New Variable Annuity May Be Used For Elder Care Hartford, CT -- The Phoenix Companies, Inc. has introduced a new flexible premium variable annuity with a shortened surrender charge period and innovative benefit options. "This product is designed...
First Union Securities will announce Wednesday that it has been renamed Wachovia Securities, Registered Rep. magazine has learned. The name change is effective May 2002. This is the fourth name change in the past 10 years for both former Kemper...
Alan Schroder, new head of Bank of Americas Individual Investor group, said in an interview with Registered Rep. that his plans for the group include expanding its investment consultant force and expanding training initiatives, probably through a...
Fee-based business at retail brokerage firms is booming. The percentage of retail brokerage firms moving from per-trade commissions into new fee-based arrangements has almost doubled in the past two years, going from 28.7% in 1999 to 50.2% today...
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Saying that the anthrax scare has caused an increase in bio-hazard-type “investment scams,” the SEC secretly launched a Web site designed to warn investors about stock market scams. The Website, www.mcwhortle.com, hawking a handheld...
Edward Jones finished No. 1 in Fortune magazine's annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. This is Jones’ fourth appearance on Fortune’s list, but its first No. 1 ranking. Fortune’s Feb. 4 issue says 97...
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