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The GLWB Feature Is Seeing Sales Success
By Susan SellThe evolution of guaranteed living benefit features in variable annuities is continuing to unfold, in terms of their impact on sales, overall purchase ("election") rates, ...
January 03, 2008
Rand Study of Advisor, B/D Industries Is OutThe much-anticipated RAND study of the broker/dealer and investment advisory industries is complete, and its findings confirm that investors indeed have trouble distinguishing between advisors and brokers.
January 02, 2008
FSI Elects '08 LeadersThe Atlanta-based Financial Services Institute, or FSI, says the industry group's board of directors has unanimously elected Brian Murphy, chairman of Woodbury Financial Services of Woodbury, Minn., a
January 01, 2008
New Year's DelusionsHere we go again... another brand new year. Along with a new number to forget to write on our checks, there are many positive things...
January 01, 2008
Up to the ChallengeBoomers have come of age to retire and that event, alone, has sparked an epiphany. Until we took notice of the fact that the oldest boomers...
January 01, 2008
Big Brokers and PlanningNow that fee-based brokerage accounts are forbidden, some major brokerage firms are finding that the shift to investment advisory accounts, financial planning, and the Certified...
January 01, 2008
NEWS & PRODUCTS, JANUARY 2008Standard & Poor's is set to launch three U.S.-based Credit Default Swap (CDS) indexes which wil be focused on the $28.8 trillion Credit Derivatives Market....
December 01, 2007
Growing DiversityThe securities industry continues to make workforce diversity a priority, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (SIFMA) 2007 Report on U.S. Workforce...