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INVESTING ESG APR 01, 2008
Pax World Funds launches funds

As with all of the firm's funds, socially-conscious investing criteria -- including environmental, social and governance considerations — will be given priority.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 01, 2008
New York Life appoints CEO

A 25-year veteran of the retirement and investment management industry, John Y. Kim comes to NYLIM from Prudential Retirement.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 01, 2008
Phoenix enters life insurance settlements biz

The firm announced its foray into the life settlements industry as the first insurance carrier to buy unwanted policies.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 01, 2008
Conseco feels subprime pain

Insurance company Conseco announced a fourth-quarter earnings loss yesterday attributed to exposure to subprime loans.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 01, 2008
Bond issues thrive in March

Last month, there were 791 new bond issues valued at $39 billion, according to Thompson Financial.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2008
AIM is launching re-branding effort

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2008
Schwab's largest bond fund still tumbling

The Charles Schwab Corp.'s largest bond fund has lost more than 80% of its assets over the past 10 months as investors have fled the mortgage-backed securities in which it invested heavily.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2008
Investors tap retirement savings to make real estate bets

Where some see devastation and loss, others see opportunity.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT MAR 31, 2008
New rules permit plan balance shift

Providing guidance on the provision of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that now allows a plan participant to convert a plan balance directly to a Roth IRA, the Internal Revenue Service has issued a set of new rules (Notice 2008-30).

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 31, 2008
Index goes for gold

Dow Jones Indexes of New York continues to add components to its 2008 Summer Games Index, which measures the performance of the official partners, sponsors and suppliers of the 29th Olympic Summer Games in Beijing.