Government estimates about how much investors withdraw from their 401(k)s and IRAs are probably way off — maybe by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report published late last month by the Investment Company Institute.
The next wave of equity opportunities lie in big, “boring” companies that have been largely overlooked in the current rally, according to hedge fund manager Joel Hirsh.
Look for markets to continue November's upward climb and finish the year strongly.
Acquiring a life insurance company in the United States is an option that Sun Life Financial Inc. is willing to entertain, Jon Boscia, president of the Canadian financial services firm, said today.
Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. today introduced a $75 million catastrophe bond, covering extreme mortality risks.
Life insurers are concerned that legislation the House Financial Services Committee is likely to approve after Thanksgiving will increase costs substantially for the 28 carriers that have assets of more than $50 billion.
Insurers with at least $10 billion in assets would be required to pay into a federal fund to cover the costs of resolving failures at financial services companies under legislation to be taken up next week by the House Financial Services Committee.
When cold calling chilled prospective clients, insurance agent Eric S. Klarman brought his business outside — to subway stations and on the streets of New York.
The House Financial Services Committee this morning unanimously approved legislation that would create a federal insurance office within the Treasury Department. The legislation is part of a broad financial services regulatory reform package that is scheduled to be voted on next week by the full House of Representatives.
Even as long-term care costs skyrocket, many Americans have unrealistic plans for how they expect to pay for those services, according to a new survey from the LIFE Foundation.
Exchange-traded commodities funds will continue to prosper despite regulators' concerns that they may have helped fuel the run-up in oil prices last year.
With The Vanguard Group Inc. on its heels, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC today launched new actively managed exchange-traded funds.
Now that exchange-traded funds can come to market with relatively little fuss, providers are readying to launch emerging-markets ETFs in what industry observers call an ill-advised attempt to jump on the latest trend.
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In the “new normal” of slower economic growth and lower investment returns, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC's Bill Gross is himself buying steady, dividend- paying stocks.
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today kicked off an investigation into whether insurers based there have investments in Iran or its agents.
Already under pressure from credit rating agencies, U.S. life insurers are about to be rocked again — by defaults on their investments in commercial real estate and mortgages, according to a report from Fitch Ratings Ltd.
Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC last week launched its first actively managed exchange-traded fund.
Fidelity Investments experienced outflows in its long-term mutual funds in October — the first time the fund behemoth has seen net outflows in months.
