National Financial Partners Corp. today reported a net loss of $515.8 million, or $12.59 per diluted share, for the first quarter, compared with net income of $8.5 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2008.
Many small businesses believe their sales will increase or remain flat this year even as they continue to cut operating costs, according to a study released yesterday by Raddon Financial Group of Lombard, Ill.
Great-West Lifeco Inc., the Winnipeg, Manitoba-based parent company of Putnam Investments of Boston, is looking for acquisition opportunities among U.S. and British life insurance companies, president and chief executive Allen Loney told the Globe and Mail newspapers of Toronto.
Mercer LLC of New York announced today that it has hired two market leaders for its defined contribution plan administration-outsourcing service.
Investors pulled $87.6 billion out of stock, bond, mixed-equity and money market mutual funds in March, the highest net redemption total since September 2008, according to a report released today by New York-based Lipper Inc.
Corporate giving is expected to decline this year, according to a survey released today by The Foundation Center, a New York-based nonprofit service research organization that focuses on philanthropy.
The average yield for money market mutual funds hit a record low in April, according to Crane Data LLC.
Turner Investment Partners Inc. today announced the launch of a mutual fund that will invest in six long-short equity strategies.
Most corporate financial officers think that financial reports are too confusing for the average investor, but in-depth disclosure about a firm's strategies and opportunities would be helpful, a new survey found.
In a switch from the downturn of 2000, retail investors have actually increased their trading volume, a panel of analysts told participants at the annual meeting of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. in Boston. Finra is based in that city and New York.
