A life insurer known mainly for its fixed annuities has thrown its hat into the variable annuity ring.
LPL Financial Services Inc.’s plan to acquire three broker-dealers owned by Pacific Life Insurance Co. came as little surprise to many in the industry, though the deal has raised a few key questions, industry observers and advisers say.
Ultrawealthy clients with investible assets of $40 million to $50 million rapidly are emerging as one of the most coveted segments of the wealth management business.
The Financial Services Institute Inc. hopes to bend the ear of the consulting firm chosen by the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider the effect on investors of applying differing regulatory standards to broker-dealers and investment advisers.
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.
After 15 years of serving their common clientele separately, Schwab Institutional and Cambridge Investment Research Inc. are showing those dually registered advisers a united front in recruitment, service and reporting.
In a huge survey of its clientele, Schwab Institutional documented what financial advisers have been screaming about for years.
NEW YORK — Once the domain of the Corn Belt, the biofuel industry is heating up across 41 states, thanks to the emergence of biodiesel.
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.
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.
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.
OTTAWA — It isn’t that Canada doesn’t have securities laws; it has lots of them. But there seems to be a problem with enforcement.
Payment for order flow and internalization of retail options orders to affiliated dealers by brokerage firms has become more pervasive, the Securities and Exchange Commission found in a study
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.
The U.S. markets had a much better Tuesday than they did last week.
Many insurers are providing incentives to their advisers to sell proprietary products, despite claiming to have “open architecture” platforms, according to industry observers.
Expect a change in leadership within the stock market that will favor blue-chip stocks over riskier investments, several market experts say.
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.
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.
