LONDON — The first active exchange traded funds might be introduced in the United States within the next three to six months, according to sources close to negotiations between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. of New York.
OTTAWA — Richard Nesbitt, chief executive of TSX Group Inc., is touring 10 U.S. cities to try to drum up new listings for the Toronto Stock Exchange.
NEW YORK — As the May 14 deadline looms for the Securities and Exchange Commission to appeal the overturning of the broker-dealer exemption rule, supporters and opponents of the rule have been busy making their case in the court of public opinion.
BOSTON — Fundamental indexing — touted as a “better mousetrap” alternative to capital-weighted market indexes — won’t necessarily catch more mice, according to Harvard professor Andre Perold.
No matter how you are registered and regulated, you can’t afford to turn a blind eye to the breaches of your clients who are fiduciaries — investment committees of retirement plans, foundations and endowments, and trustees of personal trusts.
The Women’s Retirement Security Act of 2007 was introduced in the Senate yesterday In an effort to help women save for retirement.
The end of the broker-dealer exemption rule will create a great opportunity for registered investment advisers to build out their firms, said J. Thomas Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional, speaking in Chicago today.
Barclays Global Investors of San Francisco announced today that five iShares exchange traded funds designed to track the FTSE NAREIT Indexes began trading today.
New York-based Lehman Brothers has appointed Roger Nagioff as global head of fixed income, based in London, according to published reports.
Wachovia Securities LLC is launching a pilot version of a retirement income management account, Robert Vorlop, director of investment products, told attendees of the Money Management Institute's annual meeting in Washington.
