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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 03, 2014
Should clients carry a mortgage into retirement?

A new tool can help resolve an age-old debate

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIA NEWS MAR 03, 2014
Live! From TD Ameritrade Institutional: Advisers have targets on their backs from wirehouses, robo-advisers

To help advisers compete, executives announce rollout of update to VEO platform, intern network and a new retirement plan platform.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 02, 2014
Advisers' role in target date funds grows more complex

By Richard F. Stolz
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 28, 2014
Employees take legal action against their company's 401(k)

A group of medical professionals claim their employer's retirement investments were unfairly expensive

By Darla Mercado
Duration of marriage and divorce affect Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
Duration of marriage and divorce affect Social Security benefits

But there is an exception to the two-year divorce rule.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
New strategy for equity investing during retirement ignites debate

A new paper by Wade D. Pfau and Michael Kitces turns conventional retirement income strategy on its head.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
Retirement expert Pfau talks options for withdrawal

Depends on where client is - living modestly in early years or enjoy days to fullest.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
Retirement income theories focus on meeting lifestyle goals or needs

Pfau explains two strategies that depend on flexibility of the client.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2014
New proposal to simplify tax code might make you wince

Some higher-income professionals would pay an extra 10%

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2014
Getting a jumpstart on 2014 tax planning

Advisers should recommend statutory shelters to ease clients' tax bite.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Risks lurk in annual 401(k) matches

Why your employer's switch to lump sum contributions could make you miss the market rally

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Who's most ready for retirement? Not Americans

New retirees are scrambling to get by in one of the least retirement-friendly countries in the developed world

By CODONNELL
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Watch out for states' capital gains bites

Don't overlook the implication of state income taxes, ordinary income or capital gains

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Indexed annuities gain popularity while rates remain low

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Millennial investors shun stocks, survey says

Challenge for advisers working with these clients is to warm them up to risk.

By CODONNELL
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
New Social Security tool debuts for advisers

The latest benefits optimizing software is free.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Don't get greedy with Social Security strategies
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Don't get greedy with Social Security strategies

Don't get greedy when trying to maximize Social Security benefits for your clients. Beneficiaries are entitled to only one claim per person. <i>InvestmentNews</i> contributing editor Mary Beth Franklin has the details.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Social Security benefits subject to a family maximum limit
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2014
Social Security benefits subject to a family maximum limit

Payments to spouse and children may be reduced.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Variable annuities
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2014
Variable annuities

By dcheruvil
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2014
Advisers must act as 401(k) watchdogs

As stewards of their clients' financial security, investment advisers and planners must keep a vigilant eye on companies altering their 401(k) plans in ways that hamper clients' ability to save for retirement properly.

By MFXFeeder