Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2017
Bipartisan bill seeks to ease hurdle for small-business retirement plans

Measure directs Labor and Treasury Departments to allow employers and sole-proprietors participating in similar retirement plans to file a single aggregated Form 5500.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2017
Tax cut optimism may be overblown

Wall Street Journal columnist notes health care resolution must come first, making any tax reform more distant.

By InvestmentNews
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 22, 2017
Taxpayers only hurting themselves by not mentioning their nondeductible IRA contributions

There's only one way to ensure they get the full tax benefit of those contributions.

By Tim Steffen
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2017
Retirement market needs 401(k) generalists, not just specialists: execs

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 21, 2017
401(k) plan sponsors want financial advisers to better know their businesses

Employers sponsoring 401(k) plans expect advisers to challenge assumptions, know their businesses inside and out.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2017
Tax reform could be 'way worse' for retirement industry than Department of Labor's fiduciary rule: Graff

Limits could be placed on 401(k) contributions as a way to help pay for broad corporate and individual tax cuts, according to Brian Graff, head of the National Association of Plan Advisors.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Faltering congressional support for auto-IRAs leaves legislation up to states

Auto-IRA programs have been enacted in five states that would cover an estimated 10.4 million workers.

By J. Mark Iwry
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Large advisory shops build custom target-date funds

The firms are able to deliver the funds at low cost to small 401(k) plans, but some question if there's a potential conflict involved in recommending proprietary funds.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Despite uncertainty, Department of Labor fiduciary rule upends 401(k) biz

Market shifts will largely remain intact in the event the regulation is amended or scrapped, and non-specialists are adjusting.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Retirement gets a deeper dive

Retirement Plan Adviser will feature stories on the issues and trends that affect plan advisers, as well as commentary from thought leaders.

By FGabriel
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Metamorphosis of DC investment-only wholesalers

Why asset manager units focused on these plans, facing some harsh realities, are in a state of change.

By Fred Barstein
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Plan sponsors want help with DOL fiduciary duties

Firms look to retirement advisers to be experts on the law, and even sometimes on their investments

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2017
Social media's place in marketing

Maintaining a presence within social networks should not be viewed as a silver bullet, but part of an overall strategy for growth.

By Sheri Fitts
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2017
Medicare rules differ for small business owners and employees

They must enroll when they turn 65 or face lifelong penalties.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2017
Small-market retirement plan advisers face big-time challenges

By Tim Irvin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2017
Retirement industry to undergo major changes with or without DOL fiduciary rule

Firms are moving forward with changes because it makes sense for advisers and their clients.

By Cynthia Dash
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2017
Some active target-date fund managers shine as passive management continues 401(k) onslaught

American Funds and American Century saw the largest percentage growth last year among prominent TDF providers.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2017
Why keeping inheritance expectations realistic can help avoid conflict later

Family conflicts often arise when money mixes with grief.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2017
Merrill Lynch outlines plans for its 401(k) fiduciary platform

Wirehouse is broadening the pool of advisers who can work with retirement plans as an investment fiduciary.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2017
InvestmentNews expands retirement plan adviser coverage

<i>InvestmentNews</i> announced Wednesday that it is expanding its retirement plan adviser coverage by recruiting a nationally recognized expert of that growing market to help guide its efforts.

By InvestmentNews