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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
Lincoln National jumps into new fixed annuity business

Deferred-income annuities offer certainty but limitations too.

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 31, 2013
SEC backs two options to control money funds; White floats combo

One plan would let value of some money funds float, another would impose redemptions.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
Edward Jones protected against VA ban by Protective

Insurer no longer taking 1035 exchanges or rollovers, but brokerage gets pass

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 31, 2013
SEC's chief examiner heads to Finra

Di Florio to set up new unit to ID emerging vulnerabilities for investors and markets.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Collecting Social Security on your ex - dead or alive!

Benefits depend on if you remarry and when. How not to leave money on the table.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Collecting Social Security on your ex – dead or alive!

Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.

By Mary Beth Franklin
BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2013
LPL adds adviser network managing $1.2B

Arizona group of about 40 financial advisory practices joins LPL. The network's founder is looking to add 50 new offices next year.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 30, 2013
Treasuries erase gains as economy improves

The Federal Reserve said policy makers see improvement in economic activity. How will this impact your bond investments?

By lkonish
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Social Security to release 2014 COLA data next week

Next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue the September Consumer Price Index report, the final piece of data that the Social Security Administration needs to plug into its annual cost of living adjustment formula. Social Security benefits — and the taxable wage base for workers — will be slightly higher next year as a result of the COLA.

By Mary Beth Franklin
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2013
Bond manager in 'big short' misled CDO investors, SEC claims

Wing F. Chau, the bond manager who sued Michael Lewis over his depiction in the 2010 book “The Big Short,” was accused by U.S. regulators of violating his fiduciary duty by accommodating requests from Magnetar Capital LLC in managing financial products linked to subprime mortgages.

By Matt Ackermann
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Government shutdown delays Social Security COLA announcement

Labor Department says CPI report will not be released next week.

By Mary Beth Franklin
WIREHOUSES OCT 30, 2013
Two teams join Wells Fargo from Merrill, UBS

Groups from Salt Lake City, Charlotte, N.C., manage close to $500M combined.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIAS OCT 30, 2013
Understanding your clients' '3 am moment'

When your clients wake up in the middle of the night with sweaty palms, what are they afraid of? What is it they ultimately want you to protect them from?

By Joe Duran
Has the glass ceiling in financial services really been broken?
OPINION OCT 30, 2013
Has the glass ceiling in financial services really been broken?

Joe Duran says the financial services industry has been guided by calculable and analytical thinking and driven by results. That has led to a bias toward a certain kind of employee.

By Joe Duran
BROKER DEALERS OCT 30, 2013
LPL puts layoff, outsourcing plan into action

Cuts don't include client-facing functions.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 30, 2013
Fewer advisers than expected switch to state oversight

Back in 2009, regulators predicted that 4,000 investment advisers would shift from SEC regulation to state oversight. They were slightly off.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients get two-fer when they postpone Social Security

They earn 8%-per-year delayed retirement credits plus annual COLAs

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIAS OCT 30, 2013
COLA boosts estate tax exemption for couples to $10.5M

IRS also sets tax break for single filers at $5.25M

By Bloomberg
RIAS OCT 30, 2013
Report paints picture of 'typical' adviser

Median investment adviser under SEC regulation has $270M in AUM, 92 accounts, and eight employees

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 29, 2013
Ex-Madoff staff look to 'embarrass' SEC at trial

Five ex-employees of Bernard Madoff on trial accused of aiding his $17 billion fraud seek to “embarrass” Securities and Exchange Commission witnesses by asking about bungled Madoff audits, prosecutors say.

By Matt Ackermann