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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2011
B-Ds plead for DOL, SEC to team up on fiduciary rule

By Darla Mercado
This state's adviser-sold 529 plan rates highest once again
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2011
This state's adviser-sold 529 plan rates highest once again

A Colorado college savings plan gets top mark for 2010; rated No.1 for the past five quarters

By Liz Skinner
TD's Bradley: Rule to protect investors could cost them their IRAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 18, 2011
TD's Bradley: Rule to protect investors could cost them their IRAs

Unintended consequence of applying fiduciary standard could whack self-directed retirement accounts; DOL went 'a little bit too far'

By Liz Skinner
OPINION MAY 18, 2011
Is there really a flight to independence?

Newer models could offer attractive alternatives to wirehouses, but they're not making a huge dent in headcounts.

By John Goff
'Dumb money' hosed as investors exit muni funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 18, 2011
'Dumb money' hosed as investors exit muni funds

Selling into a depressed market is not the brightest move ever, but that's what many clients are doing by cashing out their muni bond funds. The better play? Stay patient -- and buy individual bonds

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2011
Clients want to avoid nursing homes — or even talking about it

Survey shows few pre-pensioners have set aside money for LTC or even raise the topic with advisers or loved ones

By Darla Mercado
Why health insurance is now like a box of Wheaties
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2011
Why health insurance is now like a box of Wheaties

Truth-in-labeling law comes to medical insurance biz; 'plain English'

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2011
Insurers getting plenty of mileage out of LTC hybrids

Combination life and long-term care polices are gaining serious traction in the marketplace. One for-instance: Sales for Lincoln National's MoneyGuard are up 62 percent over the past year.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2011
End of the road: Tax breaks for affluent likely to be snipped

As Congress attempts to trim the nation's deficit, advisers and their clients should brace for a less generous tax code in 2013, said James Delaplane (pictured), at the <i>InvestmentNews</i> Retirement Income Summit.

By Darla Mercado
FINTECH MAY 17, 2011
TechCheck: Possible cure for advisers' social-networking anxiety

Do you suffer from compliance anxiety? No need to fear: Actiance Socialite is her

By Anya Khalamayzer
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 17, 2011
'Belgian royal' money manager gets stiff sentence for fraud

Guy de Chimay, who pleaded guilty to running what prosecutors called a $7 million Ponzi scheme that he promoted by claiming his company was linked to Belgian royalty, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison.

By Doug Cubberley
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 17, 2011
STOLI on the rocks

Trade associations representing the life insurance industry and agents today applauded New York's passage of life settlement legislation.

By Darla Mercado
Texas woman's investment strategy? Hit the state lottery -- four times
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2011
Texas woman's investment strategy? Hit the state lottery -- four times

Small-town resident has raked in $21M in four separate jackpots. Mathematicians put the odds of this happening at 18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1. That's a lot of zeros.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2011
Special report: The top-performing SMAs

Here, you'll find the top ten SMAs across six different categories, with data provided to InvestmentNews exclusively by Prima Capital.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2011
401(k) balances at record level: Survey

The average 401(k) retirement plan balance has reached the highest level since Fidelity Investments began tracking account values in 1998

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 15, 2011
Finra: Make broker-dealers disclose 'shelf space'

Finra wants broker-dealers to disclose the revenue-sharing deals they have with mutual funds

By Dan Jamieson
ALTERNATIVES MAY 15, 2011
Pay-for-performance change by SEC could cost advisers

An SEC rule proposal that would raise the net-worth thresholds at which advisers would be allowed to charge performance-based fees would likely cut into the bottom lines of smaller hedge funds, private-equity firms and some registered investment advisers

By Liz Skinner
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 15, 2011
Judge kills Pru motion to toss death benefit suits

A Massachusetts federal court judge has quashed a motion by Prudential Insurance Co. of America to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the insurer had wrongfully held on to veterans' death benefits instead of paying them out in a lump sum

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 13, 2011
SEC: New York mortgage fund adviser defrauded investors

Claim Barriger misused fund's assets and issued false statements about returns

By Liz Skinner
Wells Fargo shakes up wealth management
RIA NEWS MAY 13, 2011
Wells Fargo shakes up wealth management

Wells Fargo dramatically rejiggered its regional management set-up &#8212; with five execs losing their positions. According to a bank spokesman, the move is intended to help Wells 'realize the efficiencies of the merger with Wachovia.' One of those efficiencies: Cross-selling to Wachovia clients.

By Andrew Osterland