Balances in health investment accounts leapt by more than 20% quarter-over-quarter during the second quarter of 2009, according to data from Canopy Financial Inc.
Regulators and representatives of the insurance industry appeared before Congress today to discuss a new draft of the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009.
Grail Advisors LLC filed to offer two actively managed exchange traded funds: the Grail McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF and the Grail McDonnell Core Taxable Bond ETF.
The number of mutual fund firms sending out summary prospectuses is trending upward, as providers gear up for a new rule that will require more disclosures next year, according to data released today by NewRiver Inc.
Barclays Global Investors has launched the iShares Charitable Giving Program, which offers clients access to donor-advised funds using pools of its exchange-traded funds.
Many American households would be in financial distress if confronted with the loss of a breadwinner, according to a recent survey from New York Life Insurance Co.
The Achilles heel of hedge funds — tax inefficiency — could soon send investors limping toward other options.
Exchange-traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are gaining in popularity, but some industry watchers think that mutual funds are a better option.
Growth in The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s wealth management and retirement businesses will be a renewed area of focus as the insurance giant welcomes its new chief executive, Liam E. McGee, who officially joined the firm last week from Bank of America Corp.
Financial advisers and consumer advocates are skeptical of a proposal from the life insurance industry that could reduce the amount of capital that carriers need to hold against residential-mortgage-backed securities.
Unemployment is expected to remain at elevated rates for the next two years, Boston Federal Reserve Bank president and chief executive Eric Rosengren said at a meeting of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce today.
Exchange-traded funds that invest in municipal bonds are gaining in popularity, but some industry watchers believe that mutual funds are a better option.
Pennsylvania's insurance department today filed petitions to liquidate embattled long-term care insurer Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co. and American Network Insurance Co.
Emerging markets could be the next bubble to watch out for, but the doesn't mean the run is over yet, according to John-Paul Smith, chief strategist for Pictet Asset Management Ltd.
Mutual fund companies are under more pressure to lower fund expenses at a time they're being squeezed by distributors for more cash, said speakers at a mutual fund conference today in Boston.
Trading will begin tomorrow on four actively managed exchange-traded funds launched by Grail Advisors LLC.
Virtus Investment Partners Inc. has received shareholder approval to convert two funds of mutual funds using target risk strategies into more aggressive sector rotation funds investing in exchange-traded funds.
Lenders are ramping up efforts to avoid home foreclosures, but a report by bank regulators says more than half of borrowers who get help fall behind again.
CIT Group Inc. shares plunged in premarket trading Wednesday as the commercial lender is reportedly trying to craft an exchange that would cut its debt and offer bondholders an equity stake in the company in a bid to avoid bankruptcy.
