Second-quarter variable annuity sales fell to $41.9 billion, down 11.2% from the comparable period last year, according to NAVA Inc.
The historic bailout may be as low as $100 billion to $200 billion, rather than the $700 billion being requested by the administration, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass. said yesterday.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin today called on Congress to temporarily suspend the 10% penalty tax on early withdrawals from 401(k)s.
Lawmakers must take steps stabilize a financial situation that could pose “very serious consequences” for the U.S. “financial markets and for our economy," said Fed chief Ben Bernanke.
Third Avenue Institutional International Value Fund LP, a fund of Third Avenue Management LLC, filed a class action Friday against Reserve Management Corp. hinging on the firm's redemption process last week, when the net asset value of the Reserve Primary Fund fell to 97 cents.
Your clients, who are ordinary investors, still hold substantial positions in Lehman Brothers and Fannie Mae stock in their portfolio and are wondering what they should do to claim a tax loss for the year.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts posted a total investment loss of $1.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, down from a net gain of $3.4 billion in the first half of 2007, according to a prospectus filed with the SEC.
“The last six months ... have made abundantly clear that voluntary regulation doesn’t work,” Mr. Cox said in prepared testimony at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee.
The bond ratings agency said it has “sufficient” cash and government securities to fund potential termination payments related to guaranteed insurance contracts even if the notes issued by its MBIA Insurance Corp. unit are downgraded.
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