Registered investment advisers just might be the next big ticket for the insurance industry.
Dodge & Cox's intention to launch a global-stock fund in April or May has observers trying to read the tea leaves.
The investment community appears to be catching on to the idea behind the Rydex Managed Futures Strategy (RYMFX), a first-of-its-kind registered mutual fund that provides synthetic exposure to the futures markets.
Exchange traded funds that are based on fundamental indexes have ballooned in number, but they are having a hard time attracting assets.
Although 2008 probably won't be a year for any significant tax changes, the insurance industry is preparing for 2009 and 2010, when tax increases appear likely.
Mutual fund companies are arming their wholesalers with new tools to help financial advisers manage client anxiety about the roller-coaster markets and unsettling financial news.
Financial advisers know little of William McNabb III, who today replaces John J. Brennan as president of The Vanguard Group Inc. and who will be taking Mr. Brennan's position of chief executive in about a year.
Robert R. Carter is stepping down as president of NFP Insurance Services Inc., according the SEC filings.
The push for actively managed exchange traded funds, the Holy Grail of the ETF industry, is intensifying.
Exchange traded funds are one of the fastest-growing investment vehicles, but until now, they have been passive investments.
The Dow Jones lost more than 300 points after the insurer reported dismal quarterly results.
Investors have seized two Bear Sterns hedge funds, in hopes that they will gain a chance to meet the company in court, according to the Financial Times.
West Virginia today passed legislation to prevent the settlement of stranger-oriented life insurance policies.
MBIA is bracing for more write-downs and Ambac has been given more time to justify its triple-A rating from Moody’s.
The firm is the first provider to receive exemptive relief from the SEC for actively managed ETFs in registration.
There were 50 fewer launches in 2007 as compared to 2006 for the first year-to-year fall since the millenium.
The firm an application with the SEC for exemptive relief for a series of actively managed, target-date exchange traded funds.
The rule would cover passive and actively managed ETFs — at least those that promise to divulge their holdings.
