Market turmoil and rising interest rates might kick off a new season for the fixed annuity as the product emerges from the shadow of its variable cousin, an industry expert said.
Salesforce.com Inc is going after the independent adviser market with Salesforce for Wealth Management, a customized, adviser-focused version of its popular customer relationship management application.
Bond insurers are in talks with banks, looking to wipe away some $125 billion of insurance on debt securities.
Some international-equity managers are wondering whether the drop in the greenback will continue, while others are beginning to implement currency hedges to protect their portfolios against a rise in the U.S. dollar.
At a time when stock markets have been buoyed by some positive economic data, small-cap stocks have whipped their larger brethren over the past three months.
Optimism characterizes management's thinking at the Natixis Vaughn Nelson Small Cap Value Fund (NEFJX).
In a move that likely will make environmentalist and actor Ed Begley Jr. proud, financial services firms are taking steps to make their offices green.
A handful of exchange traded funds are looking to give investors access to frontier markets, or countries that are less developed than traditional emerging markets.
Embedding annuities into target date funds might be the key to offering annuities as an investment option in 401(k) plans.
Ten years after the Department of Labor gave its blessing to socially conscious investments in defined contribution plans, the area finally has come of age.
