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Third Ave CEO Barse departs as fund liquidates - WSJ
FIXED INCOME DEC 17, 2015
Third Ave CEO Barse departs as fund liquidates - WSJ

Third Avenue Management is parting ways with Chief Executive Officer David M. Barse after he announced plans last week to freeze redemptions in its troubled high-yield mutual fund, the Wall Street Journal reported.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME DEC 17, 2015
Economists question Fed's rate-rise path after liftoff

Economists have given Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen a mission for next week's press conference: Explain what gradual means.

By Bloomberg
Don't shrug off health care conversations with clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2015
Don't shrug off health care conversations with clients

As health costs become top-of-mind for clients, savvy advisers will reap the benefits.

By Greg Iacurci
Allianz, Pimco targeted in class-action 401(k) suit
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2015
Allianz, Pimco targeted in class-action 401(k) suit

Firms are the latest targets in another class-action lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duty due to excessive 401(k) fees.

By Greg Iacurci
Wells Fargo wastes no time hiking its prime lending rate in stride with the Fed
EQUITIES DEC 16, 2015
Wells Fargo wastes no time hiking its prime lending rate in stride with the Fed

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> It took the bank just 12 minutes after the Fed's rate hike announcement to bump its prime rate to 3.5% from 3.25%.

By Jeff Benjamin
Whitman's Third Avenue lost managers, assets before fund shut down
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 16, 2015
Whitman's Third Avenue lost managers, assets before fund shut down

The firm founded in 1986 by Martin Whitman has been shedding assets since before the 2008 financial crisis, hurt by poor performance and an exodus of managers.

By Bloomberg
Managed futures funds capitalizing on junk-bond fallout
EQUITIES DEC 16, 2015
Managed futures funds capitalizing on junk-bond fallout

The carnage unfolding in the high-yield bond market has paved the way for serious gains in some managed futures funds.

By Jeff Benjamin
Billionaire Carl Icahn turns up pressure on AIG, seeks management shakeup
EQUITIES DEC 16, 2015
Billionaire Carl Icahn turns up pressure on AIG, seeks management shakeup

Activist investor to push for a measure that would enable shareholders to communicate directly with the board and possibly seek the addition of a director.

By Bloomberg
The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today
EQUITIES DEC 15, 2015
The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today.

By Jeff Benjamin
Variable annuity products get more variable
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 15, 2015
Variable annuity products get more variable

Insurers have debuted products that allow for change in payout rate, rider fees and roll-up rates under certain conditions.

By Greg Iacurci
Gundlach says time is not right for Federal Reserve to raise rates
EQUITIES DEC 15, 2015
Gundlach says time is not right for Federal Reserve to raise rates

DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach points to fragile economy, crumbling credit market as signs the time is not right for an increase in interest rates, a move the Fed could come to regret.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Stocks fall as stimulus doubts persist

Stocks retreated with government bonds, as investors looked past an unprecedented boost to European stimulus to focus on rising anxiety that central banks have lost the ability to boost global growth.

By Bloomberg
Fixed indexed annuities notch record sales quarter
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Fixed indexed annuities notch record sales quarter

Investors continue to migrate to fixed indexed annuities and shy away more from variable annuities amid low interest rates and market volatility.

By Greg Iacurci
EQUITIES DEC 14, 2015
The junk-bond selloff is raining on the Fed's rate-hike parade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Just when the Fed felt it was safe to move off a zero-rate policy, all kinds of heck is busting loose in the high-yield bond market.

By Jeff Benjamin
Senators ask Obama to speed up multistate insurance registry
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Senators ask Obama to speed up multistate insurance registry

The initiative, signed into law in January, can't get off the ground until the president nominates members to the registry's board.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Third Avenue blocks redemptions from credit fund amid losses
FIXED INCOME DEC 14, 2015
Third Avenue blocks redemptions from credit fund amid losses

As signs of stress mount in credit markets, a $788 million mutual fund is blocking clients from pulling their money to avoid fire sales.

By Bloomberg
Interest rates headed up, but how fast will they rise?
EQUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Interest rates headed up, but how fast will they rise?

Most analysts and advisers expect a gradual climb tempered by economic performance.

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2015
Fixed-indexed annuities soar in popularity

Since 2011, their sales growth has eclipsed variable annuities. What's behind their meteoric rise?

By Greg Iacurci
Third Avenue rattles the junk bond market
EQUITIES DEC 11, 2015
Third Avenue rattles the junk bond market

Plus: JPMorgan's David Kelly second-guesses the Fed, MLP investors hang on for dear life, and Joe Montana gets his VC groove on

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES DEC 11, 2015
Oil drops sharply as glut fears take hold

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The price of oil dropped to levels not seen in more than six years amid fears the global glut will be with us for a while. But there is an upside for some.

By Jeff Benjamin