Kevin Grant has been chosen as senior vice president of business planning services for Jackson National Life Distributors.
Top funds operated by Fidelity Investments stopped voting against shareholder resolutions that urge disclosure of corporate political spending for the 2007 proxy season, according to a study by a group that advocates for transparency in political spending.
Rydex Investments of Rockville, Md., is hoping that a glitzy new marketing campaign that includes television commercials will help it overcome the head start its chief rival has taken with regard to inverse and leveraged exchange traded funds.
Goldman Sachs is aiming to raise up to $6 billion in an effort to patch up the tattered reputation of its hedge fund business.
Mr. Wood's retirement ends a 13-year career at the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.
He joins chief executive Sy Sternberg and Ted Mathas, chief operating officer on the board.
Although exchange traded funds increasingly provide an inexpensive way for financial advisers to gain access to international markets, analyzing such ETFs is more difficult than analyzing those that stick to domestic securities.
Kensington Investment Group Inc. in Orinda, Calif., makes a strong case for being uniquely suited to manage the first open-end mutual fund focused on the development and reinforcement of a worldwide infrastructure.
With three mutual fund giants well on their way to capturing nearly 40% of all U.S. fund assets, thousands of smaller fund companies are left competing for the rest, and some even contemplate exiting the business.
Fund boards have adopted governance practices that are thought to serve the best interests of shareholders "in advance, or in the absence, of any regulatory mandate to do so," according to a new study from Independent Directors Council.
Children don't always grow up to be the responsible types we hope for. My client Anne is divorced, with a traditional individual retirement account valued at $1 million.
Money market funds usually are as boring as it gets in the investment business.
The October loss stems from a pair of credit default swaps written by the firm’s Credit Solutions unit.
Doug Mishkin, president and chief executive officer of Algren Associates, will head up the executive board as chairman.
Union Labor Life Insurance Co. today settled with the Department of Labor, paying $20 million over alleged violations of federal employee benefits law.
Mutual funds might be forced to sell off lower-quality issues that carry a high rating due to insurance.
Barclays Global Investors has launched eight new iShares international exchange traded funds.
National Financial Services has added seven insurance carriers to the company’s annuity program for B-Ds
Mr. DiDonna will lead about 150 people specializing in reinsurance, product development, actuarial services and underwriting.
Nearly 51 million U.S. households own mutual funds, representing 44% of all households.
