Now that annuities are becoming accepted as part of an overall retirement income program, fee-only planners are wondering whether they should sell the products themselves or refer sales to outside agents.
Curian Capital LLC, a Denver-based provider of separately managed account platforms, has promoted Greg Verfaillie to senior vice president and national sales manager.
Today's grandparents are spending about $50 billion a year on their grandchildren — with about $25 billion of that going toward investments, a recent survey has found.
Great American Insurance is accused of submitting a false insurance premium quote.
Dave Liebrock will be an adviser at Captrust, working mostly with plan sponsors in the mid-market 401(k) space.
Western money managers are pouring into the Middle East in hopes of luring its fast-growing pools of petrodollars.
Fixed and variable annuity sales at banks rose to $4.2 billion in October, a 14% gain.
Peter Smyth is now senior vice president and director of strategy, development and operations for international wealth management.
Growth in U.S. payrolls slowed to a trickle and the unemployment rate increased significantly in December.
But financial-services firms trimmed 5,000, marking the third decline in the last five months.
After an outcry from member B-D firms, FINRA proposed pushing back a section of the rule to Aug. 4.
Many investors found disclosures that advisers and B-D firms are required to provide are "problematic.”
Jackson National Life Insurance Co. today added a pair of new portfolios to its retail mutual fund lineup.
Catherine J. Weatherford, executive vice president and chief executive officer, will earn $370,000.
Confidence blossomed among investors with more than $500,000 in investible assets in December.
Prices of existing single-family homes slumped for the tenth consecutive month in October.
The insurance company's president and chief executive, Michael G. Cherkasky, will step down.
Customers opened their wallets in November, as personal income and prices jumped, according to the Commerce Department.
America’s Health Insurance Plans today unveiled a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to more people.
Mortgage-related losses took a $9.4 billion bite out of Morgan Stanley’s fourth-quarter report, the bank said yesterday.
