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Your client has a car, a gun — and Alzheimer's
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2018
Your client has a car, a gun — and Alzheimer's

Are you helping clients with the four key transitions in retirement?

By Stephen Gresham
Variable annuity shops eye property and casualty insurers to expand distribution
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 26, 2018
Variable annuity shops eye property and casualty insurers to expand distribution

Jackson National and Lincoln Financial, among the largest VA providers, recently announced distribution partnerships set to kick in next year.

By Greg Iacurci
4 invisible influencers advisers need to address in 2019
OPINION NOV 26, 2018
4 invisible influencers advisers need to address in 2019

Many of the challenges that farming faced in the 1980s are now confronting the financial services industry

By Ron Carson
Independent Perspective: Why Reza Zamani Chose Independence
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 26, 2018
Independent Perspective: Why Reza Zamani Chose Independence

Learn how and why one advisor decided to make the move to independence, and how his business fared.

By Gillian Albert
Medicare enrollment: Prepare or pay the price
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2018
Medicare enrollment: Prepare or pay the price

With rising health-care costs threatening to derail carefully constructed retirement plans, advisers should ensure clients successfully navigate the process of signing up for Medicare to avoid stiff penalties.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Countdown to Medicare and Social Security checklist
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2018
Countdown to Medicare and Social Security checklist

Here's what advisers should be reviewing with their clients each year between ages 62 and 70.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Advisers must step up guidance on Medicare, as flubs are costly
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2018
Advisers must step up guidance on Medicare, as flubs are costly

Some clients may not even realize they're supposed to enroll.

By crain-api
Advisers' guide to helping clients with open enrollment
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2018
Advisers' guide to helping clients with open enrollment

There's still time to re-shop Medicare coverage for those already enrolled.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Hedge fund investors lose key tax break
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2018
Hedge fund investors lose key tax break

Inability to deduct management fees will make the funds, which are struggling this year, even less attractive to investors.

By Bloomberg
Medicare high-income surcharges to increase in 2019
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2018
Medicare high-income surcharges to increase in 2019

New top tier added for ultra-high-income retirees next year.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Waddell & Reed settles 401(k) lawsuit for $4.9 million
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2018
Waddell & Reed settles 401(k) lawsuit for $4.9 million

The active fund manager is one of several investment firms to settle self-dealing lawsuits in the last few years.

By Greg Iacurci
Tax-smart year-end charitable giving
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2018
Tax-smart year-end charitable giving

How to maximize donations under the new tax rules.

By Mary Beth Franklin
S&P 500 valuation floor is as wobbly as 2019 earnings estimates
EQUITIES NOV 21, 2018
S&P 500 valuation floor is as wobbly as 2019 earnings estimates

Stocks look cheap after their losses this fall, but if earnings deteriorate, they could fall more.

By Bloomberg
Emigrant Bank takes sole ownership of RIA consolidator Fiduciary Network
RIAS NOV 21, 2018
Emigrant Bank takes sole ownership of RIA consolidator Fiduciary Network

Privately held, family-owned bank completed deal to acquire remaining 25% stake it didn't already own in network that includes Evensky & Katz/Foldes Financial and Regent Atlantic.

By Ryan W. Neal
Former N.J. broker gets prison time for $3.1 million fraud
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 21, 2018
Former N.J. broker gets prison time for $3.1 million fraud

Scott Newsholme sentenced to 8 1/2 years in jail for long-running scheme.

By Bruce Kelly
Finra fines H. Beck $400,000 for unsuitable sale of variable annuities
BROKER DEALERS NOV 21, 2018
Finra fines H. Beck $400,000 for unsuitable sale of variable annuities

Finra said the firm failed to mandate and enforce its own written supervisory procedures, resulting in the unsuitable sale of L-share variable annuities tied to long-term riders.

By Sarah Min
Cetera broker-dealers latest to file legal claim against Ohio National
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 21, 2018
Cetera broker-dealers latest to file legal claim against Ohio National

Six Cetera broker-dealers allege the insurer will be breaching its contractual obligations by withholding millions of dollars in trail commissions from their brokers.

By Greg Iacurci
Morgan Stanley launches new adviser technology dashboard
FINTECH NOV 20, 2018
Morgan Stanley launches new adviser technology dashboard

WealthDesk integrates Morgan Stanley's new suite of technology in a single location.

By Ryan W. Neal
Finra bars ex-LPL broker who controlled customer accounts
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 20, 2018
Finra bars ex-LPL broker who controlled customer accounts

Cheryl Ann Stallings allegedly violated LPL's policy regarding fiduciary capacities.

By Bruce Kelly
Medicare high-income surcharges to increase in 2019
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 20, 2018
Medicare high-income surcharges to increase in 2019

New top tier added for ultra-high-income retirees next year.

By Mary Beth Franklin