Closing of funds to investors suggests carrier's plan to slow variable annuity sales will be less aggressive than first thought; 'quite modest'
Finra's variable annuity suitability rule should be old news to broker-dealers, but firms that want to steer clear of an arbitration land mine ought to review their procedures.
U.S. equity research and related services from JPMorgan Chase & Co. was voted the most valuable to asset managers surveyed by Greenwich Associates.
Wall Street is cranking out zero coupon-bonds as fast as they can create them. And why not? Thirty-year strips returned 9.5% in the first quarter.
Yuan-denominated instruments seen as much better bet than G-3 investments; 'limited supplies' add to luster
SEC chairman Mary Schapiro told House lawmakers that the agency's system for leasing space had “significant flaws,” and that the federal General Services Administration will likely take over that role
News that Jackson National Life Insurance Co. will curtail sales of its popular variable annuity products — likely by limiting investments — has financial advisers on the lookout for the next best thing and its competitors waiting with open arms for an expected uptick in sales
Variable annuity sales at Jackson National Life Insurance have been surging -- so much so that parent company, Britain's Prudential, has deciced to dial back on the product. Yes, you read that right.
<a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=datajoe&djoPage=summary&issuedate=20100423&sid=BD0426&djoProjId=10994&djoRecordId=290006>QA3 Financial Corp.</a>, an independent broker-dealer that was a leading seller of high-risk private placements over the last decade, in a recent lawsuit said its insurance carrier was pushing it into bankruptcy by failing to back up its coverage.
In time for Gay Pride Month, New York Life Insurance Co. has launched a LGBT channel on its website to address financial and estate-planning needs unique to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community
Few people would expect the newspaper industry to yield successful stock picks, but fund manager James B. Miles sniffed out a strong value find when he added Valassis Communications Inc. to his portfolio
Once-highflying 130/30 strategies might be down, but they aren't out, money managers contend.
Fidelity Investments is marrying the concepts of target date portfolios and municipal-bond investing
Mutual fund managers are buying telecommunications stocks, many of them for the first time in years, as the sector emerges as a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster market
There were 316,812 buy trades placed in the retail-municipal-bond market last month, according to data from BondDesk Trading LLC
Possible deal between states and cigarette makers will stabilize debt offerings securitized by smokes; 'a little more predictability'
