Investors, attracted by the allure of guarantees, gobbled up variable annuities during the second quarter, placing some insurers on pace to beat estimates and bringing broker-dealers closer to pre-crisis VA sales levels
Many investment firms and states have adjusted features within their Section 529 college savings plans over the past year to make them easier for financial advisers to deal with and thus more attractive
Famed hedge fund manager boosts long positions to 65% of holdings;
Head of Pimco's Total Return Fund dramatically ups allocation to U.S. housing bonds
Short-sales mount amid gathering economic storm: 'get some protection or get out altogether'
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Adviser revenue recovered last year to pre-crisis levels as assets continued to climb, but growth expectations for future growth have soured.
Pimco Total Return Fund being outperformed by 80% of funds in its category this year; missed out on Treasuries
Blackstone big forced to rejigger prediction that S&P 500 would top 1,500 this year; Barton Biggs retrenching as well
'Sovereign balance sheets resemble an overweight diabetic on the verge of a heart attack,' Pimco manager says
Financial advisers are stuck on Jackson National Life Insurance Co.'s variable annuities
The Headhunter wonders why Sallie Krawcheck's departure registered as an earth shattering day in the history of the retail brokerage business.
The number of investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission has fallen for the first time in 10 years, while the assets that they manage have increased sharply, according to a report released last week
Commonwealth, Cambridge snag brokers who purportedly generated 5% of beleaguered B-D's revenue last year; new owner soon?
It has been a textbook year. That is, if your textbook is the Stock Trader's Almanac.
Advisers hoping to broach the topic of annuities with clients ought to step back from product features and focus on the greater context of longevity protection.
