Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Credit Strategies Still Attract Interest
By Staff WriterJudging by a recent capital introduction meeting in London, credit and emerging markets strategies retain sufficient attraction that investors want to hear from managers of such funds despite difficult conditions in the markets. Among the nine managers who presented to investors at this event, three have credit-related strategies, according to...
October 24, 2005
Survey: Most Large Employers Bend Rules For Sick WorkersMany employers say they make generous efforts to accommodate the needs of employees with breast cancer and other serious illnesses.[@@]Researchers at the International Foundation ...
October 24, 2005
Bush Banking on BernankePresident Bush has nominated Ben Bernanke, his top economic adviser, to serve as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve Board when it comes time for Alan Greenspan to retire January 31.
October 11, 2005
Interview: Kenneth Mertz of Forward Emerald Banking & Finance FundS&P Rank: 5 Stars Beneath Wall Street's Radar
October 07, 2005
Nationwide Adds Asset-Allocation ProgramNationwide Financial Services Inc. will be offering an asset-allocation service through its Best of America advisory services program.[@@]Nationwide, Columbus, Ohio, will be using a ...
September 21, 2005
-LFC-JP ComparedKicker: Side by Side Lincoln Financial Corp Jefferson-Pilot Corp. John Boscia Chief Executive Officer Dennis Glass ...
September 20, 2005
CBO%3A Private Pension Insurance Would Cost MorePrudent private insurers might charge 6 times as much as the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. now charges to protect U.S. defined benefit pension plans ...
September 16, 2005
Survey%3A 529 Plan Assets SoarAssets in 529 college savings plans rose to $59 billion at the end of the second quarter, up from $42 billion a year earlier.[@@]The ...