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Health care space has horse in race with possible Obamacare repeal
NEWS EQUITIES JUN 28, 2012
Health care space has horse in race with possible Obamacare repeal

Romney win would be boon for insurers, bust for hospital-related stocks

By Jeff Benjamin
Advisers ducking crucial retirement issue: MIT prof
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Advisers ducking crucial retirement issue: MIT prof

Financial advisers 'hide under the table' when clients ask about future health care costs, says Coughlin; guessing game

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
No easy fix to withdrawal rates in retirement

By MFXFeeder
Translating Medicare-ese for financial advisers
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Translating Medicare-ese for financial advisers

Another new tool helps advisers guide their clients through the ever-important Medicare decisions

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 2012
Fed loans best option, even at twice the price

By Liz Skinner
Student loan rates about to double?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 2012
Student loan rates about to double?

Measure seeking to extend current 3.4% coupon in limbo as GOP blocks Senate debate

By Liz Skinner
Seven retirement questions all advisers should ask
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2012
Seven retirement questions all advisers should ask

The answers can prove pivotal in setting up an investment program for clients, says professor

By Darla Mercado
European crisis will affect capital markets for years: Allianz
NEWS FIXED INCOME JUN 27, 2012
European crisis will affect capital markets for years: Allianz

Allianz investment experts see problems in global capital market for years to come.

By AOSTERLAND
College kids paying credit card rates for private student loans
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 27, 2012
College kids paying credit card rates for private student loans

With interest charges around 10%, graduates saddled with enormous tabs; 'I'll be making payments forever.'

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 27, 2012
Looming election slams brakes on fiduciary regs

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 27, 2012
Independent analysis needed for munis

By Thomas M. Metzold
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 26, 2012
The parent trap

In <i>Parenthood</i>, Jason Robards talks about the longterm burden of being a parent. ''There is no end zone. You never cross the goal line, spike the ball and do your touchdown dance.' Boomers know the feeling. Many find themselves supporting their adult children -- and sapping their retirement savings in the process.

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 26, 2012
How close are we to the fiscal cliff?

By Russ Koesterich
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 26, 2012
RIAs and insurers are coming together

By MFXFeeder
NEWS WIREHOUSES JUN 26, 2012
Reps leaving Morgan Stanley Smith Barney blame technology

Recent exits may boil down to one word: Technology.

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RIAS JUN 26, 2012
Steps for building a succession plan

By Dan Seivert
Thinkorswim users hit TD Ameritrade with hefty arbitration claim
NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUN 26, 2012
Thinkorswim users hit TD Ameritrade with hefty arbitration claim

Thinkorswim users sue TD Ameritrade claiming they could not get through to execute trades in August

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUN 25, 2012
Behind LPL's acquisition of Veritat

Purchase will boost indie B-D's new unit targeting the mass market

By Janowski Davis
Fewer investors read through a VA prospectus in 2012
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2012
Fewer investors read through a VA prospectus in 2012

Even fewer investors are reading their variable annuity prospectus, which can be 150-300 pages long; brevity would help reader rates

By Darla Mercado
NEWS FINTECH JUN 25, 2012
Social-media seminar offers lessons for firms

By Janowski Davis