Congressional committee approval late last week of an amendment to the financial-reform bill maintaining state regulation of equity-indexed annuities drew mixed reaction, with insurers cheering the action and advisers largely opposing it.
Okoboji Financial Services Inc. filed forms with both the SEC and Finra to withdraw as a broker-dealer.<br><b>INsider:</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100530/REG/305309970>Why are so many broker-dealers disappearing?</a>
Another independent broker-dealer is shutting down — this time, so its parent company can refocus on its insurance business.
AFA, which shut its doors today, is the second independent brokerage to go under in two months. And there may be plenty more to follow
Defined contribution plans are adding self-directed brokerage accounts as a way of giving participants more choices even as some plans reduce the number of core investment options.
Continuing to raise capital, National Holdings Corp. is selling part of one of its broker-dealers to a Native American tribe interested in buying stakes in the securities business.
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European pension funds and their equity managers are ratcheting up exposure to the U.S.
THE SUN IS SETTING on the golden age of retirement. In Europe, where generous retirement benefits have been a bulwark of the postwar social compact, the realities of increased longevity and a bigger population
Now that it has completed its acquisition of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.'s RIA custody business, RBC Advisor Services is gunning for assets from advisers and breakaway brokers.
There is a downside to a Roth IRA conversion. Whether clients pay tax for 2010 or spread the tax burden between 2011 and 2012, they'll still owe income tax on the pretax money they move from a traditional individual retirement account or company plan to a Roth IRA.
Nationwide Financial Services Inc. last week bumped up its variable annuity living benefits, signaling a return — for some carriers — to the generous benefits that backfired on insurers when the stock market imploded in 2008.
Market volatility remained high last week, with stocks sinking early before rebounding on Thursday.
The proposal clarifies that the funds are insurance products that should be overseen by states rather than securities that should be regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Debt issues are no reason to avoid the area.
Mr. Harkin's amendment would clarify that these funds are insurance products that should be overseen by states rather than the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The group, comprising 60 to 70 representatives from broker-dealers and insurance companies, hopes to hash out a uniform solution to comply with the rules.
Does our tendency to punish our winners hurt their investors? Yes. In fact, we find the leader in any sector underperforms the average stock in its own sector by 3.5% in the next year ... and the next year … and the next year.
Legg Mason Inc.'s Bill Miller said he is sticking with his bets on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. because the fallout from the fraud accusations against the bank will probably be limited.
Former Credit Suisse Group AG broker Eric Butler, free while appealing his conviction for fraudulently selling subprime securities that cost investors more than $1.1 billion in losses, was ordered to begin serving his prison sentence.
