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DoubleLine puts ETFs on the docket for 2022
The $137 billion bond shop has filed to launch two ETFs, one of which is similar to a strategy it already subadvises for State Street.
Broker-dealers on getting annuities into 401(k) plans
Guests at the RPA Convergence Broker-Dealer Roundtable and Thinktank say it might be a while before annuities are used in many plans.
Here’s how target-date funds have fared as the market fell, and rose, in 2020
Some TDFs that limited losses during the market dive early in the year came out on top, an analysis of Morningstar Direct data shows
How to respond to a long-term care premium hike
Weighing policy options to maintain coverage at an affordable price
John Hancock sued over ‘self-dealing’ in 401(k) plan products
The financial services firm is the latest to be targeted for including proprietary products in its retirement plan
States approving bigger rate increases for long-term care policies
Some are signing off on premium increases in the 200%-300% range, one executive said.
Manulife cites ‘challenging’ businesses amid spinoff talk
The company may seek to exit its John Hancock unit in the U.S.
Manulife weighs a John Hancock IPO or spin-off
Persistently low interest rates have hammered insurance company profitability.
Symetra to sell its broker-dealer to John Hancock
Another insurance company is exiting the independent-broker-dealer business. Symetra Financial Corp. said last week that it intends to…
John Hancock latest to yank annuity offerings, pare distribution
Under pressure from a challenging economic environment, John Hancock Life Insurance Co. has pulled back on its annuity distribution and expects to withdraw an array of fixed, variable and immediate annuities
California insurance czar probes 10 insurers over lapsed policies
A slate of major life insurers — the 10 largest doing business in California — are under investigation for the way they handle dormant life insurance policies
iPad mania at John Hancock
The 200 wholesalers at the U.S. wealth management division of John Hancock Financial Services Inc. started the year…
Analysts cool to a Manulife bid for Lincoln
Reports began circulating on Aug. 27 that Manulife — John Hancock Financial Services Inc.'s parent company — was gearing up to buy Lincoln National Corp.
Analysts cool to a Manulife bid for Lincoln
Reports began circulating on Aug. 27 that Manulife — John Hancock Financial Services Inc.'s parent company — was gearing up to buy Lincoln National Corp.
John Hancock to offer ‘to’ and ‘through’ target-date funds
In a bid to grab a bigger slice of the highly competitive retirement plan market, John Hancock last week became the first provider to offer 401(k) participants a choice between target date funds that are constructed to take investors “to retirement” or “through retirement.”
John Hancock eyes launching actively managed ETFs
John Hancock Funds LLC will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next few weeks plans to launch actively managed exchange-traded funds, according to an official at the firm.
John Hancock Funds to double sales team targeting RIAs
John Hancock Funds LLC is looking to double the size of its sales team targeting registered investment advisers to 12, according to Keith Hartstein, the company's president and CEO.
Hancock adviser charged with ripping off 84-year-old of $1M
A Long Island, N.Y.-based John Hancock financial adviser will be arraigned today on charges that he stole more than $1 million from an elderly client.
John Hancock on the prowl to buy a fund firm
John Hancock Funds LLC is aiming to make an acquisition in the mutual fund industry, but for now, it is continuing its strategy of adopting funds, according to Keith Hartstein, its top executive.
Lawmakers blast John Hancock’s long-term-care rate hike
Members of Congress took to task John Hancock Life and Health Insurance Co. and the federal Office of Personnel Management in a hearing last week, blasting them for an unexpected rate hike in long-term-care insurance that would hit federal employees.
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