NEW YORK — The ever-evolving need for assisted-care facilities for the elderly and increased concern over energy policy have created opportunities for municipal bond portfolio managers.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether to raise the financial bar for investing in private-investment pools other than hedge funds.
In a huge survey of its clientele, Schwab Institutional documented what financial advisers have been screaming about for years.
NEW YORK — Commonwealth Financial Network of Waltham, Mass., said it is giving pay raises to 400 of its advisers effective April 1, increasing the payout for advisers once they reach $25 million in assets on the firm’s proprietary managed money system.
WASHINGTON — A new financial product will allow traders to bet on which way the wind blows. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange today began selling hurricane futures contracts and options on futures contracts.
Transfers to non-spouse company retirement plan beneficiaries under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 are effective for 2007 (InvestmentNews, Jan. 29), but it turns out there may be problems and challenges in obtaining the intended benefits.
NEW YORK — Once the domain of the Corn Belt, the biofuel industry is heating up across 41 states, thanks to the emergence of biodiesel.
WASHINGTON — The ideas of limiting 401(k) plan options to index funds and requiring all plan administrators to be brought under fiduciary duties were in focus last week at a congressional hearing on 401(k) fees.
NEW YORK — Emerging-markets investors may have done well for themselves during the past four years, but there are several reasons why they might want to exercise caution in the coming months, according to one portfolio manager.
NEW YORK — Real estate investment trusts don’t exist in India, but investing in real estate there shows great potential, according to executives at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
