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September 07, 2010
As Congress gears up to starts its fall session, Putnam Investments is wasting little time in pressing lawmakers to pass auto-IRA legislation. ...
September 07, 2010
Aegon, an international insurer, pension and investment company, announced Tuesday, September 7, that Marc Van Weede, executive vice president, will be the Global Head of Sustainability. ...
September 07, 2010
As part of its efforts to modernize, the Securities Investor Protection Corp. will hold its first-ever online forum for investors who want to speak out about the SIPC’s operations at 8 p.m. EDT on September 14 at www.SIPCModernization.org....
September 07, 2010
Neal Greenberg, an investment advisor based in Boulder, Colorado, was charged Tuesday, September 7, with fraud and the breach of fiduciary duty by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ...
September 03, 2010
SMA offers organizations a highly customizable faith-based investment option....
September 01, 2010
What to consider when exploring emerging markets debt....
September 01, 2010
Investors risk serious losses for holding periods longer than a day or two....
August 31, 2010
ETFs swap market cap for sales, earnings weightings....
August 30, 2010
With reports on jobs, services, and manufacturing in the wings for the month of September, investors are bracing for dark skies ahead....
August 30, 2010
Long-term investors and those seeking safety not found these days in the stock markets have been fleeing to bonds, giving rise to speculation about a “bond bubble.”...
August 30, 2010
Investment Advisor announced Monday, August 30, the results of its 20th annual readers’ poll for the 2010 Broker/Dealers of the Year....
August 30, 2010
Profits and margins at BofA-Merrill are well ahead of those at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, despite MSSB’s larger advisor force. ...
August 30, 2010
The Trends in Life Insurance Ownership study, conducted every six years by the life insurance lobbying and marketing organization, found that only 44% of U.S. households have individual life insurance. ...
August 30, 2010
Wilmington Trust Corp. has named veteran wealth advisor Lawrence Gore president of the New York office of Wilmington Trust FSB, the firm announced Monday....
August 27, 2010
Raymond James Financial says that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common shares of $0.11 per share, payable October 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on October 1, 2010. ...
August 27, 2010
Harris has launched the Harris Charitable Fund Program under the sponsorship and management of National Philanthropic Trust, a national public charity and major donor-advised fund provider, the two organizations announced Tuesday....
August 27, 2010
Africa’s key market returned over 13 % in past decade....
August 27, 2010
A little-known portfolio tool can help advisors reduce risk for their clients in severe market slides, financial experts say....
August 27, 2010
Financial experts share several ways advisors can use a little-known portfolio tool to lower risk for their clients and improve diversification....
August 26, 2010
August marks the 75th birthday for the New Deal stalwart, but is it a happy one?...
August 26, 2010
Initial jobless claims fell 31,000 to 473,000 for the week ended August 21, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, August 26. The sharp drop, the second biggest decline of 2010, followed three weeks of increased unemployment claims....
August 26, 2010
Alerian, a Dallas-based research group, launched the Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) on Wednesday....
August 25, 2010
Sales of new single-family houses in July fell 12.4% to 276,600, the slowest pace of sales on record since 1963. July durable goods orders rose slightly, but the increase came mainly from airplane orders....
August 25, 2010
While market and world events have caused independent investment advisors to maintain a somewhat conservative outlook, there are still a few bright spots in their forecast, according to a Charles Schwab survey of independent RIAs released Wednesday....
August 25, 2010
The global asset management business rebounded strongly in 2009....
August 24, 2010
Private placement notes in default; firm alleged to have withheld ‘material information.’...
August 24, 2010
Existing-home sales dropped sharply in July to historic lows after the home buyer tax credit expired, but home prices continued to gain, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported Tuesday, August 24....
August 24, 2010
The Japanese Yen surged to a fresh 15-year high against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday after the Japanese government failed to say it would take steps to curb the currency's strength amid growing concerns about the pace of the recovery. ...
August 24, 2010
Callan Associates hired Morgan Dempsey Capital Management, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday, August 20, as a sub-advisor for its Diversified Alpha Small Cap Equity Fund....
August 24, 2010
John Hancock Retirement Plan Services announced Tuesday that they will offer two suites of lifecycle funds designed to meet individuals' varied retirement needs. ...
August 24, 2010
As many parents dip into retirement savings to pay for their children’s college educations, the parents who work with a financial advisor are saving more for college costs, Fidelity Investments reported in a study released Tuesday, August 24....
August 24, 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney recently recruited a team of financial advisers from Wells Fargo Advisors, which followed a fine by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) over disclosure rules....
August 23, 2010
Investors are pulling out of stock mutual funds in droves, though foreign stock funds are still attracting cash. ...
August 23, 2010
An Opportunity Index to help asset managers focus their distribution efforts is part of Cerulli Associates new study, “Managed Accounts: Asset Manager Distribution Roadmap,” the firm announced on Friday, August 13....
August 23, 2010
AIG announced that it has repaid almost $4 billion to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. International Lease Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of AIG, sold $4.4 billion in secured and unsecured notes to make the $3.9 billion payment. ...
August 23, 2010
Common stocks and municipal bonds have had the highest long-term “real” returns for taxable accounts over the last 30 years, according to an annual study by Thornburg Investment Management (Thornburg) released Monday, August 23....
August 23, 2010
While the vast majority of Generation Y’ers believe it’s possible to achieve the American dream in their lifetime, only 34% feel that they have an adequate safety net and 38% say that they have credit card debt, according to a recent MetLife study....
August 22, 2010
Data from Fidelity Investments for the second quarter of 2010 shows that while investors are saving more in their 401(k) plans, hardship loans and withdrawals are also on the rise. ...
August 20, 2010
The Financial Planning Association has announced the three keynote speakers who will share their global and domestic financial perspectives at the FPA’s October 9-12 annual conference. ...
August 20, 2010
Highmount Capital, a multi-family office based in New York and Boston, plans to open an office in Amsterdam by September and to add offices in London and Switzerland over the next year....
August 20, 2010
Raymond James Financial has named Tim Killgoar director of client experience as part of its efforts to improve communications between investors and the home office of the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based broker/dealer....
August 20, 2010
The New York Attorney General’s office has widened its investigation of retained asset accounts (RAAs) to include several more insurers, according to our sister publications from National Underwriter. ...
August 20, 2010
Just one day after settling allegations of fraud with the Securities and Exchange Commission, New Jersey sold $2.25 billion in short-term notes, a new record....
August 19, 2010
Eisner LLP and Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP announced on Monday that they have combined their practices to form EisnerAmper LLP. ...
August 19, 2010
Bearish sentiment about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings has eased, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers conducted in early August. ...
August 19, 2010
Troubling U.S. jobless claims figures and a lackluster manufacturing report out of the Philadelphia area drove the equities markets lower and Treasury prices higher as investors ran for cover in thin trading Thursday, August 19....
August 19, 2010
Total annuity sales increased 11% from the first quarter of 2010, the first quarterly increase since the fourth quarter of 2008, LIMRA reported. ...
August 18, 2010
The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that investors in failed hedge funds will be allowed to investigate their losses as a group while coordinating potential legal actions....
August 18, 2010
Gen Y investors will be able to take advantage of Vanguard's latest offering, the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund....
August 18, 2010
U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and John Kerry introduced the Automatic IRA Act of 2010, which they say takes a common-sense approach to addressing the nation's retirement savings crisis....



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