Top Sales Execs Predict Market Share Turf Wars
Market share is up for grabs, but it’s going to be a tough fight. Firms such as Hancock, Legg, ING Annuities and Steadfast Capital Markets Group are gearing up for growth.
SunTrust Adds FDIC-Insured Option for 401(k) Clients
The new investment option is considered to be a deposit of the bank and offers FDIC insurance. But some question whether the option will attract investors.
Firms Turn to Internet to Stretch Ad Dollars: Survey
TIAA-Cref says it checks its Facebook and retirement site four times a day, 365 days a year to avoid regulatory issues.
Industry Ducking New Finra Oversight
Funds are well on their way toward blocking a provision in House legislation that would give Finra oversight of managers associated with broker-dealers.
Money Funds Growing Bolder
They're adding longer-duration instruments amid lower yields and a shortage of high-quality, short-term liquid investments.
Investors Find Place at SEC Table
Long relegated to the sidelines on important issues, investor advocates say the SEC has given them a platform to examine and challenge proposals that will shape the fund industry.
Putnam Small/Midcap Chief Retires
Ned Shadek, with the firm for 12 years, stepped down earlier this month. No successor will be named.
Scant PPIP Access for Retail Investors
The Treasury's troubled-asset buyback initiative isn't keeping its promise of including mainstream investors.
YourQ&A: How Internals Get Primed for Promotions
Pat Carolan of Endeavour Investment Partners discusses how internal wholesalers can make themselves good candidates for field positions.
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Can SRI Funds Exist In a Non-SRI Family?
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Joanne Dowdell, SVP and director of corporate responsibility at Sentinel Financial Services Company, speaks with Ignites managing editor Andrew Greene about the tension that exists between socially responsible versus non-socially responsible funds and how they coexist within the same fund group. [Transcript]
ETFs Positioned for Canada Influx
Canadian providers have failed to dodge a provincial tax hike, despite warnings that the move would send business to U.S. rivals.
The Exchange: The Future of Guaranteed Products
With demand increasing for guaranteed income products, Ignites’s November Exchange will discuss the future for this segment of the market.