The famed musician's estate faces many complications if he truly died with neither a will nor a trust.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Expensive and exclusive is no longer enough to automatically attract investors to hedge funds.
Selling through independent insurance agents, currently the largest distribution channel for FIAs, will expose insurers to more liability than they may care for.
While the law sees pets as property, emotional attachment can turn them into valuable bargaining chips in divorce negotiations.
Congress members tell Obama such an executive order would help some of the nearly half of U.S. workers who don't have access to a retirement program on the job.
They hold twice as much cash as boomers and only 29% are happy with their portfolios
The firm's CEO sees opportunities in the looming disruption. <b><i>(Fiduciary Focus: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow the latest news and developments on the DOL rule change</a>)</i></b>
Helping your clients think through the timing of Medicare coverage can be very beneficial, especially considering the significant impact health care costs have on retirement income
Inherent to acting in a client's best interest is ensuring costs are reasonable, an ERISA concept brokers need to understand.
Fifty-two percent of Americans are at risk of a shortfall in retirement, based on data that includes an average student debt load of $18,000.
College graduates who studied medicine are in a far better position to pay back their student loans than grads who studied psychology, according to a new study.
Experts say the complexity of retirement income planning can set human advisers apart and justify their fees.
File and suspend's elimination doesn't mean advisers should put Social Security planning on the shelf.
The first installment of InvestmentNews' new <i>Fiduciary Focus</i> column looks inside the political wrangling taking place as the fiduciary rule nears finalization.
Retirement expert reflects on how she and her husband chose the number-one state for pre-retirees without even knowing it.
Clients can file a protective form to protect their claiming rights.
<i>InvestmentNews</i> contributing editor reflects on how she and her husband chose the number-one state for pre-retirees without even knowing it.
But watch out: The range of advice issued by local offices and hotline operators has been very inconsistent.
The laws create the possibility that parents' long-term-care expenses may be shouldered by their children.
51% of advisers say the rule will help their businesses, an improvement from 2015 when only 27% saw the regulation helping.
