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NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 10, 2013
Retirement planning can hurt health

Higher Medicare premiums threaten traditional retirement income planning

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS FINTECH FEB 10, 2013
Q&A: LPL Financial's Victor Fetter Outsider brings fresh eyes to the world of advisers

The former chief information officer of Online at Dell had never worked in the brokerage industry before.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 10, 2013
IRS plans to update guidance on Roth options

Expanded options are contained in the American Tax Relief Law, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Jan. 2.

By Robert Steyer
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 10, 2013
SEC: Charity helping orphans a scam

We The People charged commissions on sales of bogus annuities, agency alleges

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS FEB 10, 2013
Wirehouses rethink age-old models

Changes come as Treasuries and other investment-grade fixed-income instruments are yielding near-record lows

By JKEPHART
NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 10, 2013
Clients trust their advisers; advisory firms, not so much

Advisers are gaining client confidence even as financial firms continue to score low in the trust department following years of reports about Wall Street abuses.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 10, 2013
Low-rate environment means slower withdrawal pace: Study

A 2.8% withdrawal rate over a retirement period of 30 years, with a 40% allocation to stocks, is the recipe for a 90% success rate if rates continue to stay low

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 10, 2013
Vanguard's got its own 'Apple' problem

Like Tim Cook at the iPad maker, Tim Buckley has some damn big shoes to fill.

By Jason Kephart
Six reasons to be bullish about stocks over the next five years
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 10, 2013
Six reasons to be bullish about stocks over the next five years

Here are some scenarios that could drive equities to strong returns going forward

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS RIAS FEB 08, 2013
TD scored big with breakaways in 2012

Unit snags 110 brokers in fiscal first quarter; tops $200B in assets

By DJAMIESON
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 07, 2013
Lump sum payouts for Social Security? Yep

Some retirees qualify for up to six months of retroactive benefits; pay for those larger items

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 07, 2013
E*Trade commercial takes aim at fee-based advisers

Discount broker's 2%-too-much-to-pay claims could overstate the case

By DJAMIESON
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 07, 2013
Americans want to prop up Social Security — but not on their backs

Large support for lifting contribution cap, raising payroll tax over lengthy-time period; don't touch my bennies

By Mary Beth Franklin
Schwab's RIA firms knocked 'em dead last quarter
NEWS RIAS FEB 07, 2013
Schwab's RIA firms knocked 'em dead last quarter

Advisers who hold their assets at The Charles Schwab Corp.'s custody unit brought in an eye-popping $24.4 billion in net new assets in the fourth quarter of last year — an all-time record.

By DJAMIESON
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 07, 2013
Finra offers details on controversial bonus disclosure reg

SRO posts summary of proposal on website; sure to draw some howls

By DJAMIESON
NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 06, 2013
LPL to reduce head count in 3Q

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 06, 2013
New regs leave 401(k) biz 'wide open' for advisers

Heightened scrutiny seen as a foot in the door; some drawbacks, too.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 06, 2013
Congress gives Roth 401(k)s new life

By Craig Brimhall
NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 05, 2013
UBS advisers break $1 million per FA revenue mark

UBS advisers surpass the $1 million-per-FA revenue mark as the bank's U.S. wealth unit is the lone bright spot in a rough quarter. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
Cohan: Enough already, UBS deserves the death penalty
NEWS WIREHOUSES FEB 05, 2013
Cohan: Enough already, UBS deserves the death penalty

Alleged Libor-rigging is the latest in a long series of scandals tied to the Swiss bank

By John Goff