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While large hedge funds outperformed small ones from 2008 to 2011, all sizes of funds posted negative performance results during that period.

There are many types of families out there: married, single parent, divorced, domestic partners, widows and widowers, each with different financial needs

California officials have reached a $25 million settlement with a company that sells end-of-life policies through funeral planners, state Controller John Chiang announced Monday.

MetLife rolled out an asset management business focused on real estate and private-placement debt, hoping to draw yield-starved institutional investors to areas where it already has considerable experience.

Principal Financial Group Inc. said Monday that it is buying AFP Cuprum S.A., a pension manager in Chile, for roughly $1.51 billion.

'Drastic' cuts would dramatically impact service to seniors and other beneficiaries, agency says.