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RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 11, 2014
Promise of ACA's small business initiative falls flat

By Carolyn McClanahan
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 07, 2014
With Medicare signup coming soon, tax bracket management strategies can help clients save

Income levels determine how much clients will pay for Medicare Parts B and D; planning is key.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 06, 2014
GOP Senate win gives it the clout to change Obamacare

With Republicans leading the House and Senate next year, the possibility of some reforms to the Affordable Care Act are possible. The rules around the employer mandate seem to be those most likely to find compromise within the Congress and at the White House.

By Liz Skinner
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 05, 2014
Who's spending what on political candidates?

With Senate control at stake in tomorrow's election, interest groups representing the brokerage and insurance industries are spending substantially more than financial adviser groups, and are adding to their lead.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 04, 2014
Treasury, IRS OK annuities in 401(k) target date funds

Approval of annuities in 401(k) target date funds, including as a default investment, will make lifetime-income features more popular.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 02, 2014
Wrangling clients' health care costs in retirement

Advisers are turning to various services to estimate the unknowable in retirement

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2014
New rules for annuities and target date funds inspire products race

Firms are at the drawing board designing retirement products, thanks to new guidance issued last week by the Treasury and Labor departments

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2014
Hartford Financial Services Group names a new CEO

Insurer Promotes CFO to replace previous CEO following a medical procedure related to a brain tumor.

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2014
The regulatory hits keep coming for LPL Financial

The rest of this week's must-read stories include Betterment's robo-adviser for humans, big changes afoot in Social Security, and a focus on picking the right alternatives for clients

By Andrew Leigh
Now that annuities are OK in retirement plans, what strategy is best?
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2014
Now that annuities are OK in retirement plans, what strategy is best?

Morningstar researcher suggests 30% allocation to annuities - and more equities.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES OCT 23, 2014
ETF investors bail on the financial sector

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Finance-focused ETFs suffer huge outflows. What gives? Plus: Prudential Financial's spooky reinsurance bet, investing in obesity, private lawyers give corporate inversions a leg up, and location matters less when the house you're selling is haunted.

By Jeff Benjamin
How Social Security annual increases are calculated
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
How Social Security annual increases are calculated

COLA formula was established by law in 1972.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
Savings targets for retirement health care costs fall in 2014

But retirees will still need to prepare for rising health care costs in the long run, expert warns.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES OCT 21, 2014
New York Life buys IndexIQ to expand liquid alts offering, add hedge fund ETFs

Deal adds $1.5 billion in AUM to N.Y. Life, including $950 million in multi-strategy exchange-traded fund.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2014
Former Pimco parent Pacific Life moves accounts to Janus

Pacific Life Insurance Co., the insurer where Pimco was started as a bond unit in 1971, is moving money from Bill Gross's old firm to Janus Capital Group, which the bond legend joined last month.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 17, 2014
Two big developments in retirement planning grab advisers' attention

Social Security and annuities make news, LPL's regulatory headaches continue, and the rest of this week's must-read stories for advisers.

By Andrew Leigh
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 15, 2014
Allianz joins Wells Fargo's new indexed annuity platform

Insurer brings its Essential Income 7 indexed annuity, Essential Income Benefit feature, to the platform.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 13, 2014
Indexed universal life insurance faces fresh scrutiny

Regulators homing in on whether insurers are presenting a picture of performance that's too rosy.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 13, 2014
Wells Fargo pushes insurers to lower commissions on indexed annuities

Debut of its new offerings follows an industrywide surge in popularity for the products.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2014
How gay couples can act on Social Security benefits now

Though rules still vary from state to state, all same-sex couples should take steps to claim benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin