New opportunities for insurers and asset managers are on the horizon as they seek a way to put a guaranteed wrapper around target date funds, according to an insurance company executive.
A federal judge has refused to approve a settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
Life insurer Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said Monday that its chief financial officer, Lizabeth Zlatkus, will be named its chief risk officer and the company will begin looking externally for a new CFO.
New York Life Insurance Co. is preparing to launch a no-load version of its immediate annuity to target the fee-based-adviser market, according to Matthew Grove, its vice president.
After leading Chicago's unsuccessful effort to land the Olympics, Patrick Ryan is jumping into something he knows a lot better than the Byzantine politics of the International Olympics Committee — the insurance business.
Just because participants in 401(k) plans have investment information doesn't mean that they will read it, according to a JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services survey.
Financial adviser Irene Berner is lacing up and hitting the pavement against leukemia and lymphoma, as she trains for the P.F. Chang's Rock "n' Roll Half Marathon in Phoenix.
A financial planners' group warned congressional leaders last week against enacting proposed standards for advisers that are being endorsed by the brokerage industry.
If the SEC has its way, more disciplinary information about brokers will be available to investors.
Members of the insurance industry are applauding an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 that eliminates a section that would have given the agency oversight of some insurance products.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has reached a $200,000 settlement with the state of Massachusetts, resolving accusations that several of its reps employed unfair sales practices when working with clients.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced a variable annuity that allows clients to allocate dollars into a built-in income component.
A New York billionaire jailed for soliciting underage prostitutes in Florida has settled four out of 18 abuse lawsuits by young women.
State Investment Officer Gary Bland has resigned amid a federal investigation into state investment deals and pressure to remove him by several members of the State Investment Council.
A government index shows U.S. home prices dipped slightly in August from the previous month, but remained above a low point reached in May.
Mutual fund manager Ameriprise Financial Inc. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as sales grew.
Shares of Ameriprise Financial Inc. surged to a new year high Thursday after the financial services company posted a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street's expectations, prompting an analyst to upgrade the stock.
Many of the stock market indicators are suggesting caution, but investors now have to consider the “new normal” before jumping in or retreating, according to Jeffrey Beamer, manager of the Lacerte Guardian Fund (LGFIX) for Lacerte Capital Advisers LLC.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney saw its total broker head count decline slightly in the third quarter — but their combined clients' assets managed to increase significantly during the three-month period, according to the earnings announcement the brokerage made today.
