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Annuity versatility introduced
By staff WriterAlready a recognized leader in the annuity space, Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America has launched a new fixed index annuity, VersaDex. Allianz says the new product combines the long-term tax-deferred asset growth potential of traditional
April 16, 2008
Company offers income storage benefitAs retirees and those close to retirement realize that their money is going to have to last longer than ever, they are looking for products that help meet that need. The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial is doing what it can to meet the retirement
April 15, 2008
Going GlobalFour themes that are occurring across the globe have compelled the Ivy Funds to launch a new fixed-income fund, the Global Strategic Income Fund. The...
April 15, 2008
Plan To Offer Participants Guaranteed Income UnitsOne financial services giant is working with another to add a new type of investment to its own employees' 401(k) plan.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., ...
April 15, 2008
Plan To Offer Participants Guaranteed Income UnitsOne financial services giant is working with another to add a new type of investment to its own employees' 401(k) plan.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., ...
April 10, 2008
Service helps seniors find benefitsMore than 4.5 million seniors will soon have access to a program that may be able to find them more benefits and resources for which they are eligible. Seniors who are members of Humana's Medicare program have access to the National Council on
April 01, 2008
The Bear Stearns ConundrumThe most dramatic event in the wild and woolly month of March 2008 was the shocking, Fed-inspired bail-out of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan. If one...
April 01, 2008
In the RunningThere were just six SMA Awards given, but there were more than six worthy candidates. Here are this year's semifinalists: Large-Cap--C.S. McKee, LP--Domestic Value Equity Wedgewood Partners,...