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Financial Advisor
July 2011
Gail Liberm |
Aiming For Advisors New annuity products and platforms are being designed to appeal to fee-only advisors.   |
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. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2008
Elizabeth Wine |
Seeking Unsexy Annuities Annuities have received a bad rap of late for their high fees and confusing contracts. But as other investments tank, clients are once again looking for guaranteed income streams from their portfolios. |
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 Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
A Push For Lifetime Income Variable annuity providers hope to jump-start their business by selling security to worried baby boomers. |
Registered Rep.
May 18, 2010
Alan Lavine |
No-Load Annuities Gain Momentum As more wirehouse registered reps join RIAs or start their own, as income tax rates rise, and as Baby Boomers continue their march into retirement, expect investments in no-load variable annuities to grow. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008 |
Advisor Emporium News: National Financial Launches Self-Clearing Unit... Payden & Rygel Create Equity Fund... Phoenix Creates Low-Cost Annuity... Russell Launches New Fund For Retirees... Wasatch Advisors Re-opens Popular Funds... ALPS Launches New Insurance Products... |
Financial Advisor
November 2008 |
Advisor Emporium News and Products: Fee And Commission Platform Launches... IVA Creates New Funds... Fidelity Creates Charitable Pool... ICON Offers SMA Portfolios... NPH Offers Streamlined Advisor Platform... Guardian Adds Annuity Rider... |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
The Best of Both Worlds Is the line between funds and annuities disappearing? Not yet; regulators and corporate bureaucracies insist on separating the two investments. But in the next decade, the distinctions could blur. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Sweetening the Pot A new report has found that adding a variable annuity with a lifetime guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider to a traditional stock and bond retirement portfolio can increase income while decreasing income risk. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Jefferson National Offers Annuities Tool... Allianz Life Introduces Annuity Series... PowerShares ETF Listed On NYSE... etc. |
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 Advisor
February 2007
Tracey Longo |
Variable Annuities Get Sales Boost Do you really want to get your clients' attention as they prepare for retirement? Talk to them about variable annuities. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Pershing Launches ETC Information Center... Curian Capital Creates Diversification Platform... MassMutual Increases Retirement Offerings... 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
August 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca |
Annuities From Bust to Boom With roughly 76 million baby boomers set to retire, the insurance industry could be poised to significantly grow its annuity market. |
Financial Advisor
October 2008 |
Advisor Emporium The latest news from six well known names in the investment management and advisory industry. |
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 Planning
December 1, 2007
Ilana Polyak |
Annuities, Revisited Financial advisors who once sneered at annuities are now realizing that they could be a magic bullet. |
Financial Advisor
March 2007
Raymond Fazzi |
Annuities Anew No-load variable annuities begin to attract interest among fee-based advisors. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2012
Dave Lindorff |
Indexed Annuities Grab the Spotlight Indexed annuities have gained popularity while variable annuities have softened, as the players on the buy and sell side change. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Warming Up to Annuities Investment advisors are steadily increasing their use of immediate annuities for rollover dollars, according to a recent study by Cerulli Associates. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
More Annuities Used in Income Portfolios Advisors are increasingly turning to annuities to help cover their clients' basic needs in retirement. |
Financial Advisor
April 2010
Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012 |
Advisor Emporium Taylor Xplor Managed Futures Strategy Fund... J.P. Morgan Introduces Re-enrollment Analyzer Tool... MFS launches Equity Income Fund... |
Registered Rep.
August 15, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Investors Flock to Variable Annuities With Guaranteed Benefits, But Beware Retiring baby boomers are pouring their money into variable annuities with guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits. |
Financial Advisor
June 2006
Tracey Longo |
Symposium Roundup The 2nd Annual Financial Advisor Symposium showed how to transform your practice to meet retiring boomers' needs. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn |
FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases. |
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 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 Advisor
July 2005 |
Advisor Emporium Phoenix Launches Program For Advisors To Target Businesses... S&P's CUSIP Service Bureau Launches New Delivery Service... Jefferson National Offers Flat Insurance Fee For Annuities... The Hartford And Protective Offering Term Life Quotes Online... etc. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007 |
Upgrades LaserFiche has rolled out Intuition... Several mutual funds have begun providing risk/return information using XBRL interactive data... etc. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Alan Lavine |
Finding A Floor Annuities gain traction in a world of low returns. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008 |
Advisor Emporium Fidelity offers dual business platform... Symetra offers guaranteed retirement income... Pershing launches trust network... Arrow offers DWA tactical fund... KBS opens REIT investment... New generation of Laserfiche available... |
Financial Advisor
May 2011 |
Advisor Emporium Curian launches research portfolio... Investors Capital creates VIP desk... USAA expands mutual fund access... |
Financial Advisor
March 2005 |
Advisor Emporium Allstate Variable Annuity Features Innovative Options... Commonwealth Launches Marketing Campaign... SSgA Launches "Portfolio Constructor" Investment Tool... Fidelity Launches International Fund... etc. |
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 Advisor
July 2012 |
Advisor Emporium First Allied launches Women's Impact Network... Fidelity starts Global Equity Income Funds... ProShares launches Covered Bond Fund... |
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. |
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 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
February 2, 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
The Annuity In Winter Can variable annuities gain some luster after a horrible year in the fund world? |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Gail Liberman |
War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Drivers of Annuity Sales Assets in annuities will jump to $2.9 trillion by 2012 -- a compound annual growth rate of 7.9% -- sparked by demographic trends and product development that addresses both guaranteed income and principal protection. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Set Me Free LPL Financial staked a bigger claim on the independent advisor market last month with the announcement that the broker-dealer will allow its advisors to do business under their own RIA. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Building Retirement Portfolios Now Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Lean Cuisine Lower-cost variable annuities can be a key ingredient in your financial advisory client's retirement recipe. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Thomas Scott |
What An Airline Crash Taught Me About Retirement Planning It doesn't take a catastrophic crash to cause significant injuries, in an airliner or in a retirement plan. As advisors, how can we best assure our clients will have an adequate income stream for their lifetimes? |
Financial Advisor
March 2006 |
Advisor Emporium New Mutual Fund Family Launched... TimerTrac.com Offering... Online Banking Services... 401k Provider Targets Small Businesses... New Fund Of Funds Offered... |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2006 |
Industry New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has launched nine ETFs... Independent Charitable Gift Fund... Insurance: The Phoenix Cos. has introduced Lifetime Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit for 2... Mutual Funds: Fidelity has launched an Advisor Intermediate Municipal Income Fund... etc. |
