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FINRA Has “Disastrous Record”: Watchdog Group
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
FINRA and other SROs have “an incestuous relationship with the industry they are tasked with regulating," according to the Project on Government Oversight.
Industry Views
TIPS for Retirement Investing in the ‘New Normal’
TIPS can preserve purchasing power, provide systematic income and offer the assurance of a government guarantee for retirees depending on income from their investments.
Firms Back Variable Annuity Product Launches With Aggressive Online Marketing Campaigns
With variable annuity sales down, firms are intensifying online product marketing campaigns to reach more prospective investors.
Industry Views are special reports that are sponsored and independent from RIJ's editorial content.
DATA CONNECTION
Source: "When to Commence Income Annuities," Jeffrey K. Dellinger, Retirement Income Solutions Enterprise, Inc., 2011
Regulations/Legal
Don’t Tax High-Earners’ Annuity Income, Says ACLI
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
It's counter-productive to finance Medicare at our customers' expense, life insurance lobby tells Obama.
White House Tweaks Senate Health Care Bill
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Obama wants to close the Medicare prescription drug 'donut hole' and regulate 'unreasonable' health insurance premium hikes.
Brokers Are More Than “Blackjack Dealers,” PA Regulators Say
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
“What's at stake here is consumer and investor confidence,” the commissioners wrote to Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey Jr.
A Regulatory Nudge Is Needed
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Since current Wall Street risk management methods are in the interest of those who work on Wall Street, they will not be changed except by regulatory means.
In League with the Angel of Death
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Lawsuits filed in Rhode Island, New York and Illinois shed light on the sinister, multi-million-dollar strategy of using the dying as fronts to exploit variable annuity loopholes.
In Search of Plan C
Wed, Feb 03, 2010
“We have a crisis of confidence regarding retirement,” said assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis C. Borzi at the NIRS conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.
