Even as they fight a rule that would treat indexed annuities as securities, many insurers are pre-paring their agents to become registered representatives, should the rule become law.
Citigroup Inc. on Monday named Willem Buiter, a London-based economics professor and author, as its new chief economist.
Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc., the San Francisco-based investment bank, faces a regulatory probe over the sale of $15.7 million in auction-rate securities as the market neared collapse.
“Headline risk” associated with municipal bonds went up today when the U.S. Census Bureau released data that state government tax collections totaled $715.2 billion in fiscal year 2009. That's a decrease of nearly $67 billion (8.6%) from fiscal 2008.
The Department of Labor and the Treasury Department have put out a request for information on the use of annuities in defined-contribution plans.
One bright spot in today's disappointing jobs report was the fact that the financial-activities sector of the economy added jobs for the first time since July 2007.
Stock index futures are modestly higher, following the lead of markets overseas ahead of an eagerly anticipated government report on U.S. employment in December.
The economy lost more jobs than expected in December while the unemployment rate held steady at 10 percent, as a sluggish economic recovery has yet to revive hiring among the nation's employers.
American International Group Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss a case brought against it by a Canadian real estate investment firm concerning a swap deal initiated in 1990.
Listening to Mohamed El-Erian describe the unfolding “stable disequilibrium” of the global economy can be mind-boggling and depressing at the same time.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s top executives will not receive cash bonuses this year, as the Wall Street giant bows to sharp criticism over its pay practices.
Poor Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street firm that's printing money mere months after exiting the federal bank-bailout straitjacket can do no right.
The market may have rallied over the past several weeks, but Bill Gross is sticking to his opinion that investors will never again see the returns and profits of a few years ago.
Exchange-traded funds potentially make it easier for financial advisers to build a well-diversified portfolio that limits volatility by spreading risk. But the proliferation of more exotic ETFs — particularly leveraged and inverse ETFs — could blunt their diversification potential.
American International Group Inc. on Tuesday said it will go ahead with a previously announced pay package for its new CEO Robert Benmosche of $7 million in cash and stock.
A government report Thursday on claims for unemployment aid signaled that layoffs are easing and that the economy could be on the verge of posting the first monthly gain in jobs in two years.
Remember the last scene of “The Shawshank Redemption,” when Andy Dufresne is fixing his boat on the beach in Mexico? I've always loved the resolution of that movie because our innocent hero has triumphed over evil and walked away with enough money to live the rest of his life exactly as he wants.
