Harvard University

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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.

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  Milevsky: How Much in Risky Stocks vs. Safe Cash?

  By Moshe A. Milevsky  |  April 25, 2012

  From a purely mathematical point of view, the “stocks are safer over long periods of time” argument ­— before Paul Samuelson took an axe to it — went as follows.

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  The 2012 IA 25

  By Editorial Staff  |  April 24, 2012

  Some people ride a wave and some people, like the honorees of the 10th annual IA 25, create a wave.

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  Investor Confidence Way Up, but Not Equity Allocation

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2012

  Strong gains in the U.S. equity markets, lower unemployment and encouraging news from the European debt crisis all contributed to a dramatic increase in economic optimism among high-net-worth and mass-affluent investors, according to Phoenix Marketing International.

• Obama's Pick Expected to Win World Bank Top Slot

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  President Obama's surprise nomination for the presidency of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, is expected to come out the winner among other nominees for the post, despite the fact that for the first time emerging nations have put up their own candidates with a real eye toward victory.

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  401(k)s to Overtake Pensions as Primary Retirement Vehicle in 2012

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  For the first time, in 2012, more people will be saving for retirement in 401(k)-type plans than in traditional pensions, and that means employees need better guidance from plan sponsors, State Street Global Advisors reported in late January.

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  Former EBSA Head Campbell Joins Drinker Biddle & Reath

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 21, 2012

  Brad Campbell, former head of the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath as counsel in the law firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group in Washington.

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  Ivy League All-Star Investment Team: At Point Guard, Jeremy Lin

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 16, 2012

  Consider: If advisors act as asset allocation point guards for their clients, which Ivy Leaguers would you want on your team?

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  Advisor Confidence Moving in Positive Direction

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 31, 2012

  This slight shift is similar to that of Spectrem Group’s affluent-investor survey and the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index

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  ECB Gets Two New Members

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2012

  The European Central Bank gained two new members on Jan. 1, and which of them will accede to the position of chief economist, vacated by Juergen Stark in 2011, remains to be seen.