John Hancock led the industry with $735 million in individual life insurance sales last year, according to a recent survey of 78 major life insurers by LIMRA International Inc.
Many insurers are providing incentives to their advisers to sell proprietary products, despite claiming to have “open architecture” platforms, according to industry observers.
With a House panel scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday to discuss whether the hidden fees in 401(k) plans are fair, at least one industry watcher is calling such fees too low and another says making general judgments about them is difficult.
Industry lawyers are watching closely how New York’s highest court will settle a long - simmering battle over how much legal protection brokerage firms should have for statements made on so-called U-5 termination forms.
Fidelity Investments’ plan to subject more of its adviser-sold mutual funds to performance-fee adjustments got a chilly response last week from some financial advisers who said such incentives could encourage funds to take on too much risk.
A former Wachovia Securities LLC branch manager in Toledo, Ohio, has been charged with stealing between $17 million and $40 million from about 45 investors by using a Ponzi-type scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Buoyed by the firm’s popularity with financial advisers, net inflows at American Funds have dwarfed its competitors’ over the past five years.
Expect a change in leadership within the stock market that will favor blue-chip stocks over riskier investments, several market experts say.
IRVINE, Calif. — In response to complaints from brokers, Smith Barney has tweaked the final version of its new pay plan.
NEW YORK — The impending private-equity buyout of Texas’ largest electricity producer may give rise to more deals in which environmental lobbyists are invited to sit at the negotiation table.
