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Obama Calls for ‘Office of National Insurance’

by Kerry Pechter

Tue, Jun 23, 2009

While the administration's June 18 report, "Financial Regulatory Reform," did not offer the “optional federal charter” that large insurance companies support as an alternative to state-by-state regulation, it did not rule one out.

Target Date Funds: A QDIA That’s DOA?

Target Date Funds: A QDIA That’s DOA?

by Kerry Pechter

Mon, Jun 22, 2009

Last week, federal officials tried to locate the blame for 2008 TDF losses: Was it marketing hype by TDF makers, a flawed concept, Americans' weak financial literacy, regulatory lapses, or merely the caprice of the markets?