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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
Urge to merge: Two RIAs plan to combine
RIAS JAN 28, 2013
Urge to merge: Two RIAs plan to combine

Argent Financial, Highland Capital will have combined $4.3 billion in assets.

By AOSTERLAND
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
Brokerage owner defrauded fellow Poles: Finra
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 28, 2013
Brokerage owner defrauded fellow Poles: Finra

More than $4 million wired out of three clients' accounts, regulator says.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2013
Japan's Catch-22 could snag U.S. investors

Asset buying to boost economy likely to hit yen, denting equity returns

By JKEPHART
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
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
Cole gets big payoff in nontraded-REIT deal

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
Social Security goes fully paperless

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH JAN 27, 2013
Data management helps brokers deliver better service

By Bill Kenealy
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2013
ICI criticizes risk council

By Bloomberg
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
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 27, 2013
NAIC head to work D.C. ties

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 27, 2013
SEC pick signals change of pace

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
MetLife's math tweaks VA sales

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

By MFXFeeder
RIAS JAN 27, 2013
TD's custody business tops $200B in assets

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

By Bruce Kelly
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