National Association

• What Investors Need to Know About MLPs

  January 23, 2013

  What is an MLP? A master limited partnership is more accurately called a publicly traded partnership; it is a limited partnership or LLC taxed as a partnership.

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  SEC Enforcement Roundup: $100M Real Estate Ponzi Scheme Busted

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2012

  Recent SEC actions include shutting down two Ponzi schemes, one that brought in $100 million and another that collected $42 million. A Malaysian advisor was sued for not advising.

• McRaith Named to Head New Federal Insurance Office

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2011

  Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner announced Thursday that the first director of the new Federal Insurance Office will be Michael McRaith, currently insurance director of Illinois and formerly the secretary/treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

• Sens. Akaka/Menendez Press to Include Fiduciary Duty for Brokers in Final Reform Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2010

  Investors and consumer groups urging Senate to co-sponsor Akaka/Menendez provision

• Can You Trust Your Insurance Company?

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  February 1, 2010

  Whenever annuity expert Moshe Milevsky headlines client appreciation events these days, one overarching concern inevitably bubbles up: the solvency of life insurance companies. "It's credit risk,...

• College Costs

  By Peter D. Fleming  |  December 1, 2007

  College and university endowment funds had a banner year in 2006. The average fund earned a 10.7 percent investment return, according to the National Association...

• AIMA Comments on FSA's New Soft Commission Requirements

  By Staff Writer  |  January 3, 2005

  The Alternative Investment Management Association, in a comment submitted to the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority, has made the case for exempting hedge fund managers from increased disclosure requirements concerning soft commission and bundled brokerage arrangements.