The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion. It was moderated by InvestmentNews news editor Bruce Kelly and InvestmentNews reporter Jed Horowitz.
Some representatives and advisers wonder whether their broker-dealer will be able to cut it, and broker-dealer executives are dealing with the trials — and prospects — presented by the financial-markets crisis.
Inflation is no longer the nation's chief economic problem; it is deflation, according to Jeffrey L. Knight, deputy head of investments and chief investment officer at Putnam Investments of Boston.
Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation's $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.
It is highly unlikely that the SEC will tell Congress that "mark-to-market" accounting should be suspended or scrapped when it finishes its 90-day study of the practice, according to industry observers.
Now is the time for financial planners and investment advisers to demonstrate that they are what they have always claimed to be: trained, capable, cool-headed professionals.
One of the great ironies of the market cataclysm is that investors stuck with auction rate securities — among the earliest victims of the global credit freeze — are now enjoying some of the fattest returns.
The nation's faltering economy is forcing many parents to put off saving money for their kids' college education.
Those who are fuzzy about how the stock market works can now learn the fundamentals of investing by relating it to sports.
Wirehouse representatives have been on tenterhooks since last week, awaiting the fate of their parent companies — while at the same time trying to deal with the market meltdown.
Prudential Financial Inc. yesterday pre-released third quarter results for its financial services businesses, warning investors of large investment losses.
In a rare piece of positive economic data, lower energy prices in July sent the trade deficit down 3.5% in August, according to data from the Department of Commerce.
In an effort the calm the nerves of anxious Americans, President George W. Bush this morning said that the government is acting to resolve the financial crisis, which has mostly been driven by “uncertainty and fear.”
MetLife Inc. of New York recently approached Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. about a merger, insiders told The Wall Street Journal.
RBC Capital Markets Corp. of New York will buy back up to $800 million in auction rate securities from more than 2,000 investors under a preliminary settlement announced today by the Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators.
A wide range of sweeping changes to the 401(k) system were proposed Tuesday at a hearing on how the market crisis has devastated retirement savings plans.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based investment bank said its net income fell to $1.18 billion, or 15 cents per share, from $3.7 billion, or 82 cents per share, a year ago.
Under the terms of the binding agreement, Allianz will purchase, at $31 per share, $750 million in preferred shares convertible to common stock.
Bank revenue from the sale of annuities rose 39.6% in the first half to $1.3 billion, from $935.9 million in the first half of 2007, according to a report released today by bank insurance consulting firm Michael White Associates LLC of Radnor, Pa.
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