NEW YORK — As long as the stock market keeps rising, and baby boomers keep getting older, variable annuity sales should continue to be robust, industry observers say.
Industry participants were unhappy to learn that repeal will be an option as the Securities and Exchange Commission takes a hard look at the 12(b)-1 rule, which allows mutual funds to generate billions of dollars in fees.
By now, the merits of asset and stock diversification in a retirement portfolio are well established, but what about tax diversification?
The stock market has remained unsettled since the big plunge of Feb. 27, but many financial advisers report few worries, attributing their well-being to the risk management inoculation they have given their client portfolios.
Summit Mutual Funds’ Gary Rodmaker, in tuxedo and bow tie, was quite a sight rounding Manhattan’s Columbus Circle in a bicycle taxi on his way to accept a trophy at last month’s Lipper Fund Awards 2007.
The structured-products industry is taking its message directly to consumers with coordinated marketing and educational efforts designed to demystify the often-complex, intermediary-sold alternative investments.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned the Securities and Exchange Commission’s broker-dealer exemption rule in a 2-1 decision.
Passive investing is gaining favor among wealth managers, according to bankers, vendors and industry consultants.
Congressional members on both sides of the aisle are looking at using the alternative minimum tax debate to lead the way to a plan for tax simplification.
NASD will put increasing emphasis on “principles based” regulation rather than “one size fits all” rulemaking, even as it concedes that such a move could confuse many in the brokerage industry.
