Microsoft Enters Advisor Business
By James J. GreenWeb-based platform designed to tie together back-office systems
December 21, 2005
American College Unveils Financial Education EffortA financial services training organization is launching a nationwide drive to increase consumer awareness of financial advisory services.[@@]The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa., says ...
December 21, 2005
S&P/Citigroup Indexes DebutStandard & Poor's on [December 19] debuted six indexes that replaced the S&P/Barra indexes. The new S&P/Citigroup indexes are market cap-weighted, and divide the cap of...
December 21, 2005
UnitedHealth Completes California AcquisitionUnitedHealth Group Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of PacifiCare Life and Health Insurance Company.Under the agreement, stockholders for PacifiCare, a subsidiary of ...
December 21, 2005
Fed To Stop Raising Rates%3A SurveyThe Federal Reserve Board will stop raising short-term interest rates early next year, investment managers predict.[@@]Of investment managers responding to the latest quarterly poll ...
December 21, 2005
Americans Plan To Save More%3A SurveyMany Americans put saving more money for retirement at the top of their list of financial New Year's resolutions, but not so many plan ...
December 21, 2005
GAO Faults State Regulators Terrorism PlanningState insurance regulators should work to ensure systems are in place to deal with a terrorist attacks, the Government Accountability Office warns.[@@]In a report ...
December 21, 2005
San Jose Knows The Way To Save, Study SuggestsThe country's best savers are in San Jose, Calif., although people in the Northeast generally doing a better job of saving than do Americans ...