3Q VA Sales Slipped 2% From 2Q
By Frank OconnorNew sales of variable annuities declined in the third quarter, dropping 2% to $30.6 billion from $31.2 billion in the second quarter of 2009 and down 17.3% from third quarter 2008 sales of $37 billion.
December 01, 2009
Frontier Markets Lure Intrepid InvestorsAs emerging markets become mainstream, investors endowed with enough pioneer spirit are venturing farther afield to "frontier" markets with even smaller, less developed economies
December 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Sam Stovall In his most recent global equity strategy report S&P's chief investment strategist noted that November began what has often been...
December 01, 2009
Strategically PositionedAlexia Howard Alliance Bernstein 212-407-5941 [email protected] Packaged Food: We expect sales growth to increase slightly going forward. We expect operating margins to expand going forward. The U.S. Packaged Foods...
November 30, 2009
Market Conduct Statement Draft Emphasizes ConfidentialityThe immediate past president of National Conference of Insurance Legislators has recommended shielding insurers' market conduct statement responses from subpoenas as well as from state public records laws.
November 29, 2009
Market Conduct Statement Draft Emphasizes ConfidentialityThe immediate past president of National Conference of Insurance Legislators has recommended shielding insurers' market conduct statement responses from subpoenas as well as from state public records laws.
November 23, 2009
Editor's Choice for the Week of November 23, 2009: Housing, the Fed, and CompensationIn a holiday-shortened week (all markets closed on Thanksgiving and the bond market closes on Black Friday at 2:00 PM) in which actual news may be in short supply, the focus will be on reports and surveys that tell us what happened in the recent past.
November 23, 2009
Wall Street's Marie AntoinetteAs if Goldman Sachs did not already have enough image problems as the biggest pig at the Wall Street trough, it is now the most ...