An insurance industry effort to make summary prospectuses permissible for variable annuities is being received warmly by broker-dealers, despite doubts that the complex products can be described adequately in abbreviated form.
The insurer's sales and deposits rose 8% to a record $15.2 billion last year. The firm also reported record net income of $670 million, compared with a $1 billion net loss in 2008.
Legg Mason Inc. yesterday filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking permission to offer actively managed exchange-traded funds.
Rush to less-risky investments gores equity specialists and actively managed ETFs
Further complicating matters, the LTC business requires large amounts of capital, which puts added pressure on carriers that issue the policies
Clients may not be knocking down the doors to participate in the long-term-care-insurance program created last week by the passage of health care reform, but advisers are optimistic the program's existence will spur more discussion around the benefits of LTC planning.
Pax, based in Portsmouth, N.H., plans to list three ETFs on NYSE Arca, a division of New York-based NYSE Euronext, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week.
It is difficult to function as a value investor unless the value analyst has a firm grasp of economic reality. It is equally difficult to promulgate intelligent financial regulations unless the sponsors of the regulation have a firm grasp of economic reality.
Firm teams with Western Asset Management to launch actively managed fixed-income fund
Legg Mason Capital Management's CIO tells Consuelo Mack why he thinks large-cap stocks will out-perform small- and mid-caps over the next several years.
Economists would likely agree that the bond market rally is the market's rational response to current (albeit heavily government-influenced) reality. But there's a disturbing signal ahead.
Warren Buffett shortened the duration of bonds held by his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. after warning that deficit spending could force inflation higher.
With the U.S real estate market still struggling to get back on its feet, financial advisers continue to find themselves facing a barrage of questions from anxious clients about everything from depressed home values to whether now is the time to buy or sell property.
The carrier announced, however, that it will add 400 employees to an operation in Franklin, Tenn., just outside of Nashville.
Most financial services companies invest heavily in new field agents, only to see one out of every two leave within two years. What's their gameplan?
Investment research firm Morningstar Inc. on Monday said its French subsidiary reached a deal to buy Seeds Group, which provides investment consulting services, for an undisclosed amount.
Recently released federal guidance regarding target date funds was just the first step in a process that eventually will include regulations for the investments
The Employee Benefits Security Administration is planning to publish a compliance checklist for target date fund selection this spring
