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AIG Advisor Group on the block
NEWS BROKER DEALERS DEC 16, 2015
AIG Advisor Group on the block

One of the largest networks of independent broker-dealers in the country recently hired a law firm, which in turn will select an investment bank to begin discussions with interested buyers, according to two sources with knowledge of the company's moves.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 15, 2015
New resolution: Create and review your Social Security statement online

If your earnings information is wrong, you may not receive all the benefits to which you are entitled.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Loss of Social Security file-and-suspend strategy may be overblown
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 15, 2015
Loss of Social Security file-and-suspend strategy may be overblown

Restricted application for spousal benefits is still key for married couples.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Loss of file-and-suspend strategy may be overblown
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 15, 2015
Loss of file-and-suspend strategy may be overblown

Restricted application for spousal benefits is still key for married couples.

By Mary Beth Franklin
The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 15, 2015
The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today.

By Jeff Benjamin
Variable annuity products get more variable
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 15, 2015
Variable annuity products get more variable

Insurers have debuted products that allow for change in payout rate, rider fees and roll-up rates under certain conditions.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Stocks fall as stimulus doubts persist

Stocks retreated with government bonds, as investors looked past an unprecedented boost to European stimulus to focus on rising anxiety that central banks have lost the ability to boost global growth.

By Bloomberg
Fixed indexed annuities notch record sales quarter
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Fixed indexed annuities notch record sales quarter

Investors continue to migrate to fixed indexed annuities and shy away more from variable annuities amid low interest rates and market volatility.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 14, 2015
The junk-bond selloff is raining on the Fed's rate-hike parade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Just when the Fed felt it was safe to move off a zero-rate policy, all kinds of heck is busting loose in the high-yield bond market.

By Jeff Benjamin
Senators ask Obama to speed up multistate insurance registry
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Senators ask Obama to speed up multistate insurance registry

The initiative, signed into law in January, can't get off the ground until the president nominates members to the registry's board.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Interest rates headed up, but how fast will they rise?
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Interest rates headed up, but how fast will they rise?

Most analysts and advisers expect a gradual climb tempered by economic performance.

By Jeff Benjamin
African-American advisers ID business challenges
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 14, 2015
African-American advisers ID business challenges

Clients from the black community face barriers to financial advice, according to a group of African-American advisers who participated in an <i>InvestmentNews</i> roundtable.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Fixed-indexed annuities soar in popularity

Since 2011, their sales growth has eclipsed variable annuities. What's behind their meteoric rise?

By Greg Iacurci
Third Avenue rattles the junk bond market
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 11, 2015
Third Avenue rattles the junk bond market

Plus: JPMorgan's David Kelly second-guesses the Fed, MLP investors hang on for dear life, and Joe Montana gets his VC groove on

By Jeff Benjamin
Plan advisers need to take note of the SEC's swing-pricing rule
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 11, 2015
Plan advisers need to take note of the SEC's swing-pricing rule

Due diligence considerations that plan advisers should make when a fund has adopted swing pricing.

By Blaine F. Aikin
NEWS EQUITIES DEC 11, 2015
Oil drops sharply as glut fears take hold

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The price of oil dropped to levels not seen in more than six years amid fears the global glut will be with us for a while. But there is an upside for some.

By Jeff Benjamin
High-yield bond market is teetering on the brink of disaster
NEWS ALTERNATIVES DEC 11, 2015
High-yield bond market is teetering on the brink of disaster

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: More than a third of the outstanding U.S. high yield and leveraged loan universe is at risk in a rising-rate cycle.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS DEC 11, 2015
RIA firms have room for more women

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS DEC 11, 2015
Women's rise to senior positions at advisory firms has stalled

Despite having less experience than women, men in the service adviser role, for example, were nearly twice as likely to have been promoted in the past year.

By Matt Sirinides
Morgan Stanley hit with racial discrimination suit
NEWS WIREHOUSES DEC 11, 2015
Morgan Stanley hit with racial discrimination suit

As part of her claim, ex-broker alleges the wirehouse's recent move toward mandatory arbitration is an attempt to prohibit employees from publicly challenging unfair practices.

By Mason Braswell