Darla Mercado writes about retirement issues and products, including taxes, annuities and 401(k) plans. She welcomes feedback and tips from readers on interesting topics. Outside of the newsroom, Darla spends her time inline skating, biking, running and swimming. She Tweets at: @Darla_Mercado
Rest in peace and luxury: Average prices are expected to top $65,000 for crypts and $17,000 for niches for funerary urns.
Advisers must go further than automatic features if they'd like to get employees interested in saving at work.
Retirement plan experts predict a major shake-up in the way broker-dealers do business with small retirement plans and IRAs — all thanks to a prohibited transaction exemption in the Labor Department's new fiduciary duty proposal.
Rule No. 1: Stop being an asset manager and become a plan manager.
Insurance products that combine life insurance and long-term care benefits are getting their time in the sun among advisers as traditional LTC options shrink.
Shifts in workplace retirement benefits, other factors, making delaying benefits even more valuable.
Shifts in workplace retirement benefits, other factors, encourage more people to wait to claim benefits.
Advisers ramp up efforts to create tax-conscious retirement income withdrawal strategies with an aim to extend the life of clients' nest eggs.
Can the new product compete against its variable and indexed annuity cousins?
Snares abound for parents who are eager to take on additional debt in the name of sending their children to their dream school.
