The Holistic Approach to Clients
By Marcella De SimoneManaged accounts have experienced rapid growth in the past decade, despite a negative economic climate and a corporate culture humbled by a smattering of ...
August 11, 2002
July Was One Of The Worst Months EverNU Stock Analyst A month ago a discouraged investor asked my opinion regarding the market in general, and insurance stocks in particular. My reply was, ...
August 11, 2002
Keep 401(k) Flow Up In A Down MarketByAccording to the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America, 20% to 25% of all employees eligible to participate in their firms equity-based 401(k) do not.Given that ...
August 11, 2002
VA Sales Oversight Decision Left In Hands Of State LegislaturesVA Sales Oversight Decision Left In Hands Of State LegislaturesByWith the adoption of a new model law, state legislatures may be cast in the role ...
August 11, 2002
Advise Clients On Weathering VolatilityByMany Americans have been living in a financial fantasy. During the last decade, extraordinary stock market gains had become almost commonplace.However, accounting irregularities, corporate ...
August 11, 2002
Insurers Urged To Emphasize Corporate Governance, TransparencyInsurers Urged To Emphasize Corporate Governance, TransparencyAsia CorrespondentSingapore Given the recent spate of accounting scams and the bearish stock market, it is particularly important for ...
August 11, 2002
Auditors' ScorecardAuditors Scorecard Auditing firms, besides failing to warn of accounting irregularities, have given clean audit opinions to 42% of the public companies that ended up ...
August 11, 2002
Congress Acts To Stop Corporate AbuseAfter watching domestic equity markets decline at an alarming pace, insurers and fund managers breathed a sigh of relief as Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ...