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RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2014
This week's top stories for advisers

By Andrew Leigh
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2014
Little has changed in health of Social Security system

Projected shortfalls still a concern in updated report

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2014
Secrets for getting high earners to save more through retirement plans

These retirement plan designs can help highly-paid employees sock away more for retirement and reduce their tax burden

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2014
Can an adviser affiliated with an insurance company be fee only? Yes.

State rules on insurance affiliation complicate fee-only status for some CFPs.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
IRA ALERT AUG 08, 2014
A warning on multiple IRA rollovers

Tax Court: "Once a year" rollover rule applies to all of a taxpayer's individual retirement accounts.

By Ed Slott
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Obama encourages statewide retirement plans

President directs Department of Labor to propose rules by the end of the year to provide a “clear path” for states.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
The case against state-run retirement plans

By Dale E. Brown
EQUITIES AUG 07, 2014
How to help clients take on the right amount of risk

Careful attention to portfolio construction can keep your clients from making financial decisions driven by emotional reactions.

By Charles Goldman
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
The rise of the wealthy woman

Women are expected to control two-thirds of the nation's wealth by 2030. Here are some of the surprising facts about the way they use their money.

By Christine Gaze
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
What professional women need to know about Social Security

The program was designed for an old-style one-earner family, so navigate its rules with care.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION AUG 07, 2014
How savvy financial advisers work with successful women

Advisers who have the patience, empathy and courage to sift through what matters most to powerful female clients can help them create a plan for success that's likely to make them clients for life.

By Christine Gaze
BROKER DEALERS AUG 07, 2014
LPL Financial hit with $2M fine, ordered to pay $820K in restitution

LPL Financial last month was hit with a $2 million fine, and ordered to pay $820,000 in restitution, for failing to maintain adequate books and records documenting variable annuity exchanges.

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2014
Onetime rival Cole now a selling machine for Schorsch

After getting broker-dealers like LPL Financial to sign selling agreements, asset manager Cole Capital expects to raise $3.1 billion this year for American Realty Capital Properties.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisers need to be nurturers when helping a woman through life changes
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 07, 2014
Advisers need to be nurturers when helping a woman through life changes

Divorce and widowhood require sensitive communication and help in gaining confidence.

By Alessandra Malito
Widower asks why he didn't get survivor benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Widower asks why he didn't get survivor benefits

Blame it on family maximum limits, not sexism.

By Mary Beth Franklin
IRA ALERT AUG 07, 2014
Inherited IRAs in bankruptcy cases

By Ed Slott
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Stretch IRAs no longer targeted in Senate highway-funding bill

Individual retirement account beneficiaries can continue to stretch distributions over a lifetime, as the Senate dropped a provision in its highway funding bill that would have required those distributions within five years of the death of the original account holder.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2014
Women closing financial literacy gender gap

Despite gains, steep learning curve remains on investing and cash management.

By Mary Beth Franklin
BROKER DEALERS AUG 06, 2014
Financial Telesis adviser with $700M bolts to Commonwealth

Benjamin W. Wong jumps ship as LPL begins absorbing his former firm.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES AUG 06, 2014
Global markets collide with geopolitics as Obama orders airstrikes in Iraq

Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> feature: Global markets collide with geopolitics as Obama orders airstrikes. Plus: Gold bugs rejoice; a senator takes parting shot at Wall Street; hidden risks in mutual funds; and find your perfect TV office.

By Jeff Benjamin