John Hancock

• Recruiting Activity Gathering Steam As FAs Embrace Wide Range of Options

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  Many brokers continued to move between the wirehouses in the late summer and early fall.

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  RIA Affiliate of LPL Adds 45 Advisors in Q2

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  Independent Financial Partners now has close to 500 advisors, including new independent reps from Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and other firms.

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  Six Long-Term Care Lessons

  By Mathew Greenwald  |  March 26, 2012

  A recent survey by John Hancock provides insights on a key area that advisors should try to address more directly: the failure of most people to prepare for the financial risk associated with the need for long-term care.

• Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2011

  The variable annuity (VA) party has returned to the dance floor, where some companies step forward as others step back.

• John Hancock Trustees Reject 'Shareholder' Demand Letters

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 17, 2010

  The Board of Trustees for three closed-end funds from John Hancock announced Wednesday that they have rejected demand letters regarding auction preferred share redemptions, according to a press release.

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  Biggest Barriers to Lifetime Income Adoption: Fiduciary Liability, Insurer Insolvency

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 14, 2010

  Retirement planning experts told the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Treasury on Tuesday that the main obstacles to widespread adoption by plan sponsors of offering lifetime income options within

• 2009 Readers' Choice Awards

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2009

  Question No. 1 Which company has the best marketing and educational materials to assist you in calming nervous clients in the current market environment? WINNER American Funds We're...

• 2008 Readers Choice Awards

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2008

  The results are in and the readers have spoken. Boomer Market Advisor undertook its 2008 Readers' Choice Awards survey to call attention to the products...

• In the Meantime

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2007

  If you've been keeping up with the long-term care insurance controversy, you've read The New York Times article that started the brouhaha earlier this year--about...

• BMA Readers' Choice Awards 2006

  By Staff Writer  |  October 1, 2006

  The results are in and the readers have spoken. Boomer Market Advisor undertook its 2006 Readers' Choice Awards survey to call attention to the products...