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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
May 11, 2012
During a conversation between Schapiro and Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, at the ICI's annual conference, Hobson said the industry and the SEC were at “loggerheads” over the SEC’s plans.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
May 9, 2012
Paul Schott Stevens, president and CEO of the ICI, pointed out two initiatives the ICI is fighting: the SEC’s further attempts to rein in money-market funds, and the CFTC’s amendments to a commodities rule.
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By John Sullivan, Advisorone |
April 30, 2012
Discrepancy between S&P performance and stock fund flows continue.
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By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne |
April 26, 2012
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce published on Monday a white paper, “Private Retirement Benefits in the 21st Century: A Path Forward,” that provides guidelines for creating and maintaining retirement plans and increasing workers’ savings.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
April 24, 2012
Over the past three years U.S. households have become more conservative, with 58% increasing their savings rate, shifting investments away from stocks and delaying retirement, according to recent ICI research.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
April 23, 2012
The SEC has named Diane Blizzard associate director for regulatory policy and investment adviser regulation in the Division of Investment Management, replacing Robert Plaze.
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By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne |
March 28, 2012
On Tuesday, a coalition of interested parties took to their pens to urge the Department of Labor to allow plan sponsors to make required disclosures electronically.
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By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com |
March 26, 2012
As 2012 develops, one unchanged investment trend is the continued expansion of the ETF universe.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
March 16, 2012
Despite the deluge of comments opposing the SEC’s plans to soon issue a rule to further reform money market funds, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro insisted Thursday that the funds still have “structural flaws” that must be addressed.
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By John Sullivan, Advisorone |
March 7, 2012
The refusal by the agency's chairman to attend a major money market industry conference in Orlando next week is raising concerns that the coming proposal will be sweeping and severe.
