Black Swan or Black Turkey?

By Kerry Pechter
The Great Recession is just the latest financial ‘black turkey,’ said the CFA Institute's Laurence B. Siegel at the Morningstar/Ibbotson conference in Orlando.

Which Way Out?

By Virginia M. Citrano
With the worst of the Crisis apparently over, Fed watchers are wondering about Chairman Bernanke's exit strategy from a low interest rate environment.

“Face-Off” at the IRI Marketing Conference

By Kerry Pechter
Annuity manufacturers and distributors went eyeball-to-eyeball at the Insured Retirement Institute's marketing conference in New York this week, where medical economist J.D. Kleinke (pictured here) was a featured speaker. Photo by IRI.

In League with the Angel of Death

By Kerry Pechter
Lawsuits filed in Rhode Island, New York and Illinois shed light on the sinister, multi-million-dollar strategy of using the dying as fronts to exploit variable annuity loopholes.
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The Joy of Illiquidity

By Editor Test
The legendary Roger Ibbotson told money managers that there’s hidden gold in low-turnover stocks.
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Pension Funding Edged Higher in February

By Editor Test
“We continue to see significant interest in liability driven investing (LDI) from plans looking to limit their exposure to volatility,” said Peter Austin of BNY Mellon Pension Services.

Stock Losses Won’t Hurt ‘Early Boomers’

By Editor Test
Those who defer retirement to rebuild their savings may be far outnumbered by those forced to retire early by unemployment, according to National Bureau of Economic Research paper.

MetLife To Acquire ALICO for $15.5 Million

By Editor Test
When the deal goes through, AIG is expected pay about $31.5 billion to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, cutting its debt to the New York Fed to about $45 billion.