Mutual-fund fees cases could signal industry change
By Staff WriterA federal court decision last week concerning mutual-fund fees could raise the stakes for investors and fund companies over standards of fairness. The Wall...
April 16, 2009
Editor's Choice for April 16What matters more--the risk model itself or the decisions that result from findings of the risk modeling? ... Should short sales have been banned last fall?
April 16, 2009
Insurers, regulators back 151AIn a petition filed late last week, MetLife Inc., the North American Securities Administrators Association, and AARP argued index annuities should be regulated as securities rather than insurance products, DowJones reports.
April 16, 2009
A rumination on why we fightWell, not fight really, but why we continue to make the case that capitalism and the free markets are not broken, and certainly not dead...
April 16, 2009
At least they're not viaticalsCall it settling up before moving -- or passing -- on. Life settlements (or viatical settlements before the marketing makeover) are on the rise, and...
April 16, 2009
The ultimate in risk mitigationNot exactly a conventional insurance trend, but it's tough to deny their risk mitigation value. Wine was the un-conventional investment of choice in the last...
April 16, 2009
Life insurer requests for aid hinge on S&PLife insurers are in wait-and-see mode as to whether they will need to ask for help through the TARP Capital Purchase Program, according to a...
April 16, 2009
Insurers ditch actively managed fundsInsurers aren't just getting mad, they're getting even. Performance guarantees attached to variable annuities forced them to take a hit when the stock market started...
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