Proponents of health savings accounts and their mandatory high-deductible health insurance plans have come out swinging against a study concluding that the plans cost women about $1,000 more per year than men.
Most financial advisers wouldn’t expect to find health insurance in the same store where they buy lumber and fertilizer, but it turns out that the folks in orange aprons really can help with just about anything.
WisdomTree Investments Inc. is planning to roll out a platform designed to get exchange traded funds into 401(k) plans.
Despite being associated with one of the largest hedge fund implosions in recent memory, the multistrategy hedge fund model continues to represent the gold standard for much of the $1.2 trillion industry.
Hedge fund shares fast are becoming an important source of new donations for the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
With the acquisition of the parent company due to close in July, the future of the storied Dreyfus Corp. still is uncertain.
Citigroup Inc. is in talks to purchase Old Lane LP, a hedge fund run by former Morgan Stanley executive Vikram Pandit for more than $600 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index rose 0.98% in March, bringing year-to-date returns to 2.82%, according to a preliminary report released today by Greenwich Alternative Investments LLC.
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has teamed with BetterInvesting, a nonprofit investment education organization, to launch the BetterInvesting 100 Index, a listing of the top growth companies that the group's 13,127 investment clubs and 131,556 individual members hold.
Abolishing the role of mutual fund boards of directors in approving advisory expense ratios would lead to more competition in mutual fund fees, according to a book released in Washington today.
With the deadline for complying with the rule that governs agreements between them just a week away, mutual fund companies and intermediaries are busy ironing out last-minute wrinkles.
Fee income from variable and fixed annuities, and mutual funds, sold by banks declined by 0.6% last year to $19.33 billion, from $19.46 billion in 2005, according to a recent study.
PHILADELPHIA — The exchange traded fund industry is tripping over itself to come out with new buzz-worthy products.
NEW YORK — Financial advisers can safely increase their clients’ retirement income by 50% or more by structuring withdrawals differently, according to a certified public accountant who specializes in retirement income planning.
NEW YORK — Although exchange traded funds are growing at a torrid rate, with a new offering almost daily, one area where ETF growth has been slow is in retirement accounts.
NEW YORK — As long as the stock market keeps rising, and baby boomers keep getting older, variable annuity sales should continue to be robust, industry observers say.
Summit Mutual Funds’ Gary Rodmaker, in tuxedo and bow tie, was quite a sight rounding Manhattan’s Columbus Circle in a bicycle taxi on his way to accept a trophy at last month’s Lipper Fund Awards 2007.
BOSTON — Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. mutual fund firm, plans to merge Fidelity Advisor Korea Fund and Fidelity Nordic Fund into two larger, more diversified funds in an effort to provide less volatile returns for fund shareholders.
Advisers who start their own practices after leaving larger firms often find that their biggest obstacle is obtaining affordable health insurance for themselves and their families, observers say.
BOSTON — Independent advisers are used by 22% of millionaire households, and those advisers on average hold 56% of the millionaires’ investible assets — the largest share among financial service providers, according to a survey released last Monday by Fidelity Investments.
