Ameriprise Financial Inc. hopes its new Threadneedle Funds brand will appeal to third-party financial intermediaries.
Supporters of simplified disclosures for variable annuities may get a boost from a proposal that state insurance regulators will soon consider.
A successful program starts by listing all your communications to top clients, and entering the items on a calendar.
In a move to bolster its battered image, long-suffering Putnam Investments last week said that it is hiring industry veteran and former Fidelity Investments executive Robert L. Reynolds as its president and chief executive, effective July 1.
Net assets in variable annuities have also risen, reaching $1.39 trillion, compared to $1.38 trillion in the first quarter of 2007.
No single vendor dominates the market for financial planning software and advisers are divided fairly evenly on whether they prefer self-hosted applications or applications hosted on the web.
Two former hedge fund managers at the soon-to-be-defunct Bear Stearns may soon be indicted.
The debate about high mutual fund commissions and conflicts at the point of sale should be put to bed because sales of funds with high upfront commissions are a small part of overall sales, according to a recently released report.
Leveraging technology to drive growth, and handling information overload and system integration, were among the concerns advisers discussed at an InvestmentNews technology round table.
Managers of target date funds have increased their allocations to equities, on average, but some of the funds' specific investment strategies are difficult to discern, a new study from Financial Research Corp. has found.
