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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 18, 2010
Plenty of takeaways at Retirement Income Summit

When he was mayor of New York, Ed Koch often would ask constituents, “How am I doing?”

By Jim Pavia
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 18, 2010
Natalie Choate: How immediate annuities fit into an IRA

Natalie Choate, a retirement planning expert with Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, talks with Morningstar's Christine Benz at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit about the new rules that apply to an annuity when it's purchased inside an IRA.

By Mark Bruno
WIREHOUSES MAY 17, 2010
Advisers on the Move: UBS snags $380M Morgan Stanley duo

Douglas Johnson and Daniel Legan jumped to UBS and joined the firm's Indian Wells, California office.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Target target date risk much earlier, says research firm

The Financial Research Corp. is recommending that target-date funds sharply curtail riskier investments well before they approach maturity — based on the assumption that investors will roll over their assets.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Come again? Robust retirees face highest health care costs

Living longer has its price, study finds

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Labor Dept. inches closer to providing target date guidance

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is planning to publish a compliance checklist for target date fund selection this spring

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Merrill Lynch: Wealthy afraid of health care costs, retirement

The percentage of survey respondents who said they are concerned about whether their assets will last throughout their lifetime rose to 61% last quarter, from 53% in the fourth quarter.

By Hilary Johnson
What's in Obama's portfolio?
RIA NEWS MAY 16, 2010
What's in Obama's portfolio?

President Barack Obama's success as an author continued to add to his wealth last year as he and first lady Michelle Obama reported having assets of between $2.3 million and $7.7 million.

By Bloomberg
OPINION MAY 16, 2010
Don't ignore the death of a loved one

For better or worse, professionals rely on our society's standard conventions and accepted phrases to offer solace at a wake or funeral

By Amy Florian
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 14, 2010
Prosecution of Wall Street titans? Short it

Revelations about the firms' shadier practices incensed both politicians and the public. Don't count on any indictments being handed out, however

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 14, 2010
Ex-Credit Suisse broker avoids prison -- for now

Former Credit Suisse Group AG broker Eric Butler will remain free while a judge reviews a decision that ordered him to prison during the appeal of his conviction for fraudulently selling securities that cost investors more than $1.1 billion in losses.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2010
“Secret” Social Security strategies for advisers

Many financial planners are in the dark about ways to help clients boost their monthly government checks. That needs to change, says one expert.

By Lisa Shidler
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2010
Putnam to launch guaranteed fund early next year

Putnam Investments is planning to launch a mutual fund with a guarantee in the first quarter of next year.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
OPINION MAY 14, 2010
When Monte Carlo analysis meets a black swan

In early November 2007, two investors met in the waiting room of their financial adviser's office. By chance, both Robert, 62, and Sandra, 78, had appointments to discuss their retirement financial plans.

By Moshe A. Milevsky
Bill Gates' father: 'Rich people aren't paying enough' in taxes
RIA NEWS MAY 13, 2010
Bill Gates' father: 'Rich people aren't paying enough' in taxes

The software billionaire's father is spearheading an initiative to impose a state tax on Washington's wealthy

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2010
Andrew Lo on 'Geriatric Finance': When the planning needs to start

Investors should plan now for when and how financial decisions should be made if they become impaired, says investment strategist and professor Andrew Lo.

By Mark Bruno
WIREHOUSES MAY 13, 2010
Wall Street bigs asked to sign off on fiduciary duty

The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard takes a different tack in its bid to eliminate the broker-dealer exclusion

By Dan Jamieson
Shareholders refuse to put nail in golden coffin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2010
Shareholders refuse to put nail in golden coffin

17 of Fortune 100 companies provide death benefits for heirs of top execs. Omnicom stockowners are just the latest to vote down a 'pay-for-no-pulse' proposal

By Aaron Elstein
FINTECH MAY 12, 2010
How advisers are using video to connect with clients

Financial advisers at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit discuss their strategies for using video on their firms' websites

By Mark Bruno
Key Republican may push for broader fiduciary standard
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 12, 2010
Key Republican may push for broader fiduciary standard

On Tuesday, Sen. Susan Collins pressed Goldman Sachs on their commitment to their clients. Now, she's planning on filing an amendment to financial reform legislation that would likely extend the fiduciary standard to B-Ds.

By Mark Schoeff