Firms Organize VA Incentive Class Action
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Feb. 4, 2005, 4:15 p.m. ESTA group of lawyers is accusing a securities broker of letting hidden compensation arrangements affect ...
February 04, 2005
A Gathering Storm: The Market-Driven Unbundling of EquityThe head of contracts for difference at IG Markets Ltd. agrees with some of the U.K. regulators' concerns about the effects of the dramatic spread of CFDs in recent years.
February 04, 2005
Survey Probes Ultra-Affluent OutlookNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The ultra affluent--those with assets of US$25 million or more-- increasingly are using more sophisticated investment strategies, but overall they remain skeptical about hedge funds' lack of transparency, according to a new survey conducted by Citigroup Inc.'s Private Bank unit and the international management consulting firm McKinsey &...
February 03, 2005
Speech Puts Social Security Accounts In SpotlightPresident Bush devoted a major section of his State of the Union address to Social Security reform efforts.[@@]Early in the speech Wednesday, Bush mentioned ...
February 03, 2005
Panel OKs Bill That Could Limit Venue-ShoppingThe Senate Judiciary Committee today voted 13-5 to pass a class-action reform bill.[@@]The bill passed by a strong margin despite efforts by some Democrats ...
February 03, 2005
Private Account Details Seep OutAnnuities could play an important role in the proposed private Social Security account program.[@@]Officials who insisted on anonymity discussed that program detail Wednesday during ...
February 03, 2005
More Commissioners Come And GoNew Jersey is losing its top insurance regulator and South Carolina is gaining a new top insurance regulator.[@@]Holly Bakke, New Jersey's banking and insurance ...
February 03, 2005
Principal Launches Fourth Benefits ContestNU Online News Service, Feb. 3, 2005, 1:15 p.m. ESTA Des Moines, Iowa, insurer is looking for 10 small and midsize employers with great ...