Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 07, 2016
Where will Medicare costs go in 2017?

There are some variables under clients' control that they can use to bring down their total Medicare costs.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 02, 2016
Looking for good news? Check your 401(k) balance

The average 401(k) gained for the second quarter in a row, inching up 2% in the third quarter.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 02, 2016
Advisers still baffled by key rule changes to Social Security claiming strategies

One year after the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 was signed into law on Nov. 2, advisers and clients still brushing up on new rules.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 01, 2016
Strategic Insight acquires BrightScope

The 401(k) ratings provider has been snapped up by an asset management data and research provider that's also the parent company of a publication for financial advisers.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2016
New path for resolving late RIA rollovers

How to minimize the chance of a late rollover.

By Ellie Zhu
RIA NEWS OCT 27, 2016
Janus in a double whammy as assets flee and revenue drops

Plus: How Clinton and Trump won't save Social Security, more scrutiny for sales charges, and taking the 5% challenge.

By Jeff Benjamin
Help your clients make retirement sweeter
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2016
Help your clients make retirement sweeter

By paying for things they absolutely need with income sources that won't run out, clients can enjoy the best treat of all: peace of mind in retirement.

By Philip E. Caminiti
Ameriprise will stick with IRA commissions under DOL fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 27, 2016
Ameriprise will stick with IRA commissions under DOL fiduciary rule

CEO says the commission model, which will require more compliance work on the company's part, serves both clients and advisers well. <b><i>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">The most up-to-date information on the DOL fiduciary rule</a>)</i></b>

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
Tax planning for the wealthy would get more difficult under a Clinton presidency

The Democratic presidential nominee is proposing higher taxes on Americans who make more than $250,000, including a 4% &#8220;fair share surcharge&#8221; on incomes over $5 million a year.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
Big gap between Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and retiree inflation

Miniscule benefit hike won't protect seniors' buying power.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
The next 10 years will be ugly for your 401(k)

Expecting a 5% or higher return? You better get used to disappointment, according to a new report.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
DOL expects to issue final rule on city retirement programs by year end

Following on a rule issued over the summer concerning state plans, the DOL is forging ahead with one governing city-based programs.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
The next 10 years will be ugly for your 401(k)

Expecting a 5% or higher return? You better get used to disappointment, according to a new report.

By Bloomberg
Commonwealth Financial eliminates commission-based retirement products in wake of DOL rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
Commonwealth Financial eliminates commission-based retirement products in wake of DOL rule

Commonwealth Financial Network late Monday said it would stop offering commission-based products in IRAs and qualified retirement plans, making it the latest BD to move more decidedly toward to an advisory platform to avoid what some see as the more onerous provisions of the Labor Department's fiduciary rule.

By InvestmentNews Staff
Some firms opting to sell fixed annuities under best-interest contract exemption to keep trips, bonuses intact
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2016
Some firms opting to sell fixed annuities under best-interest contract exemption to keep trips, bonuses intact

While financial institutions are able to sell deferred-income and immediate annuities under a less onerous exemption, some are opting to sell under BICE to keep certain compensation arrangements intact.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2016
First set of FAQs on fiduciary rule coming 'very soon,' but deadline extension 'not likely': DOL's Borzi

'This first set of FAQs will focus on some of the questions that have been raised in connection with the exemptions,' Borzi said. <b><i>(More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-faq&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>A comprehensive, searchable database of advisers' fiduciary FAQs</a>)</i></b>

By Greg Iacurci
Adviser compensation, rollovers most complex factors under DOL fiduciary rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2016
Adviser compensation, rollovers most complex factors under DOL fiduciary rule

Determining adviser compensation under BICE is likely the &quot;single most complicated thing&quot; in the rule, according to attorney Fred Reish.

By Greg Iacurci
Finra alleges former broker made unsuitable energy investments for elderly clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2016
Finra alleges former broker made unsuitable energy investments for elderly clients

Retirees lost $140,000 after Christopher Ariola unduly concentrated them in energy, gold.

By Christine Idzelis
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2016
China Oceanwide agrees to buy Genworth for $2.7 billion in cash

A China Oceanwide investment platform will pay $5.43 per share, the companies said.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2016
Big gap between Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and retiree inflation

Miniscule benefit hike won't protect seniors' buying power.

By Mary Beth Franklin