The iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund from Barclays Global Investors won’t be the last.
The SEC has approved a FINRA rule intended to improve B-D sales practices for purchases and exchanges of deferred VAs.
Life insurance brokerage agencies could save up to $377 million annually in agent licensing costs if Congress were to adopt legislation.
Jerry Castellini is quick to acknowledge that his investment firm’s specialty, large-cap-growth stocks, has been “the single worst-performing asset class” since he co-founded CastleArk Management LLC in 1999.
One day last month, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was sinking over subprime-mortgage concerns, financial adviser Frank McGovern was relaxed, and the phones of his McLean, Va., office were quiet.
Diane Mix Birnberg, president of Chicago-based Horizon Cash Management LLC, didn’t plan it this way.
An industry-friendly 401(k) fee bill could be drafted soon in the House Ways and Means Committee to avoid some of the more-onerous provisions of an earlier bill.
The college savings plan industry once again has unveiled a wide array of marketing campaigns for the back-to-school season, with many plans emphasizing the benefits of 529 plans in light of upcoming changes in the “kiddie tax.”
For young financial advisers looking to earn their stripes, a lack of gray hair and wrinkles could have some clients concerned about taking advice from someone as young as their child — or even grandchild.
Two insurers, hoping to attract baby boomers heading into retirement, have introduced variable annuity products that guarantee a hefty 7% return on the holder’s investment in each of the first 10 years of the contract.
