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Confusion around Medicare enrollment
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 28, 2019
Confusion around Medicare enrollment

Tools and courses can help advisers guide clients through deadlines and choices

By Mary Beth Franklin
Milestone planning helps clients and advisers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2019
Milestone planning helps clients and advisers

There are many benefits to milestone planning. Here is what you need to know

By Jonathan Russell
Rising nursing home prices bode poorly for the future
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2019
Rising nursing home prices bode poorly for the future

Georgetown University Medical Center reveals brutal dynamic governing long-term care in America.

By Bloomberg
Gucci settles 401(k) lawsuit for $1.2 million
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2019
Gucci settles 401(k) lawsuit for $1.2 million

The settlement is notable due to the relatively small size of the company's plan.

By Greg Iacurci
Congress members ask GAO to study fallout from death of DOL fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 24, 2019
Congress members ask GAO to study fallout from death of DOL fiduciary rule

Democrats want the Government Accountability Office to examine how brokerage and other financial firms' businesses have changed since the new requirements were vacated last year.

By Greg Iacurci
Financial planning for same-sex couples has changed immensely since 2015 Supreme Court marriage ruling
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 21, 2019
Financial planning for same-sex couples has changed immensely since 2015 Supreme Court marriage ruling

The Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage. What does this mean for married and unmarried gay couples now?

By Ramon Vicente Berenguer
Reg BI: How rollovers are changing under the new SEC rules
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2019
Reg BI: How rollovers are changing under the new SEC rules

The new standard is more stringent than the current one, laying out explicit steps that brokers must take when considering a retirement rollover.

By Greg Iacurci
Positioning can help 401(k) advisers boost sales
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2019
Positioning can help 401(k) advisers boost sales

Clients may be willing to pay more money for certain services as long as they're positioned correctly.

By Fred Barstein
How to suspend Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2019
How to suspend Social Security benefits

The move can boost future benefits — but beware of unintended consequences.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Target-date fund design may be wrong for retirees
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 17, 2019
Target-date fund design may be wrong for retirees

Researchers suggest the funds don't adequately hedge against sequence-of-returns risk in retirement.

By Greg Iacurci
MFS settles 401(k) lawsuit for $6.9 million
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 17, 2019
MFS settles 401(k) lawsuit for $6.9 million

The payout ranks among the middle tier of settlements reached by other asset managers in similar lawsuits.

By Greg Iacurci
Some plan sponsors may need a nudge about HSA rollovers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2019
Some plan sponsors may need a nudge about HSA rollovers

Multiple accounts at previous employers diminishes the feasibility of these accounts

By crain-api
4 strategies for Roth conversions
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 13, 2019
4 strategies for Roth conversions

Find out about the different Roth conversion strategies available to you

By Ramon Vicente Berenguer
Lessons for those 'graduating' to retirement
RETIREMENT OPINION JUN 13, 2019
Lessons for those 'graduating' to retirement

For many retirees, the struggle isn't having enough money, but confidently spending what they've worked so hard to accumulate.

By Philip E. Caminiti
Betterment offering automated investing and advice for Optum Bank HSA
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2019
Betterment offering automated investing and advice for Optum Bank HSA

The partnership connects the robo with 3 million customers and $9 billion in Optum's HSAs.

By Ryan W. Neal
401(k) savings rates have stagnated
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2019
401(k) savings rates have stagnated

The overall savings rate has hovered around 10% of income for the past decade and a half, despite improvements in plan design.

By Greg Iacurci
Special Social Security rules for public sector employees
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2019
Special Social Security rules for public sector employees

Two exceptions can ease the sting of offsets that reduce benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Vanguard study finds employers, employees improving retirement plan behaviors
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2019
Vanguard study finds employers, employees improving retirement plan behaviors

Automatic enrollment now standard at 48% of company's plans, up from 20% a decade ago.

By InvestmentNews
Supreme Court accepts 401(k) case about alternative investments in target-date funds
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2019
Supreme Court accepts 401(k) case about alternative investments in target-date funds

The outcome could have big implications for 401(k) disclosures made to employees.

By Greg Iacurci
Pennsylvania law requires multiple record keepers for 403(b), 457 plans
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2019
Pennsylvania law requires multiple record keepers for 403(b), 457 plans

Advisers think the law, which goes into effect July 1, will result in higher costs for investors.

By Greg Iacurci