The Section 529 college savings plan industry is reaching out to its counterparts at financial aid and student loans groups to hold a first-of-its-kind summit in Washington in late May or early June, InvestmentNews has learned.
If ever there were a time to flex those stock-picking muscles, this is it.
Registered investment advisers seem to be winning the race to capture the retiring-baby-boomer market, according to Charles "Chip" Roame, managing principal of Tiburon (Calif.) Strategic Advisors LLC, who spoke at the TD Ameritrade Partnership 2008 Conference in Orlando, Fla. this month.
Iowa will be the first state to join an initiative to provide customers with plain-English disclosure on fixed and indexed annuities.
The Investment Management Consultants Association has been attracting more independent planners and advisers.
A new survey on consumer attitudes toward college savings has stoked the ongoing controversy about the need for a national marketing plan to promote Section 529 college savings plans.
LPL Financial will increase its spending on monitoring tools and in other areas to make sure it does not experience a repeat of last year's technology glitches, according to its new chief information officer.
College Savings Foundation sets Washington summit meeting with student aid and loan groups.
Housing, credit woes have caused economic turmoil, said former Fed chief.
Balance of trade deficit dips to $58.2 billion in December, according to report from the Commerce Department.
Officials have testified that the time is right for a federal insurance regulator.
Despite economic concerns, the central bank keeps interest rates unchanged.
Several sectors of the economy experience minimal growth.
Consumer sentiment level falls to 16-year low.
RBC Dain Rauscher will acquire Ferris Baker Watts Inc., a broker-dealer in Washington.
UBS reports a record $11.3 billion fourth quarter loss.
DTCC has trimmed fees for mutual fund and insurance transactions.
The rate of growth in European economies slipped in the fourth quarter, according to the European Union Statistics Office of Luxembourg.
Insurer settles with California over allegedly inappropriate fixed annuity sales.
