MassMutual Financial Group is counting on the fact that consumers worry about whether they have made the right financial choice with its new campaign, Good Decisions.
Grail Advisors LLC of San Francisco intends to enter the defined contribution market by offering actively managed, transparent equity exchange traded funds, said William Thomas, chief executive of the firm.
Participants in 403(b) plans tend to be more conservative and set aside less money than those in 401(k) plans, according to a new study.
To reinvest or not to reinvest — that's a question facing today's nervous investors as they wonder whether it's best to plow back dividend distributions or use the money elsewhere.
Our consumer-driven society has long since sped through the intersection where discretionary spending meets available income.
They may be gaining in popularity, but exchange traded funds are far from the perfect product.
While Generations X and Y consider earning money a top priority, many are not self-sufficient, while others fail to include retirement considerations in their financial plans, according to a new report.
As part of an effort to make their mark on the industry, many members of the Financial Planning Association's NexGen group of young advisers have targeted the underserved middle market — those with less than $500,000 in investment assets — as a niche that they want to develop in the future.
Judging by newly proposed regulations on investment advice, it looks as if the Department of Labor is trying hard to engineer a sharp turn from the course established by Congress.
As the comment period ends this Wednesday on an SEC proposed rule that would regulate certain index annuities as securities, independent distributors are gearing up in anticipation of the rule's enactment.
