Standard & Poor's of New York today revised upward its fund volatility ratings on 10 U.S. offshore and European fixed-income funds.
While it’s not wise to change your entire mutual fund investment strategy based on recent performance, it may be time to consider some alternatives like ETFs.
Sales of new single-family homes dropped more than 48% to a record low in Jan.
Thomas M. Marra, chief operating officer of The Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc., will retire from his post July 3.
The Ohio Department of Insurance has confirmed it will provide temporary reserve relief for 20 insurance companies headquartered in the state.
All carried-interest distributions from private-equity funds and hedge funds would be taxed as ordinary income instead of capital gains under Obama's proposed budget.
Fidelity Investments plans to increase its presence in the municipal-bond market, firm executives said in an interview.
Financial advisers, already overwhelmed with frazzled clients, want more understanding from their wholesalers.
Managed-futures funds, which finished 2008 as one of the best-performing alternative strategies, hit a bump in January.
The age of long term care insurance purchasers continues to skew downward as more baby boomers buy policies.
Eaton Vance Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit shrank by more than half.
Navy Federal Asset Management LLC today announced the launch of a new managed account platform in partnership with FundQuest Inc. of Boston.
Congress today commenced an effort to determine whether legislation needs to be enacted to protect the retirement security of the country's aging population.
E*Trade Financial Corp. has closed its line of four index funds with liquidations to take place no later than March 27.
Columbia Management Group LLC recently changed portfolio managers at 20 teams that manage more than 55 mutual funds.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today backed the idea of creating an optional federal charter for insurance.
A client wants to pay off his mortgage with a retirement account distribution and is wondering about the short- and long-term financial ramifications.
Hard times are on the horizon for insurers as commercial mortgage exposure haunts carriers and capital levels shrink, according to Fitch.
Prices of existing single-family homes tumbled 18.2% on average in the fourth quarter of 2008, marking the biggest year-over-year price decline in 21 years
