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Secrets for successful withdrawal strategies in retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2015
Secrets for successful withdrawal strategies in retirement

Market conditions in early retirement can help predict whether your assets will actually last 30 years.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2015
Secrets for successful withdrawal strategies in retirement

Market conditions in early retirement can help predict whether your clients' assets will actually last 30 years.

By Darla Mercado
A recipe for future retirement security
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2015
A recipe for future retirement security

Early financial literacy training is key.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Shocking NYC murder highlights need for estate planning contingencies
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2015
Shocking NYC murder highlights need for estate planning contingencies

Case serves as a reminder that advisers need to plan for events in which a beneficiary becomes unable to inherit.

By Darla Mercado
Expenses take toll on Merrill Lynch's Q4 earnings
WIREHOUSES JAN 20, 2015
Expenses take toll on Merrill Lynch's Q4 earnings

Bank of America Merrill Lynch took a hit in the fourth quarter due to rising expenses and lower interest income, though CEO Brian Moynihan offered a vote of confidence that brokerage chief John Thiel is managing expenses well.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2015
Quicken offers Social Security Optimizer to consumers

LifeYield tool, previously available only to advisers, targets DIY investors.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Auto IRAs in Illinois: Can small-plan private sector 401(k)s coexist?
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 20, 2015
Auto IRAs in Illinois: Can small-plan private sector 401(k)s coexist?

Gov. Pat Quinn has signed Auto IRA bill in Prairie State. Will advisers object?

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES JAN 20, 2015
Fidelity's clearing arm restores processing some Schorsch-related nontraded REITs

Decision affects American Realty Capital brand, but not Cole

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2015
Medicare's long, strange trip

Gift of the MAGI: Focus on non-reportable income and cash flow to keep your Medicare costs low.

By Katy Votava
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2015
Medicare's long, strange trip

From barely registering to an integral component

By Katy Votava
Another key executive departs LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 18, 2015
Another key executive departs LPL

Brain drain at nation's largest IBD continues as top East Coast recruiter plans to take a new position at an insurance company-owned broker-dealer.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2015
Persuading clients to defer enough salary

Key is to be realistic when trying to get clients to save more for retirement.

By MFXFeeder
OPINION JAN 18, 2015
MetLife's challenge a plus, win or lose

By MFXFeeder
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 18, 2015
It's about more than payouts

Some broker-dealers have resources that help advisers create a bigger pie, not just boost their slice

By Jodie Papike
BlackRock fund removed from UBS 'select' list
WIREHOUSES JAN 18, 2015
BlackRock fund removed from UBS 'select' list

Large wirehouse voices concerns over fund performance, management.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
For the growing number of gun collectors, a trust might hit the bulls-eye
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2015
For the growing number of gun collectors, a trust might hit the bulls-eye

Additional estate planning can help keep your weapons in good hands.

By Darla Mercado
Bull's-eye: How gun trusts can hit the mark with clients' estate planning
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2015
Bull's-eye: How gun trusts can hit the mark with clients' estate planning

Individuals with firearms collections will likely need an additional layer of planning.

By Darla Mercado
Fed confidence in the U.S. economy starts to wane
EQUITIES JAN 16, 2015
Fed confidence in the U.S. economy starts to wane

In Thursday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, oil prices and consumer spending add a hint of concern about the economy to the Federal Reserve's outlook. Plus: Fido app adds new twist to stock picking, retired Franklin Resources billionaire tangles history, and BlackRock added as many ETFs as it shut down last year.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bull's-eye: How gun trusts can hit the mark with clients' estate planning
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2015
Bull's-eye: How gun trusts can hit the mark with clients' estate planning

Individuals with firearms collections will likely need an additional layer of planning.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2015
Lifetime income to reach defined-contribution retirement plans, but not anytime soon

Existing products don't fit within the broad regulatory guidelines governing a lifetime income option that contains a deferred annuity offered within a target date fund.

By Robert Steyer