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Rising Flows for Active U.S. Stock Funds
Wed, May 19, 2010
Target-date funds continued to gather assets, with inflows of $20.5 billion in 2010 through April.
Industry Views
Annuity Issuers Slowly Enter The Digital Age
Annuity issuers are making a concerted effort to implement and promote paperless document delivery services.
401(k)s: They’re Not (Necessarily) Just for Employees Any More
A growing number of 401(k) plan sponsors, retirees, record keepers and regulators want retirees to stay in their plans well into, or even straight through, retirement, PIMCO has found.
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Regulate Ratings Agencies More or Less?
Wed, May 19, 2010
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), the former "Saturday Night Live" comedy writer, wants an independent panel to assign Wall Street deals to rating companies.
Fidelity Launches Corporate Bond Fund
Wed, May 19, 2010
The fund will track the Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Bond Index, a value-weighted index of investment-grade, corporate fixed-rate issues with maturities of one year or more.
First Quarter Index Annuity Sales Down 3.9%: AnnuitySpecs
Wed, May 19, 2010
In the first quarter, Allianz Life again led all issuers with a 20% market share. Its MasterDex X was the top selling product for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Nervous Americans Not Flocking to Annuities
Wed, May 19, 2010
Total annuity sales for the first quarter were $47.4 billion, down 6.9% from $50.9 billion in the previous quarter, and down 27%, from $64.4 billion in the first quarter of 2009.
