive guidance on compliance-related matters; alerts its members to important regulatory developments; sponsors educational meetings that serve as forums for exchanging ideas and information; provides professional analyses and counsel in regard to securities laws and regulations authorized by the states, federal agencies and the SROs; and promotes professionalism among compliance officials within the securities industry.

SPARK

The Society of Professional Administrators and Recordkeepers (SPARK) Institute was founded in 1989 as an inter-industry trade association of investment managers and service providers, particularly in the defined contribution plan market. SPARK is the first organization to bring together members of the five major provider groups: banks, insurance companies, mutual fund managers, third party administrators, and benefit consultants.

Xplor International

Xplor International is the worldwide association of users and suppliers of the products and services that create, modify, and deliver customized information using a variety of document technologies. Representing thousands of professionals in over 35 countries, Xplor membership are engaged in the design, production, and distribution of variable data documents, ranging from high volumes of statements, bills, insurance policies, and personalized direct mail to very customized marketing materials.