Reuters Money: Broker departures accelerate at Merrill Lynch

Click to View in Browser 03/13/2012 Broker departures accelerate at Merrill Lynch NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least 50 advisers who managed nearly $12 billion in client assets at Merrill Lynch have left the "thundering herd" since January 1, based on moves tracked by Reuters. Bad bank funding drives out good: James Saft (Reuters) - Official funding has a nasty habit of driving away free market money, as Europe's banks may yet discover. Fund-award winners buck expectations, stereotypes NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mutual funds that rose to the top of the 2012 Lipper U.S. Fund rankings overcame a tumultuous and eventful year that had investors - and their advisers - on the edge of their seats. Hedging your frequent flyer miles (Reuters) - When British Airways dangled 100,000 frequent flyer miles in front of customers signing up for its branded Visa card last year, it appeared to people who signed up that they would be getting a free trip or two to Europe. But the deal came with a price. Value, growth duke it out for supremacy NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's a debate as old as iconic investor Ben Graham himself: Are you a value investor, attracted to stocks that have been unfairly overlooked and are selling at a bargain? Or are you a growth investor, willing to pay a healthy price to ride the momentum of a hot business? As more couples split, advisers face minefields NEW YORK (Reuters) - As part of the retirement planning process, financial advisers often help married couples prepare for the eventuality of one dying before the other. Citigroup could be surprise winner in stress tests (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc may be a surprise winner when the Federal Reserve reveals the results of bank stress tests designed to gauge the health of the biggest U.S. banks. Start-ups navigate the clutter at SXSW tech show SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capitalists have some insights for startup entrepreneurs trying to break out at Austin's South By Southwest Interactive trade show, a mecca for the technorati that runs through Tuesday. Frequent flyers may rejoice in new route swap (Reuters) - For those who fly in and out of New York airports -- fasten your seat belts for one of the biggest changes in recent memory. Getting cash-cow corporations to share their wealth CHICAGO (Reuters) - When a profitable company is sitting on tens of billions of dollars in idle cash, why can't it automatically raise dividends to reward its shareholders? After all, with savings yields at dismal levels - and likely to remain so - those on fixed-incomes could use a boost. Related Video More pennies at the pump Bernanke downplays jobs upturn Business News Wall Street to open higher on euro-zone, retail sales February retail sales rise, highest in five months The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend