New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has demanded that AIG recover the money it spent on lavish outings, bonuses and golden parachutes — and threatened sanctions if the insurer didn’t heed the order.
Major life insurance companies’ investments in non-prime mortgages are going to continue hurting their capital positions as the year rolls on, according to a study from Fitch Ratings Ltd.
Let’s say you were a financial planner in 1926. Of course, there was no such discipline as financial planning in the Roaring ’20s.
Investors are more likely to change their investments strategies if government raises the capital gains tax, according to a survey released today by Eaton Vance Corp. of Boston.
Advisers have a huge opportunity to win business in the 403(b) arena, but they must act quickly, a retirement expert said at a panel on the subject at the Center for Due Diligence’sconference in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Advisers need to keep an eye on a particular court case regarding 401(k) fees, because if the U.S. Court of Appeals rules in favor of participants, an outpouring of additional lawsuits could occur in short order, according to a lawyer who specializes in retirement issues.
The TCJA enacted major changes on what expenses investors can claim on their tax returns. Find out which portfolio management fees are tax-deductible
The Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened the comment period for its proposed rule on federal regulation of index annuities.
Insurance revenue at banks jumped by 9.5% to $23.7 billion in the first six months of the year, according to the American Bankers Insurance Association.
Advisers need to brace themselves for more changes in and scrutiny of 401(k) plans, particularly as investors have witnessed their nest eggs dwindle dramatically in recent weeks, according to one retirement expert.
Inflation is no longer the nation's chief economic problem; it is deflation, according to Jeffrey L. Knight, deputy head of investments and chief investment officer at Putnam Investments of Boston.
Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation's $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.
Prudential Financial Inc. yesterday pre-released third quarter results for its financial services businesses, warning investors of large investment losses.
MetLife Inc. of New York recently approached Hartford (Conn.) Financial Services Group Inc. about a merger, insiders told The Wall Street Journal.
By following some very specific rules set forth by the Internal Revenue Service, your client can choose to participate in a Section 1031 exchange and defer payments of federal income taxes on the gains.
A wide range of sweeping changes to the 401(k) system were proposed Tuesday at a hearing on how the market crisis has devastated retirement savings plans.
Bank revenue from the sale of annuities rose 39.6% in the first half to $1.3 billion, from $935.9 million in the first half of 2007, according to a report released today by bank insurance consulting firm Michael White Associates LLC of Radnor, Pa.
Under the terms of the binding agreement, Allianz will purchase, at $31 per share, $750 million in preferred shares convertible to common stock.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged five brokers in the Los Angeles area with securities fraud.
Not mentioning its broker-dealer network, AIG said it wants to sell a number of business lines, but not its core property and casualty insurance lines.
