Caterpillar Inc.'s announcement that it has reached a tentative settlement over the fees it charged its 401(k) plan participants may be bad news for plan sponsors, their advisers and mutual fund companies.
Morgan Stanley executives plan to sell the Van Kampen mutual fund business and Invesco Ltd. has emerged as the leading bidder among those invited to look at the unit, according to market sources who declined to be identified.
Life insurance agents' advocacy groups teamed up this month to ask Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., to reconsider a legislative provision that would require life agents to become registered investment advisers.
The special master for executive compensation under the Troubled Asset Relief Program told a congressional panel last Wednesday that he does not believe American International Group Inc. will repay all the money it has received from the federal government.
The executive in charge of distributing Janus Capital Group's mutual funds through financial intermediaries and international channels is stepping down Oct. 31.
Fitch Ratings on Monday raised its outlook on Prudential Financial Inc., citing improvements to the insurance and investment company's capital position.
Hedge fund operator Raj Rajaratnam and a codefendant pleaded not guilty Monday to charges they were major players in a scheme that used inside information to make stock trades that generated millions of dollars in profits.
Higher-quality high-yield corporate bonds are getting more attractive on a fundamental basis, according to Sabur Moini, manager of the $695 million Payden High Income Fund.
Federal prosecutors say criminal charges have been filed against 14 people, including attorneys and Wall Street professionals, in a widening $25 million insider trading case.
Lord Abbett & Co. is offering discounts to clients who open an individual retirement account by April 15.
A new regulation that would have placed more responsibility on life insurers for producers' bad annuity sales has been delayed.
FundQuest has added Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co.'s Personal Retirement Annuity to its platform, marking the first time that the Fidelity variable annuity will be available to fee-based advisers through a managed-account provider.
The broker-dealer channel is in the cross hairs of Sun Life Financial Inc. as the company aims to bolster its ranks of variable-annuity wholesalers and reach out to broker-dealers as a new channel for life insurance sales.
Third quarter indexed annuity sales were up 11.3% from a year ago, but down from record sales levels in the second quarter of 2009.
Although Aviva USA Corp. already has an established strength in its lineup of indexed products, the insurer has its eye on the next innovation: a guarantee wrapper with a managed account or 401(k), according to chief executive Christopher J. Littlefield.
Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings said Friday Chief Financial Officer and Group Chief Operating Officer Patrick Regan will leave the company early next year to become CFO of insurer Aviva PLC.
Officials for Aviva PLC, the London-based insurer, today said it will become a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 20.
Christopher J. Littlefield has been named the chief executive of the insurance company Aviva USA.
WisdomtTree Investments Inc. today launched an exchange-traded fund for investors who want to maintain exposure to international stocks without losing out to a rising U.S. dollar that could eat into returns.
China has outstripped the U.S. in the amount of money raised from stock listings, underscoring the region's stronger economy and a resurgence in investment.
