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By Jeff JosephA recent survey shows that well-off Americans have significant holdings in alternative investments, with that category broadly defined to include real estate, private equity, and...
September 01, 2008
Striking While the Iron Is HotAttempting to cement its foothold in the fast growing dually registered advisor market, Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (IWS) and its correspondent broker/dealer business, National Financial,...
September 01, 2008
The 6% Retirement Income SolutionRobert Lamb and his business associate Peter Sullivan have designed a retirement income strategy that bucks conventional wisdom by allowing clients to withdraw an initial...
September 01, 2008
The Greening of Urban AmericaThe importance of housing and the construction industries to the U.S. economy has probably never been more apparent than over the past year. Whether they...
August 28, 2008
NAFA Says Nix SEC Rule 151AThe National Association of Fixed Annuities (NAFA) recently took a firm stand against the Security & Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed Rule 151A, which would regulate index annuities as securities rather than as insurance products.
August 28, 2008
Higher Education Act Adds Simplification, Disclosure RequirementsOn August 14, 2008, ten years since its last reauthorization, President Bush signed into law the Higher Education Act (H.R. 4137). The law was originally...
August 22, 2008
DOL Proposes 401(k) Advice RulesThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced August 20 two proposed rules under the Pension Protection Act (PPA) designed to make investment advice more accessible...
August 11, 2008
Barclays Launches 529 Plan With a TwistBarclays Global Investors and Upromise Investments recently launched the iShares 529 Plan, the first 529 plan designed with portfolios that invest exclusively in iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).