The Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened the comment period for its proposed rule on federal regulation of index annuities.
The latest data, released today by ForeclosureRadar.com, show the number of default notices filed against California homeowners plummeted 61.8% in September from August, and slipped 36.4% from a year ago.
Insurance revenue at banks jumped by 9.5% to $23.7 billion in the first six months of the year, according to the American Bankers Insurance Association.
Advisers need to brace themselves for more changes in and scrutiny of 401(k) plans, particularly as investors have witnessed their nest eggs dwindle dramatically in recent weeks, according to one retirement expert.
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Some representatives and advisers wonder whether their broker-dealer will be able to cut it, and broker-dealer executives are dealing with the trials — and prospects — presented by the financial-markets crisis.
About 300 financial advisers packed the meeting room for the Financial Planning Software Show-down during the Financial Planning Association's national conference in Boston last week.
In the wake of a negative report on the Securities and Exchange Commission's oversight of brokerage firms, the brokerage industry is bracing for tougher regulation.
Inflation is no longer the nation's chief economic problem; it is deflation, according to Jeffrey L. Knight, deputy head of investments and chief investment officer at Putnam Investments of Boston.
It is highly unlikely that the SEC will tell Congress that "mark-to-market" accounting should be suspended or scrapped when it finishes its 90-day study of the practice, according to industry observers.
