NEW YORK — The rich are different, and so are their insurance needs, but many wealthy people may be leaving themselves unprotected, according to personal-lines-property-casualty-insurance specialists.
Barclays has added Aaron Tan as managing director and head of Hong Kong coverage, Finance Asia reported.
Conseco Inc. will consolidate operations and sell properties as part of a plan to pare down expenses.
New York Life Insurance Co. has promoted Gary Scofield to senior vice president and chief actuary.
In an unexpected move, Lincoln Financial Group announced that its chairman and CEO will retire on Sept. 1.
Morgan Stanley has bought Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co.'s Seoul headquarters for $1.04 billion, published reports said.
The cost of fighting money laundering has risen 58% since 2004, according to a survey by KPMG.
Ben Edwards III, a former chief executive of A.G. Edwards Inc., is not happy about his family firm’s merger with Wachovia Corp.
NEW YORK — Advisers may want to think twice before loading a new retiree’s portfolio with equity investments, according to a retirement software developer.
NEW YORK — Dual broker-adviser registration may become more common as brokerage firms shift from fee-based brokerage accounts, but the adviser’s new role could lead to more litigation, according to lawyers.
WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is setting up an advisory committee on financial reporting to scrutinize the high number of financial restatements by public companies, according to Robert Pozen, who will head the committee.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Labor and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., are considering separate efforts to crack down on pension consultant conflicts of interests following a report by the Government Accountability Office that said undisclosed conflicts could be lowering pension fund investment returns.
Pressed by very wealthy clients who feel they are overpaying, and under cost pressures of their own, multifamily offices increasingly are searching for alternatives to asset-based fees, according to industry executives and observers.
Advisers are reacting to the impending sale of Rydex Investments to the Security Benefit Group of Companies with a mixture of enthusiasm, caution and disapproval.
As the number of regional brokerage firms dwindles, executives at those that remain insist they’re better off staying independent.
Cynthia Keithley, principal of Keithley Investment Group LLC, goes to almost any length to serve her small-fry clients.
Mergers between employee benefit and financial advisory firms may become common as they set their combined sights on baby boomers’ retirement assets, according to industry observers.
A long-running trademark battle is threatening to derail the expansion of the CFA Institute in what has become one of the fastest-growing markets for financial planning professionals.
Investors Capital Holdings posted a record $80 million in revenue the fiscal year ended March 31, for an increase of 17.72% over the 2006 fiscal year.
An Italian judge has ordered Bank of America to stand trial in connection with the 2003 collapse of Italian dairy company Parmalat SpA.
