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The black hole of financial planning: Health care costs
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2018
The black hole of financial planning: Health care costs

Affluent clients are confident about retirement plans, but not medical expenses

By Mary Beth Franklin
Advisers still think ESG strategies underperform
EQUITIES JUN 25, 2018
Advisers still think ESG strategies underperform

Concerns about such investments' performance persist despite mounting evidence to the contrary

By John Waggoner
Galvin charges MetLife with inflating bottom line
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2018
Galvin charges MetLife with inflating bottom line

Massachusetts securities czar says insurer's failure to make pension payments enabled it to lower reserves

By InvestmentNews
Stocks sell off on escalating trade jitters
EQUITIES JUN 25, 2018
Stocks sell off on escalating trade jitters

Market trims losses after National Trade Council director Peter Navarro calms concerns about a trade war.

By Bloomberg
Municipal bonds once seen as the safest are now tarnished
FIXED INCOME JUN 22, 2018
Municipal bonds once seen as the safest are now tarnished

Bonds backed by revenue streams such as taxes or tolls are starting to see downgrades from the rating agencies

By Bloomberg
Why the super wealthy may want to fund life insurance with a loan
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2018
Why the super wealthy may want to fund life insurance with a loan

If the rate of return on the policy exceeds the loan's interest rate over the life of the contract, the client comes out ahead. But beware the risks.

By Greg Iacurci
SEC charges insurance agent with $1.27 million Ponzi scheme
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 22, 2018
SEC charges insurance agent with $1.27 million Ponzi scheme

James Hocker took money from 25 mostly elderly, unsophisticated investors.

By Bloomberg
Guggenheim said to consider sale of asset management unit
FIXED INCOME JUN 21, 2018
Guggenheim said to consider sale of asset management unit

Transaction could involve Guggenheim taking on Munich Re's asset management unit

By Bloomberg
Walgreens to replace GE on the Dow
EQUITIES JUN 21, 2018
Walgreens to replace GE on the Dow

General Electric was the last original Dow member, a spot it held for more than 100 years.

By Bloomberg
Celebrated investor Jim Rogers launches ETF
EMERGING MARKETS JUN 21, 2018
Celebrated investor Jim Rogers launches ETF

The perennially bearish Rogers will look for volatility trends, aided by artificial intelligence.

By John Waggoner
Minnesota charges financial planner with fraud costing investors $200,000
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 21, 2018
Minnesota charges financial planner with fraud costing investors $200,000

Lisa Marie Schurhammer said to have engaged in phony annuity and gold sales.

By Bloomberg
Americans still have no emergency savings, poll finds
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 20, 2018
Americans still have no emergency savings, poll finds

Despite stronger economy, 1 in 4 of the highest-income households either have no emergency savings or just enough to cover less than three months.

By Bloomberg
Alternatives in target-date funds can increase retirement income, lower risk: report
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 20, 2018
Alternatives in target-date funds can increase retirement income, lower risk: report

Georgetown report also notes diversification of TDFs requires education for participants and oversight by plan sponsors.

By James Comtois
Concerns about trade war play out in ETF flows
ETFS JUN 20, 2018
Concerns about trade war play out in ETF flows

Investors are hell-bent on industrials-to-small-caps rotation trade

By Bloomberg
ETrade adds 32 Vanguard ETFs to its no-transaction-fee platform
ETFS JUN 20, 2018
ETrade adds 32 Vanguard ETFs to its no-transaction-fee platform

Also adds ETFs from iShares, Direxion and others

By John Waggoner
Mutual funds feel the pinch of platform fees
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 20, 2018
Mutual funds feel the pinch of platform fees

No-transaction-fee options are a big hit with investors, but funds wind up paying the costs — and passing them on.

By John Waggoner
MetLife, Brighthouse sued for $500 million over missing pensioners
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2018
MetLife, Brighthouse sued for $500 million over missing pensioners

Lawsuit claims insurers 'betrayed' thousands of pension plan participants and beneficiaries.

By Greg Iacurci
Younger millionaires want advice on cryptocurrency
ALTERNATIVES JUN 19, 2018
Younger millionaires want advice on cryptocurrency

More than 70% of those under 40 want their wealth managers to discuss the subject.

By Bloomberg
Vanguard research reframes retiree health care as annual expense
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
Vanguard research reframes retiree health care as annual expense

Says viewing health costs as a staggering lump sum impedes action and planning.

By Bloomberg
Trump administration will let small businesses offer cheaper health plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
Trump administration will let small businesses offer cheaper health plans

Association health plans would lack some of the protections required under Obamacare.

By Bloomberg