Principal Expands Disability Menu
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Oct. 1, 7:55 p.m. -- The Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, is introducing a new collection of flexible ...
October 01, 2002
Equinox Plans First Offshore FundNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Equinox Management Partners is planning to launch its first offshore hedge fund on Sept. 26. The new Bermuda-domiciled Equinox Funds International Ltd. is a...
October 01, 2002
FAS 133 Depressed Taste Even for Plain Vanilla, StBETHESDA, Md. (HedgeWorld.com)--The use of derivatives for hedging purposes has declined over the last year, and the effects of Financial Accounting Standard 133 are a...
October 01, 2002
Moving Away From EquitiesThis year, there has been a slight but noticeable shift in var-iable annuity assets away from equity subaccounts toward fixed accounts and bonds. Following are...
October 01, 2002
For More InformationBooks Money Doesn't Grow on Trees: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children, by Neale Godfrey (Fran Harris Fireside, 1994) The Family Incentive Trust, by John...
October 01, 2002
Part: 2:Managing Bonds BetterThe introduction of fixed-income exchange traded funds gives advisors a better way to manage diversified portfolios that include bonds. ETFs are index funds that are bought...
October 01, 2002
A Matter of FormsThe changing approach to estate planning will result in a number of modifications to "standard form"documents. Some of the anticipated changes: oMost form documents treat all...
October 01, 2002
Part 3: Bonds in Your SitesMost general-purpose financial news sites give short shrift to the bond market. Sure, you can find the latest Treasury market yield curve (rates graphed for...
