Lesson 8: Defined Benefit Pensions: Winners & Losers
By Moshe A. MilevskyMost professionals in the financial services industry are now aware of the continuing decline of traditional private-sector defined benefit (DB) pensions. Each new company press...
August 17, 2007
A Lesson, and Test, in How to Weather Market GyrationsThe subprime loan debacle continues to cause volatility in the markets, leading to the Federal Reserve Board's decision August 17 to improve market liquidity by...
August 15, 2007
Seeking the Undervalued, But With Potential"We are bargain seekers, looking for the most value wherever we can find it," said Bill Lippman, president of Franklin Advisory Services, LLC in Fort Lee, New Jersey in a statement announcing the introduction of Franklin All Cap Value Fund, which he manages along with Steve Raineri.
August 14, 2007
Sister Firms To Market HR Site ServiceUnits of Vertafore Inc. are joining to distribute the ClientConnect human resources and benefits Web site creation system.BenefitPoint, San Francisco, one Vertafore subsidiary, will be ...
August 10, 2007
Brighter Times for Turkey?Turkey's stocks are appreciating at a rapid clip. Straddling Europe and Asia, Turkey teeters between Western secular democracy and ancient traditional culture. But this vast nation of 73 million has a modern, robust economy and may one day join the European Union.
August 01, 2007
Head South, Investors!Investing in emerging markets has paid off handsomely over the last few years. According to a new Standard & Poor's survey of fund managers, professional...
August 01, 2007
Just Good PolicyNancy Callahan, VP of AIG's Identity Theft and Fraud Division, says that coverage under the AIG Corporate Identity Protection policy is just what advisors need...
July 23, 2007
Insurer Resolves VA Timing AllegationsHartford Financial Services Group Inc. says it has settled charges by attorney generals in New York, Connecticut and Illinois that the company permitted illegal market ...