U.S. economic growth will be subdued this year, but the economy will begin to pick up in 2009, according to the SIFMA Economic Advisory Roundtable.
"Consumer confidence may be nearing a bottom,” said the director of The Conference Board.
The employee benefits provider was fined for for failing to report special payments to an insurance broker.
Investing can be nerve-wracking, especially when volatility reigns, as today.
The idea for a Section 529 college savings plan gift registry came to Jeff Frese last year at a birthday party for his 4-year-old niece.
Several months ago, Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors Inc. surveyed the competitive landscape and decided it was time to make a change.
"We would urge caution for investors attempting to call the bottom in the current environment," a Merrill strategist wrote.
Last week's order that Next Financial Group Inc. stop violating privacy regulations when recruiting brokers upended a key tenet of independent-contractor broker-dealers: that independent representatives — and not broker-dealers — are at the center of the relationship with the clients.
At a time when stock markets have been buoyed by some positive economic data, small-cap stocks have whipped their larger brethren over the past three months.
Some international-equity managers are wondering whether the drop in the greenback will continue, while others are beginning to implement currency hedges to protect their portfolios against a rise in the U.S. dollar.
Market turmoil and rising interest rates might kick off a new season for the fixed annuity as the product emerges from the shadow of its variable cousin, an industry expert said.
Despite criticism by some in the financial services industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposals for reforming the credit rating agencies deserve a grade of B+.
Optimism characterizes management's thinking at the Natixis Vaughn Nelson Small Cap Value Fund (NEFJX).
Embedding annuities into target date funds might be the key to offering annuities as an investment option in 401(k) plans.
It isn't just about taxes this time.
Charitable giving in the United States reached a record $306.4 billion in 2007, the Giving USA Foundation reported.
New York Life Insurance Co. has tapped Jon Stenberg to join the company as a senior vice president in the individual-life department.
Pyramis Global Advisors announced yesterday that Kevin C. Uebelein has been named president and chief executive.
A former UBS AG banker testified against the firm yesterday, claiming it participated in schemes to help hide $20 billion in assets and avoid income tax laws.
Ratings firm Moody's Investors Service has slashed the ratings of guarantors MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group Inc., both of New York.
