by Bob Seawright on Monday, August 23, 2010
FINRA was created by the merger of the National Association of Securities Dealers and the enforcement arm of the New York Stock Exchange in 2007. As a consequence, FINRA has been updating and combining the organizations’ rules on a...
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by Joe Anzalone on Thursday, July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC- Obama signs Financial Reform Bill, Regulation of Indexed Annuities to Remain with the States
President Obama signed H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform Act bill, into law today. Among the myriad of new financial...
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by Bob Seawright on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Real World Index Annuity Returns Updated
The Wharton Financial Institutions Center from the prestigious Wharton School (of Business) at the University of Pennsylvania released a study last October entitled Real World Index Annuity Returns. We made...
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by Bob Seawright on Thursday, March 04, 2010
Although producers don’t think so often enough, good suitability is good business.
The NAIC has taken specific action to require that agents and companies selling annuities take affirmative steps to ensure the suitability of the annuity for the...
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