PHILADELPHIA — With help from Barclays Global Investors, a California 401(k) record keeper has created a new platform intended to break the mutual fund stranglehold on the 401(k) market.
OTTAWA — The House of Commons Finance Committee has voted down a measure that would have provided for a 10-year delay in taxing companies with an income trust structure.
NEW YORK — Companies that provide training and manufacture software aimed at investment advisers expect to cash in on the recent demise of the broker-dealer exemption rule.
BOSTON — Thanks to a banner year on Wall Street, the 2006 bonus increase for employees at The Vanguard Group Inc. could be the biggest in more than a decade.
PHILADELPHIA — In a further sign of how exchange traded products are chasing more exotic strategies, Barclays Bank PLC of London has unveiled an exchange traded note that provides investors with exposure to a covered-call-writing strategy.
WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee has taken the unusual step of asking for public comment on a legislative proposal for a bill that would require brokers and mutual funds to report the cost bases of their customers’ securities transactions.
NEW YORK — Although most millionaires feel that their wealth is “extremely secure,” many still have not found the kind of financial advice that suits their needs. According to the annual wealth survey by The Phoenix Cos. Inc. of Hartford, Conn., 34% of millionaires young and old lacked a primary financial adviser.
CHICAGO — To add reserves to their retirement nest egg, more elderly people are considering the sale of existing life insurance policies, financial advisers say.
IRVINE, Calif. — NASD has dropped a controversial proposal to revamp its branch office definitions.
Wachovia Corp. is putting the finishing touches on its retention package for brokers with A.G. Edwards.
