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Bond experts advise balanced investing


Dan McPhail knows that there’s a potential financial storm brewing on the economic horizon. But he believes it’s still a long way off. Besides, his firm has a reliable fixed-income investment strategy to keep its …

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News of sale prompts start-up financial firm


When Adam Obrecht learned on March 30 that his employer’s Premier Wealth Division would be sold and relocated to Los Angeles, the 34-year-old financial planner wasted no time in opening his own shop.

In lieu …

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Aviva Investors enters U.S. mutual fund market


Preserving hard-earned assets has been on many people’s minds in recent months, and Aviva Investors North America Inc. is betting that its first mutual fund offering will appeal to investors seeking to minimize their exposure …

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Raise the credit union lending cap


As cooperatively owned, not-for-profit financial institutions, credit unions exist for the sole purpose of providing affordable financial services to their member-owners. In Iowa, our 137 credit unions have seen a growing demand for credit from …

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Banking leaders prepare for rate hike


To the certainties of life in a recovering economy, add rising interest rates. To the uncertainties in a banker’s life, add what to do to prepare for those rising rates.

That thought has been on …

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Financial reform bill adds stress to small banks


The 2,200-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act could grow into 5,000 pages of woe for Iowa’s community banks by the time regulators add language that will determine how the law will be …

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Don’t go it alone on bonds, commodities


Dear Mr. Berko:

What do you think of municipal bonds from the states of California and New York? Some of them are yielding more than 5.5 percent, and because taxes are certain to rise, do …

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LWBJ Financial restructures businesses

LWBJ Financial LLC has sold its Premier Wealth Division and expanded its Capital Advisors Division, the West Des Moines-based financial services firm announced this morning.

With the sale of the wealth division, LWBJ will no …