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Insurance firm is debuting its first IOVA as the products are helping prop up overall VA sales.
Fixed indexed annuity sales are steadily gaining on those of variable annuities, thanks in large part to continued low interest rates.
$909 million raised is almost as much as the $1.04 billion the firm raised all of last year.
As spreads tighten, turning attention to lodging, self-storage and Europe.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Susan Elizabeth Walker was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for taking over $1 million from clients' accounts.
Manager is hoping to garner assets in a crowded market through a strategy targeting the stability of investors' retirement income stream.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Emerging-markets fund manager who darted out of Chinese stocks at the best possible time is now moving back in.
Well-known investor Laszlo Birinyi, who has defied market pessimists throughout the 6 1/2-year bull market, says there's more money to be made in the stock market.
Active managers have made small changes on the margins of their TDF portfolios, which could give them a short-term advantage over passive managers.
Unit focused on real estate and distressed debt is a bright spot in the firm's quest for profitability and growth.
Deal comes as big banks grapple with new SEC regulations that force institutional prime funds to adopt a floating share price.
Citizenship by investment is a growing method that allows high-net-worth clients to shield their assets from the U.S. government.
Ranking funds through the third quarter of 2015
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The numbers are in, and it turns out the $12.4 trillion worth of quantitative easing has only worsened inequality.
Funding model is based on platforms such as those developed by Kickstarter Inc. and Indiegogo Inc. that allow entrepreneurs, artists and engineers to solicit donations for projects ranging from virtual-reality headsets to music festivals
Comments from Fed chair Janet Yellen and solid October jobs report has futures traders betting on sooner rather than later hike.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The specific things to watch for in today's jobs report that could influence the Fed's decision on interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market appears uninterested in the Fed's subtle hints of a looming rate hike next month, or the month after that, or someday, maybe, eventually.
To buffer clients' portfolios ahead of a rising-rate environment, financial advisers should consider allocating to liquid alternative strategies.
