The Vanguard Group has launched ETFs on the NYSE Arca today, which seek to track three MSCI Indexes.
Burned in the aftermath of Bear Stearns’ two collapsed hedge funds, Barclays has sued the firm and a pair of its fund managers.
America’s Health Insurance Plans today unveiled a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to more people.
Evergreen Investment Management has launched three new diversity equity mutual funds.
America’s Health Insurance Plans has unveiled a proposal to provide health insurance coverage to more people.
That’s a 15.3% gain from the same period last year, when net assets for variable annuities were $1.3 trillion.
The number of hedge fund launches and liquidations are off at a 25% annual rate for the second consecutive year, according to HFR.
The products give “windows of opportunity” to withdraw from the policy without incurring surrender charges.
The first U.S.-listed Chinese Real Estate ETF gives investors exposure to the Chinese real restate market.
CEO and CIO were the best-compensated positions at hedge funds of funds in 2007, according to an Infovest21 survey.
Aon's Combined Insurance will be sold to ACE for $2.4 billion and Munich Re is buying its Sterling unit for $352 million.
Due to negative returns, investors are pulling money out of mutual funds that invest in real estate investment trusts, but financial advisers believe that now is not the time to trim holdings.
Tudor Investment clients have pulled more than $1 billion from its Raptor hedge fund after it fell 8.5% this year.
Brokers and other industry observers are steaming over a new study that shows that investors who buy load funds do far worse than the funds themselves.
Elder-law attorneys are concerned that the new year will bring new rules in a number of states regarding how — and if — immediate annuities can work with Medicaid eligibility and planning.
While mutual funds continue to garner the lion's share of investment assets, their growth is trailing that of exchange traded assets and separately managed accounts.
The mind-set of clients presents a significant stumbling block to advisers who recommend annuities as a retirement-planning tool.
The hedge fund run by RK Capital Management of London lost 22% in November as copper prices fell.
The insurance trade groups will join under the umbrella of LL Global but each will keep its name.
The Hartford announced today that it is purchasing Boston-based Sun Life Retirement Services Inc.
