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Financial Planning December 1, 2007 |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has created the SPDR Lehman International Treasury Bond ETF... Wealth ADV unified managed account... Practice Tools: Virtual Interoffice Platform... etc. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
New Products Alternatives: Morningstar has launched 529 Suitability Manager... Insurance: AIG American General has introduced Elite Global IUL, and indexed universal life policy... etc. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 |
New Products WisdomTree has launched the Emerging Markets High-Yielding Equity Fund... Robb Report Global Luxury Index and ETF... Options for HealthShares Emerging Cancer ETF... Ameritas has added Acacia Advisor Term insurance... LifeElements and LifeStratos... First American Funds has launched three additional large-cap mutual funds... etc. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 |
New Products Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund... Managed ETF Portfolios... Global Nuclear Energy Portfolio... Alternative Strategies Allocation Fund... SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF... etc. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 |
New Products Products of interest to those in the financial industry: New ETFs... New Mutual funds... Financial planning software... Retirement planning tools... |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 |
New Products A line-up of the industry's latest investment, insurance and practice management products. Alternatives: ProShares has listed 12 ETFs... Managed Futures Fund... Insurance: ING has launched Return of Premium term life insurance... etc. |
Financial Advisor August 2008 |
Frontline News News for the financial industry: Alliance Creates New Retirement Option... Direxion Launches Two New Funds... Genworth Launches IRA Variable Annuity... Paperless Account Opening Offered... Jefferson National Expands VA Offerings... Vanguard Introduces New Index Fund... |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
New Products Alternatives: Dow Jones Indexes and Wilshire Associates have launched the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index Family... Insurance: New York Life Insurance has released NYLIAC Instant Legacy... etc. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Industry New Products Alternatives: The American Stock Exchange has listed five additional ETFs... Virtual sales tool kit for executive bonus plans and restricted bonus arrangements... Insurance: Jefferson National Life Insurance has added two Rydex funds... etc. |
Financial Advisor November 2007 William Glasgall |
Income For Life? Well, We Hope So. A look at new products that are supposed to create "personal pensions" for your clients: Dividends Galore With ETFs... Mutual Funds Aim For Payouts... Advisors Warm To Immediate Annuities... etc. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 |
New Products New alternative products, mutual funds, index funds, retirement products, exchange-traded products, and practice tools. |
Financial Advisor January 2011 |
Advisor Emporium New financial products: Altegris Offers Actively Managed Futures... College Planning Tool Available... Securian Partners With 401(k) Advisors... Jackson Introduces LifeGuard Freedom Flex... ETF Securities Offers Combined Metals... more... |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Elizabeth D. Festa |
UMAs & CIFs: New 401(k) Solutions A Retirement Planner Profile: John Newman's group at Denver-based Fiserv ISS is poised to take advantage of the new trend toward outside management of asset allocation in retirement plans -- and away from do-it-yourself 401(k) investing. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 |
New Products Alternatives: PowerShares Capital Management has launched two municipal bod ETFs... Insurance: Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co. has introduced Whole Life Legacy 100... etc. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 |
New Products SPDR Lehman High Yield Bond Exchange-Traded Fund... Donor Advised Fund... Three PowerShares ETFs: VRDO Tax-Free Weekly Portfolio; Preferred Portfolio; High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio... S&P Global Eco Index... etc. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 |
New Products Alternatives: Ave Maria Money Market Account... DJ-AIG Commodity Indexes... Insurance: Aetna has released Vital Savings on Health... Mutual Funds: First American Funds has launched Income Builder... etc. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has unveiled three SPDR exchange-traded funds... Unified managed account... Insurance: John Hancock has launched Accumulation VUL... Mutual Funds: Vanguard now offers a Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund... etc. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has listed the FTSE/Macquarie Global Infrastructure 100, an exchange-traded fund... Insurance: TransUnion has launched TrueCredit.com, a fee-for-service website that allows consumers to see their insurance scores... etc. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plan Advisor: The Lower Cost 401(k) Option Using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as investing options in 401(k) plans is becoming increasingly popular as firms realize that ETFs offer participants a lower-cost option than mutual funds. More and more advisors are also acting as investment consultants for fairly large plans. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has launched five fixed-income SPDR ETFs... Unit investment trust based on the KLD Global Climate Change 100 Index... etc. |
Investment Advisor December 2007 |
Upgrades LPL Financial Services has partnered with Fiduciary360... Kochis Fitz of San Francisco and Quintile Wealth Management of Los Angeles say they will merge... etc. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 |
New Products Alternatives: Van Eck Global has launched the Market Vectors-Russia ETF... Insurance: OM Financial Life has released MasterElite... etc. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Retirement Income: The New Solutions The boomer retirement wave is here, and so are new products designed to turn their hoarded assets into cash flow. |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Jeff Schlegel |
Qualified Plans Rock Through Bear Market The rising demand for advice is changing the 401(k) business. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Tracey Longo |
What's Your Retirement Brand? Unless you're branding yourself a retirement income planning specialist and it's clear in clients' minds you're going to do retirement income planning for them, your client relationships honestly may be in peril. |
Registered Rep. August 12, 2011 Diana Britton |
Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives... 1031 exchange educational Web site... ETF futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock, S&P 500 Depositary Receipts, and iShares Russell 2000... etc. |
Investment Advisor April 2008 |
Upgrades The year-old Rydex Managed Futures Strategy Fund has attracted approximately $400 million in assets... Bear Stearns Asset Management launched the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund... Sun Life Financial announced several new investment options... |
Financial Advisor November 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Pershing Offers New Analytical Tools... Restricted Stock... Partnership Provides Retirement Income Plans... Document Firm Digitalizes Handwriting... etc. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 |
News & Products Second wave of products help address the retirement income conundrum... Fidelity Investments has unveiled a group of retirement income products... etc. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives... Insurance... Mutual Funds... Practice Tools... |
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 |
New Products Alternatives: Russel Investment Group has launched its Managed Account Strategies platform... Insurance: Jefferson National has launched Monument Advisor... Mutual Funds: Fidelity Investments has launched the Strategic Real Return Fund... etc. |
Financial Advisor October 2008 |
Advisor Emporium The latest news from six well known names in the investment management and advisory industry. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Can You Retire on $75,000? Some tips to pump up your nest egg. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Watch Those Fees! The Department of Labor gets tough on retirement plan fee disclosure. Financial advisors, take note. |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg |
Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Hottest Trillion-Dollar Investment Read these tips before jumping into the popular world of exchange-traded funds. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Separate Ways As fee-oriented investment management increasingly appeals to advisors and clients, fee-structured accounts are growing apace. Or not, depending on how the terms are defined. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Are the Times Changing? A new study shows that 75% of advisors say they provide a written plan for their clients' retirement planning. Read on to see more specifically what they are doing. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 Alan Lavine |
New Opportunities With 401(k)s Participants are making asset allocation mistakes, even though most plans offer a good selection of investment options. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Kara P. Stapleton |
Retirement News & Products Recent research by the Investment Company Institute found that despite a 40% drop in the U.S. stock markets, the vast majority of U.S. workers who invest for retirement via 401(k) plans are staying the course. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Foolish Weekly Fund Wrap-Up Socially responsible funds are raking in the assets. Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund... Neuberger Berman Socially Responsible Fund... TIAA-CREF Social Choice Equity Fund... etc. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 |
Advisor Emporium Gemini Fund Launches Series Trust... Equal-Weight Sector ETFs Launched... Index Based On Intellectual Property... etc. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Gallant & Schneider |
Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg |
The Retiring Kind Keeping the loyalty of retirees is urgent business for fund companies. Retaining retirees is particularly crucial for Fidelity. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 Marla Brill |
The Bond ETF Explosion The ETF space is getting crowded. The number of fixed-income exchange-traded funds has exploded to include both portfolios based on broad indexes as well as ETFs consisting of emerging market, municipal and high-yield securities. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Commonwealth Releases New Programs... Raymond James Introduces Charitable Fund... Rydex Doubles Funds' Pricing Capabilities... MSC Starts 2007 Education Program... etc. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 |
Advisor Emporium News items from investment advisory firms and new fund offerings. |