Companies are starting to restore matching contributions to their 401(k) plans after extensive cost- cutting and signs of improvement in the economy.
In the lexicon of regulatory reform, “harmonization” is a key word.
With tax reform high on the administration's agenda for next year, the life insurance industry is pushing for preferential treatment for annuities.
The chief lobbying official for the Financial Planning Association is stepping down this month.
Sen. Charles Schumer's plan to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep the fines it levies is drawing fire for creating a possible conflict of interest for the agency.
Before deciding where to wine and dine your significant other, chances are you will take a gander at a restaurant review or two online.
To date, Tamarac Inc. has been known for its re-balancing and trade order generation platform, but that is about to change. The company is simultaneously making two announcements.
Tapping 401(k) retirement funds to meet expenses is a last resort for many investors, but the relentless economic downturn took its toll this year, as hardship withdrawals saw double-digit increases, according to record keepers.
The New York State Insurance Department is proposing a rule requiring more transparency about how the sellers of insurance products are compensated.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. yesterday formed Hartford Life Distributors, an entity that consolidates its distribution forces for 401(k) plans and individual products.
In my <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090716/REG/907159988>last column</a>, I provided an analysis of the income guarantees from a life-only, immediate annuity versus the likelihood of running out of money if you kept your retirement savings invested in the markets. I received a lot of comments on that column, and I thought I'd respond to several of them.
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An estimated $800 billion in total client assets will be transferred across the investment advisory industry because of brokers and advisers' changing firms this year, according to a study from Cerulli Associates Inc.
Tighter regulation on investment banks will force firms to cut salaries, eliminate staff and reduce capital commitments to the business, according to research from JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The recession has eaten into people's nest eggs so the government is promoting ways to make it easier to save for retirement.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston and the Massachusetts chapter of the Financial Planning Association are set to ramp up their groundbreaking free financial-planning coaching service for cancer patients this fall.
Schwab Institutional last week unveiled a significant redesign of its website for financial advisers.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. last week barred two brokers in separate actions, charging that they ran Ponzi schemes that victimized dozens of investors, including the elderly or mentally and physically disabled.
So much rides on the meaning of “fiduciary,” a word alien to the vast population and, at least until recently, to a good part of the financial world.
