BlackRock

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  Longevity Is Killing Us: BlackRock’s Larry Fink

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2013

  BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is calling on government and business leaders to make the retirement funding crisis a national priority.

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  Low Interest Rates Are Driving Insurers Out of the Bond Market: BlackRock

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  Insurers are likely to move asset allocations as low rates challenge business models and profitability, says BlackRock’s global insurance industry outlook.

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  Demographic Nightmare: Boomer Retirement Disaster Looms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2013

  "We’re living into our 80s, 90s and 100s," says Wilmington Trust's Kathryn Karlic. "We’ll have four generations around a single pocket of wealth, with 80-year-old women taking care of their 100-year-old parents."

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  Bob Doll’s Top 10 Predictions on Economy for 2013

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 8, 2013

  The typically bullish Doll predicts that the U.S. stock market will hit record highs even as the economy struggles.

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  Most Investors Don’t Understand ETF Taxes: BlackRock Study

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 27, 2012

  Advisors were alerted by iShares to the key questions that they should expect to answer about the ETFs in clients’ portfolios.

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  Reduced Expectations Force Americans to Delay Retirement

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  It’s official: Americans are not ready to retire, studies from both BlackRock and Merrill Lynch show.

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  Genworth Wealth Adds 4 Strategists, 8 Strategies

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2012

  “I call it the happy meal,” says Genworth Wealth Management President and CEO Gurinder Ahluwalia of the firm's simplified menu of portfolio strategies for indie advisors.

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  ETF Market Explodes as Asset Managers Innovate

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  The RIA Group at iShares has seen phenomenal growth, to 100 boutique managers totaling $46 billion in ETF assets this year versus only a few managers with $5.8 billion in assets in 2009.

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  Advisor iPad App Allows Client Reviews to Go Anywhere

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2012

  “As long as I have my iPad with me, there’s nothing I can’t access. I can run into a client in a restaurant and do things on the fly,” says Ted Rich of Vinoy Capital.

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  BlackRock, Harvard: Retirees Don’t Know What They Want, but It Might Be Annuities

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 3, 2012

  “You don’t get a radically different answer when you change the wording of a question about whether you want chocolate or vanilla ice cream, but with annuities you do,” says Harvard professor David Laibson.