Annuities
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Finantix Develops IPad Apps
By staff WriterApple iPad users now can get financial software products designed especially for the iPad.
May 28, 2010
Rating Agency Warms to Lincoln NationalMoody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE:LNC) to stable, from negative.
May 27, 2010
Regulatory update: "We are over-complianced"Steve Bailey, a registered investment rep at HB Financial Resources, the Charlotte, N.C., firm he founded, spoke with Senior Market Advisor recently on regulatory issues. Below are highlights from that conversation.
May 27, 2010
FINRA Head Calls For Scrutiny Of "Wealth Event" SalesFinancial services company supervisors should look carefully at sales involving money that came from an inheritance or a retirement plan cashout, according Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Chairman Richard Ketchum.
May 27, 2010
H.R. 4173: The White House Is Ready To RumbleA Treasury Department official says the Obama administration will push for including a broad fiduciary standard provision in the final financial services bill.
May 27, 2010
FINRA proposes new rules for advisors' "back office" staffProposes a new examination requirement that tests support staffs general knowledge and understanding of financial responsibilities.
May 27, 2010
151A update - Do you know what's happening?Any discussion of regulatory issues surrounding fixed index annuities usually starts and ends with Rule 151A--in particular, whether the SEC ultimately will decide FIAs are securities.