Arbitrations that involve auction rate securities are about to be tested in new hearing procedures established by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
Actively managed equity mutual funds suffered record net outflows of $208.3 billion last year, while equity index funds enjoyed net inflows of $28 billion, according to estimates from Morningstar Inc.
Managing retirement portfolios often requires balancing capital appreciation and capital preservation objectives.
Reps at both Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley, as well as other industry observers, see a long slog ahead for the new joint venture between the two firms.
Two trade groups that represent the investment management industry want the Securities and Exchange Commission to hold a public hearing on the liquidation plan for a money market fund that collapsed in September.
The consumer price index, a key indicator of inflation trends, dropped for the third consecutive month in December and barely rose for 2008, marking its slowest pace in 54 years, according to Department of Labor data released today.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. is expanding the data its DTCC Deriv/SERV unit generates about credit default swaps.
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., which late last year said it would eliminate more than 100 jobs at all levels amid the economic slowdown, said Friday that it will continue to reduce expenses.
The suit was filed by American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co., a major provider of index annuities, and other companies that market the products, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after the SEC published its rule in the Federal Register today.
One of the suits was brought in federal court in New York by the Chicago-based American Medical Association, which led medical societies, health plan members and medical-care providers against the carrier.
