Last month, there were 791 new bond issues valued at $39 billion, according to Thompson Financial.
The Charles Schwab Corp.'s largest bond fund has lost more than 80% of its assets over the past 10 months as investors have fled the mortgage-backed securities in which it invested heavily.
NAIC has revised its rules to keep life insurers from refusing coverage based on customers’ future travel.
The hedge fund has agreed to buy a 50% stake in the New York-based credit specialist fund manager Ore Hill Partners.
In a break with the previous 10 months, investors poured $3.3 billion more into domestic stock funds in February than they took out.
AIG has filed suit against ex-chief executive Maurice Greenberg and six other former directors and executives, accusing them of breaching fiduciary duty,
MetLife is bringing in its deferred income annuity as an asset allocation option in a defined contribution plan.
Vanguard announced several reassignments of portfolio managers in its fixed income and money market funds.
The London hedge fund manager projects net management fee income to grow 15% from the year-ago period.
The firm reported that its operating earnings jumped 17% to a record level of $1.28 billion for 2007.
PowerShares Global Nuclear Energy Portfolio is designed to track the overall performance of companies in the nuclear energy industry.
Roving reporter Aaron Siegel quizzed conference attendees on their views on finance ... and the NCAA tournament.
SSgA launched a new ETF that tracks Deutsche Bank’s DB Global Government ex-U.S. Inflation-Linked Bond Capped index.
Annuities are from Principal Financial Group, Symetra Life Insurance and firms affiliated with MetLife Investors.
Aflac's directors have released a proxy statement inviting its shareholders to vote on performance-based compensation.
Assets managed in nearly 10,000 hedge funds totaled $2.16 trillion as of Dec. 31, estimated researchers at Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management in a new report.
AMEX has launched the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund today, touting it as the the first actively-managed ETF to hit the market.
Even as the financial services industry scurries to provide advisers with better retirement income vehicles, advisers continue to criticize the new products.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. of New York is cutting its four retail divisions down to two, creating a South/West division and a Northeast/Central division.
