Retirement Regulation

March 25, 2012

Longevity insurance faces hurdles to become a retirement option

By Darla Mercado

Longevity insurance has received the Treasury Department's blessing, but it could be years before these deeply deferred annuities become a regular part of retirement plans. Last month, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed a package of rules to make it...

March 11, 2012

Small biz retirement plan would OK asset pools

By Liz Skinner

Small businesses that find it too expensive and administratively burdensome to offer employees a retirement plan could find a solution in a measure that has bipartisan support in the Senate. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., are drafting a bill that would allow...

June 26, 2011

Insurers want fiduciary duty killed: Planners

By Mark Schoeff Jr.

A petition signed by about 5,200 financial planners has been delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission, urging it to impose a universal fiduciary duty on anyone providing retail investment advice

June 12, 2011

Phyllis Borzi: Protecting the Everyman's benefits

By Liz Skinner

Phyllis Borzi has come a long way since her days as a high school English teacher.

June 5, 2011

Advisers are ahead of the game on DOL rule compliance

By Darla Mercado

Instead of standing on the sidelines waiting for a number of long-awaited Labor Department rules to take effect, advisers are figuring out how things will change and are wasting no time as they gear up

June 5, 2011

Taxes, rising rates will hit rich in the wallet, experts say

By Bloomberg News

The year 2013 may snap a 12-year winning streak for wealthy Americans on taxes due on income, capital gains, dividends and money given to their heirs

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