Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 03, 2014
A 401(k) conundrum: Can you make cash pile last for life?

Little thought – or government help — is given to the question of how to make withdrawals from a retirement plan

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 03, 2014
Supreme Court decision on 401(k) fee case could have domino effect

Where the court stands on a six-year statute of limitations could shape how fiduciaries serve retirement plans and participants.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 03, 2014
Supreme Court decision on 401(k) fee case could have domino effect

Where the court stands on a six-year statute of limitations could shape how fiduciaries serve retirement plans and participants.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2014
Tom Clancy's final plot twist is a big estate fight over taxes

Lesson learned: Settle the questions beforehand by funding trusts

By by Andy and Danielle Mayoras
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2014
Why financial advisers still hate reverse mortgages

Tapping your equity in retirement can increase your income, but trap you when you need to move.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2014
Medicare: The next frontier

As health care costs in retirement rise, many advisers and clients still haven't accounted for a major part of those expenses: Medicare.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 01, 2014
Which earnings don't reduce Social Security benefits?

Find out what you can do in retirement that won't count toward the earnings test.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 01, 2014
Dispatch from the retirement front

<i>InvestmentNews</i> contributing editor gives an update on how life has changed since her husband retired.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
The dangerous downside of the stronger dollar

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu covers the U.S. dollar threatening to knock markets off balance, riding an ETF back into commodities, retirement plans turning on the Pimco Total Return Fund, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Housing recovery on horizon, but is it too little, too late for retiring boomers?

Median sale price of existing homes rose more than 5% in September

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Firms challenged to create innovative retirement income products

Successfully addressing the post-accumulation phase and providing simplicity still difficult for the industry.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Do you speak Social Security?

Many advisers are conversant, but not fluent, in claiming strategies and rules.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Jay Wintrob resigns as CEO of AIG Life and Retirement

He had been in contention to succeed Benmosche as head of AIG.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Advice industry adapts to changing concept of retirement

As people live longer, the distribution phase becomes more critical

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES SEP 26, 2014
Pimco fortifies to take on the old boss

Monday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Gross, Ivascyn to square off. Plus: The outlook for Pimco outflows is bad and worse, global markets keeping an eye on Hong Kong civil unrest, a warning about fixed indexed annuities, buying ahead of ex-dividend dates, and running the numbers on Roth IRAs

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 26, 2014
Wall Street firms lure federal workers, soldiers out of low-cost retirement plan

The marketing pitches are persuasive. But experts say the Thrift Savings Plan fees are so low, it doesn't make sense to move.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 25, 2014
IRS sets retirement plan cost of living adjustments for 2015

Contribution limits climb for 401(k)s but not for IRAs

By Hazel Bradford
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 25, 2014
Managed accounts emerging on the 401(k) scene for plan sponsors

More 401(k) participants are turning to managed accounts, but not all plan advisers believe they're a panacea. <b><i>Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20140921/RPA2014&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>View our Retirement Plan Adviser special report</a></b></i>

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 24, 2014
FSI offers long-term disability, life insurance to members

Program guarantees members coverage at a group rate FSI has secured as the plan sponsor.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 22, 2014
Dispatch from the retirement front

<i>CrainsWealth</i> contributing editor shares how life since her husband retired feels like a box full of Saturdays

By Mary Beth Franklin