As asset managers position themselves for 2009, the steady stream of pink slips that started to flow last month is expected to continue.
Carriers may be going through their own tumult, but that hasn't stopped clients from seeking life insurance coverage, according to agents and advisers.
Choppy markets highlight the importance of owning dividend-paying investments that can smooth out volatility.
Insurance companies and distributors face major changes for risk management and product development as variable annuities and their guarantees pressure insurers' risk-based capital, industry experts said.
Financial advisers are worried that if more employers eliminate 401(k) matches, it will cause already cash-strapped and worried clients to reduce or halt their contributions.
More than half of employers that offer "unbundled" 401(k) plans intend to add to their lineup of investment options over the next year, according to a new report.
Broker-dealers, registered representatives and advisers could be on the hook if they sell products from major carriers whose risk-based capital is crumbling, plaintiff's attorneys say.
The stock market historically has risen more during the first year under Democratic presidents than the first year under Republican presidents, according to data released last month by Savant Capital Management Inc.
Mutual funds and exchange traded funds that make dollar bets continued to turn in great returns last week despite concerns among some industry watchers that an eight-month U.S. dollar rally is winding down.
National Financial Partners Corp., the amalgamator of financial planning firms whose shares have plunged 90.7% in the past 52 weeks, is renegotiating its bank credit lines, suspending its dividend and share buybacks and temporarily ceasing acquisitions as it and its constituent firms continue to struggle.
