Retirement Planning

Displaying 8349 results
Schwab’s Intelligent Income is an important advance, but only if all your money is at Schwab
OPINION JAN 29, 2020
Schwab’s Intelligent Income is an important advance, but only if all your money is at Schwab

Be on the lookout for more firms to offer income solutions that don’t require investors to sell assets at a large cost

By Jack Sharry
Finra fines rep for borrowing $150,000 from 90-year-old customer
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 29, 2020
Finra fines rep for borrowing $150,000 from 90-year-old customer

Kerry Wills also accepted $19,500 in luxury travel gifts he didn’t disclose

By InvestmentNews
Americans to inherit $764 billion this year, mostly tax-free
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2020
Americans to inherit $764 billion this year, mostly tax-free

But that could change under a new proposal that would scrap the current system, which taxes estates, and instead require heirs to pay income tax on the money they receive

By Bloomberg
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2020
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters

Retirement plan participants who traded in their accounts in 2019 largely moved out of stock funds and into fixed income

By Emile Hallez
How open MEPs could hit 401(k)s, advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2020
How open MEPs could hit 401(k)s, advisers

Banks and insurers could be early movers, and there will be opportunities for advisers to scale their businesses

By Emile Hallez
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2020
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails

Its new guaranteed-income annuity is the first to invest solely in target-date funds

By Emile Hallez
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients

Accounts will offer TIAA and Nuveen mutual funds

By InvestmentNews
Financial satisfaction is booming, but so are worries, surveys find
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
Financial satisfaction is booming, but so are worries, surveys find

Well-being at a peak, says AICPA, but Schroders sees fears of outliving money

By InvestmentNews
Ultra-wealthy worried about taxes as election nears
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
Ultra-wealthy worried about taxes as election nears

Survey also finds 80% of clients concerned about safeguarding their estates

By InvestmentNews
Worries about retirement span the generations, NAPFA survey finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2020
Worries about retirement span the generations, NAPFA survey finds

More than half of millennials and Gen Xers haven’t started retirement planning

By InvestmentNews
Small brokers push bill to ease audit rules despite challenging political environment
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2020
Small brokers push bill to ease audit rules despite challenging political environment

Legislation impacting financial advisers tries to get traction amid impeachment, election

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
No fun: A vacation-home sale can raise Medicare premiums
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2020
No fun: A vacation-home sale can raise Medicare premiums

A one-time income hike triggers a temporary high-income surcharge

By Mary Beth Franklin
2020 brings new opportunities in the retirement space
OPINION JAN 22, 2020
2020 brings new opportunities in the retirement space

The SECURE Act’s pooled employer plans provision will create a new market for investment advisory services

By David N. Levine and Kevin L. Walsh
Why retirement plan adviser RFPs are critical to participant success
OPINION JAN 21, 2020
Why retirement plan adviser RFPs are critical to participant success

And why it’s not happening

By Fred Barstein
Embrace the SECURE Act’s opportunity to educate
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 21, 2020
Embrace the SECURE Act’s opportunity to educate

RIAs should be prepared to provide extra guidance

By InvestmentNews
Finra fines Prudential $1M over sloppy retirement-plan information
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 17, 2020
Finra fines Prudential $1M over sloppy retirement-plan information

Regulator says flawed communications left plan participants in dark about investment costs

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Regulators crack down on teacher pension plans rife with conflicts
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 16, 2020
Regulators crack down on teacher pension plans rife with conflicts

Experts: Recent Delaware settlement a sign of things to come

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Social Security phone scams on the rise
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 15, 2020
Social Security phone scams on the rise

Tax season is a lucrative time for ID thieves

By Mary Beth Franklin
Peter R. Orszag: Retirement savings get a boost when employers add 401(k) match
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 15, 2020
Peter R. Orszag: Retirement savings get a boost when employers add 401(k) match

Research shows that when employers match 401(k) plan contributions, more people participate

By Bloomberg
Supreme Court returns IBM retirement plan case to lower court
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 15, 2020
Supreme Court returns IBM retirement plan case to lower court

The lawsuit claims plan managers didn’t do enough to protect employees from stock losses

By InvestmentNews