Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Some goldbugs have accused the Bank of International Settlements of engineering the 2008 financial crisis to subvert the dollar. This account of a visit to BIS' Swiss headquarters, first published in Harper's in 1983, has been updated for RIJ by the author.
Sun, Apr 10, 2011
Here's a smarter way for retirement income product manufacturers to segment and sell into the advisor market, according to survey analysts Howard Schneider of GDC Research and Dennis Gallant of Practical Perspectives.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011
The deal will allow the 1,200 members of the Profit-Sharing Council of America to give their six million plan participants access to a no-load, multi-issuer SPIA platform. (Photo of Kelli Hueler by David Lubarsky).
Wed, Mar 30, 2011
Here is the first of three excerpts from "Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance," the compact, illuminating new book by four NYU Stern School of Business professors about the fatally flawed structure of the GSEs.
“This new ERISA 408(b)(2) disclosure has a bite to it," writes Louis Harvey of Dalbar in DSG Dimensions. ERISA attorney Fred Reish (left) estimates that 401(k) fee transparency rule would be effective "April 1 to July 1, 2012.”
The deferred income annuity will allow pre-retirees to build up retirement income over time, it was revealed at the LIMRA Retirement Industry conference in Las Vegas last week.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
An ideal pension system would be based on an annual contribution of 8% of wages to a government-run index fund, said Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
We often hear that Americans don't save, but their collective retirement savings are worth about $16 trillion, according to research by RG Wuelfing & Associates, Inc. for the SPARK Institute.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
The changes, which are intended to help centralize the verification of completed mandated training, will roll out later this month.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Among U.S. stock funds, large-cap offerings lost about $3.2 billion across the value, blend, and growth categories, while small-cap funds enjoyed modest inflows of $791 million.
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Brief and late-breaking items from AXA Equitable Life, Prudential, MassMutual, Northwestern Mutual and The Derivative Project.
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