Claymore Securities has unveiled the Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index exchange traded fund on Amex.
A possible collapse of teetering bond insurers could cost financial firms, including Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, up to $75 billion.
Banc One Securities Corporation of Chicago was fined $225,000 by FINRA for making the unsuitable sales.
Efforts to bail out bond insurers may be too late to prevent a ratings downgrade, a research firm says.
When projects went into default or were failing, Heartland didn't accurately re-price the funds, the SEC said.
A Euro Fund and Sterling Fund will be rolled out, most likely sometime this summer, said founder Bruce Bent.
By recruiting Perella Weinberg, the state regulator would focus on protecting the policyholders of “monoline” insurers.
InvestmentView, one of the first software tools to use hypothetical comparisons to help advisers recommend mutual funds, is being re-launched today by Thomson Financial.
Inspired by market volatility, insurance carriers are making over their equity-index annuities in an attempt to beat a bad reputation and target baby boomer investors.
Robert B. Pollock's return follows a six-month hiatus when Mr. Pollock went on administrative leave by order of the board of directors.
Gender is a strong factor in determining the likelihood of whether a worker 50 or older receives an annuity or a company-sponsored pension payment, according to a recently released study.
A gloomy market outlook is making gold shine bright, but financial advisers are divided as to whether it deserves a place in most clients' portfolios.
The Investment Company Institute has created a committee for exchange traded funds in what some say is an effort to head off the possibility that ETF providers will create their own trade association.
The fund, which is offered by the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group, seeks to generate income by investing in foreign fixed income markets.
Federated Investors Inc. launched the Federated Kaufmann Large Cap Fund this month in a bid to capitalize further on the success of star managers Lawrence E. Auriana and Hans P. Utsch.
Insurance agents and advisers are hawking annuities without grasping the adverse impact on clients' estate plans, industry observers said.
One very large player figured only marginally in the scandals of the 1990s — the $7 trillion mutual fund industry.
Fund Architects LLC, which promises to provide small investors with institutional-quality money management, legitimately can claim that it thinks outside the box.
Banks could be obliged to to set aside $143 billion in reserves if municipal bonds are downgraded, a report says.
After a buyout, a company cuts an average of 7% of its workforce, but new positions in new locations are added at a 6% clip.
