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Money has hemorrhaged out of U.S. stock funds for 18 weeks in a row, with an estimated $15 billion flowing out in August alone.

Vanguard has preserved a reputation as the lowest-cost provider of investment options since John Bogle founded the company in 1974, operating on an at-cost basis in a world motivated by profit.

A New York regulator alleges that the insurer limited the returns of legacy variable annuity clients.

Allianz Life’s MasterDex X still top of the indexed annuity heap. Sales of the popular product helped Allianz maintain its place as the top seller of indexed annuities.

I hear all the time from diehard investors and salesmen of annuity products that “the stock market is nothing more than rolling the dice at Vegas!” .

FINRA is looking closely at disclosure, suitability and yield-chasing practices associated with VAs.

VA sales leaders – Participating issuers, ranked by new sales – February 3, 2013

Move to RIA compensation model, new benefit focus just two of the issues to expect in 2013.

Despite investor demand, insurers want to steer clear of added exposure.

Some popular contracts mind-numbingly long and complex; IRI proposing slimmed-down, more-readable documents.