It's essential to be familiar with the many varieties of Medicare enrollment periods so your clients can make the best choices.
More software providers will add or enhance their tools to assist advisers in meeting the regulation's requirements.
The largest LTC insurer is offering a medically underwritten single premium immediate annuity as an alternative for older Americans.
Advisers should take these factors into account when incorporating long-term-care insurance into a client's financial plan.
Outflows at Franklin and Waddell & Reed mask overall healthy inflows.
Thirteen advisory firms repeated unsubstantiated claims about investment performance.
This is the time of year when everyone on Medicare can reevaluate features of their contracts to see if they're getting the best coverage at the best price.
Mr. Moore, Cetera's non-executive chairman, will take over the reins Sept. 12.
Priorities include business continuity plans, cybersecurity and fee disclosure.
Sales are estimated to fall to $40 billion next year, a level not seen since 2013. The drop would put an end to the products' nearly decade-long surge in growth.
In an unusual move, an indie B-D has been named a co-defendant in a suit that could be a sign of more legal fights for small plans.
Age-based 529 plans for this year's freshmen don't always get high marks.
Social-media data capture opinions that are often a precursor to consumer behavior
Robo-adviser to provide Uber drivers with free investment services in IRAs for a year. <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20150817/BLOG16/150819926/uber-versus-yellow-cabs-a-fight-advisers-should-watch" target="_blank">Why advisers should pay attention to Uber's fight with yellow cabs.</a>
Coming off a gloomy 2015 of weak revenue growth, the forecast for this year is for more of the same.
Only when we see the facts behind the aggregate numbers can we learn what is really happening at these firms.
Founder Greg Caldwell is barred from the brokerage industry.
Even the lesser evil of taking loans from retirement accounts requires close attention, and often should be a financial solution of last resort.
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A mounting number of lawsuits against retirement plans allege excessive fees and a lack of attention to plan design.
