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Insurance & Technology May 28, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Accounting and Financial Systems: Technological Enhancements Offer Promise -- and Questions Insurers' accounting and financial systems -- including billing, annual reporting, portfolio management and investment management platforms -- are becoming increasingly integrated with other enterprise systems.
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Investment Advisor July 2008 Marlene Y. Satter	One Forward, Two Back? The Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need for change in the financial services industry.
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