Private Equity
Read about how private equity investments offer investors the ability to invest in long-term profitable assets, known often as PE investments.
Official Settles One Annuity Suit, Starts Another
By Staff WriterMinnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has resolved one suit linked to equity-indexed annuities and filed a second EIA suit.A state court in Minneapolis has approved ...
January 23, 2008
AIG Unit To Acquire Consumer Loan BlockAmerican General Financial Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 billion for a "substantial portion" of the consumer branch loans issued by Equity One.American General Finance, ...
January 18, 2008
Merrill Hits 16,740 FAs, Adds 860 in '07Despite reporting sizeable net losses for the fourth quarter and full-year 2007 due to write-downs associated with U.S. collateralized debt obligations, Merrill Lynch says its private-client group con
January 16, 2008
MetLife Announces Stock Repurchase ProgramThe board of MetLife Inc. has agreed to spend up to $1 billion more on buying back the company's common stock.MetLife, New York, set aside ...
November 04, 2007
New York Regulators Issue EIA GuidanceEmpire State officials say they are starting to get a "number of policy form submissions" for equity-indexed annuities and life insurance policies.The New York State ...
November 04, 2007
New York Issues Index Product GuidanceThe New York Insurance Department has issued guidance for insurers filing policy forms for equity-indexed products.Empire State officials say they are starting to get a ...
November 04, 2007
New York Issues Index Product GuidanceThe New York Insurance Department has issued guidance for insurers filing policy forms for equity-indexed products.Empire State officials say they are starting to get a ...
November 01, 2007
O'NEAL RESIGNS AS CEO; WHAT'S NEXT FOR MERRILL?Merrill Lynch Chairman and CEO Stan O'Neal's retired on October 30, six days after the firm announced a write-down of some $8 billion due to its mortgage-related holdings; that amount represents about