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Employers hungry for returns when updating 401(k) menus
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2013
Employers hungry for returns when updating 401(k) menus

Good news – plan sponsors see big bounce in performance after adding new funds; bad news – it doesn't last.

By Darla Mercado
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?
FIXED INCOME JAN 28, 2013
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?

Politics trumps logic, basic math in Capitol Hill cat fight

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 28, 2013
Broker a part of 'phone tree of inside information,' SEC charges

Allegedly tipped girlfriend, business partner about M&A deals

By Liz Skinner
OPINION JAN 27, 2013
Congress, Obama must learn to compromise

Congress and the president have time before they need to come to grips with the budget deficit, but they would be wise not to squander it on partisan bickering.

By MFXFeeder
FINTECH JAN 27, 2013
Data management helps brokers deliver better service

By Bill Kenealy
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
Cole gets big payoff in nontraded-REIT deal

By Bruce Kelly
OPINION JAN 27, 2013
On retirement policy, don't mess with success

To start scrapping savings incentives would undermine the foundation of our retirement system, risking wider damage

By Paul Schott Stevens
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
Social Security goes fully paperless

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
MetLife's math tweaks VA sales

By Darla Mercado
IRS gives employers a break
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
IRS gives employers a break

Long-awaited proposed regulations from the Internal Revenue Service have resolved questions about a key health care reform law provision that would impose stiff penalties on employers not offering coverage.

By Jerry Geisel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2013
ICI criticizes risk council

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES JAN 27, 2013
Banks may sue feds over the Volcker rule

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 27, 2013
More trouble for Thompson

By Bruce Kelly
FINTECH JAN 26, 2013
Empowered by technology

This white paper from United Planners outlines how real business solutions offer efficiency and simplicity, not headaches.

By United Planners
FINTECH JAN 26, 2013
Adviser success in social media

This white paper from Cambridge Investment Research explores how advisers can successfully implement strategies for leveraging social media in their practices.

By Cambridge Investment Research
Delaying Social Security bennies could come back to bite clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2013
Delaying Social Security bennies could come back to bite clients

Higher income may render seniors ineligible for subsidized LTC benefits

By Mary Beth Franklin
Treasury on platinum coin: Thanks, but no thanks
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 25, 2013
Treasury on platinum coin: Thanks, but no thanks

Debt-ceiling dodge proposed by Dems holds no currency with agency

By John Goff
'Death put' lawyer pleads guilty to fraud charge
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2013
'Death put' lawyer pleads guilty to fraud charge

Caramadre purchased bonds, VAs using identities fraudulently gleaned from the terminally ill

By Darla Mercado
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 25, 2013
LPL raises fees for second-straight year, cuts incentives

For the second-straight year, LPL plans to raise the fees its reps must pay. The reason? For one, higher insurance costs. The B-D is also cutting some bonuses.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 24, 2013
SEC might be productive despite 2-2 split

Republican Commissioner Gallagher praises Walter's outreach.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.