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What top-performing investment strategists and portfolio managers are thinking about the latest market trends and how to build high-performing portfolios.
March 01, 2007
Consolidator Acquires A Pension FirmNational Investment Managers Inc. has acquired the Pension Alliance Inc. for about $4.6 million in cash and notes.National Investment, New York, is a financial services ...
March 01, 2007
CPA AlliancesMany financial advisors understand that in order to expand their practices it's increasingly important to acquire another business, be acquired, or affiliate with other professionals...
March 01, 2007
Investing Luck: Is It Chance or Skill?In my opinion, skill and chance both play a role in producing exceptional portfolio performance. Where investment advisors can really add value is in using...
March 01, 2007
Native SpeakerFor investors who want the local flavor of investing in a region outside the U.S., it is necessary to have a sophisticated guide who understands...
February 03, 2007
EBSA Ponders Sponsor Duties For Monitoring Advice ProvidersEmployers should be about as careful when setting up the new retirement plan investment advice programs as they are when running advice programs not affected ...
February 03, 2007
EBSA Ponders Sponsor Duties For Monitoring Advice ProvidersEmployers should be about as careful when setting up the new retirement plan investment advice programs as they are when running advice programs not affected ...
February 01, 2007
Great-West Lifeco Looks South to Buy Putnam InvestmentsPutnam Investments' parent company, Marsh & McLennan, is selling the investment company to Great-West Lifeco, Inc., a Winnipeg, Manitoba-based subsidiary of Power Financial Corporation, for $3.9 billion, according to a February 1 announcement.
February 01, 2007
More Art Than ScienceOne popular way to diversify equity assets is with international investing; there are plenty of single-country, region, and international funds around, not to mention the...
January 09, 2007
Consolidator Acquires Benefits FirmNational Investment Managers Inc. has acquired Benefits Dynamics Inc. for about $500,000 in cash and notes.National Investment, New York, is a financial services firm consolidator ...