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RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
<span style='color:red;'>INTV:</span> Rally or recession? What advisers think is next

Wild swings and declines in the market have advisers addressing constant client questions.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
TIAA-CREF replaces Fidelity for California's $4B 529 college plans

California signed on TIAA-CREF to manage its college-savings replacing Fidelity Investments, which decided not to bid

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
Doubling down on 529 tax breaks

With marginal rates likely going up, now is a good time for clients to rethink how they can get the most out of their tax-deferred college-savings plans

By Liz Skinner
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds
RIA NEWS AUG 16, 2011
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds

Plenty of complications in ensuring the wealthy pay same percentage as middle-class earners; 'opening the door for tax lawyers'

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2011
Stock-selling baby boomers may stall equity prices for decades: Fed

Aging baby boomers may hold down U.S. stock values for the next two decades as they sell their investments to finance retirement, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

By John Goff
401(k) holders who bailed on stocks in 2008 made out worse: Fidelity
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
401(k) holders who bailed on stocks in 2008 made out worse: Fidelity

Fund firm says staying the course works; investors' resolve tested sorely this week

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
Sun better than a 529 plan? Don't scoff

By John Goff
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers
RIA NEWS AUG 12, 2011
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers

Taxpayers will be able to examine the qualifications of paid tax-return preparers in a database being built by the IRS that may be available as soon as 2013.

By Doug Cubberley
How to max out your clients' FDIC coverage
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 11, 2011
How to max out your clients' FDIC coverage

$250K limit can easily be bumped up to $2M; CDARS, brokered CDs gaining in popularity

By John Goff
Monthly fees won't fly, so banks piling into crowded family office space
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2011
Monthly fees won't fly, so banks piling into crowded family office space

Retail accounts of many banks not money-spinners; Wells Fargo latest to join field

By Liz Skinner
Abbot Downing launch to vault Wells Fargo into family office top four
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2011
Abbot Downing launch to vault Wells Fargo into family office top four

New unit named after maker of bank's trademark stage coach

By Bloomberg
Family offices big on hedge funds: Survey
RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2011
Family offices big on hedge funds: Survey

Typical family office invests more than a quarter of its clients' assets with hedge funds; share could be even larger

By Liz Skinner
Double-dip looking more like a bump in the road
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
Double-dip looking more like a bump in the road

Fears of second economic downtown driven by fears, not fundamentals; 'bad things have not happened'

By John Goff
Rating cut working out just fine for U.S. Treasury
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
Rating cut working out just fine for U.S. Treasury

S&P's single-notch lowering of the U.S. sovereign debt rating was seen as a big blow to the Treasury market. Instead, worries about default on government debt has investors clamoring for -- yep -- government debt. The result? In an auction this week, taxpayers saved $647M.

By John Goff
DOL fiduciary proposal gets bipartisan pounding
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
DOL fiduciary proposal gets bipartisan pounding

GOP and Democratic lawmakers skewer plan to apply stricter standard to retirement plan advisers; 'absence of evidence'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 05, 2011
Envestnet to provide money management platform for SSG

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. has signed an agreement to provide a money management platform for Shareholders Service Group Inc., a San Diego-based custodial firm that serves 700 advisers.

By Dan Jamieson
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
401(k) participants' trading skyrockets during debt drama

Daily trading volume among 401(k) plan participants soared during the height of Congress' debt-ceiling debate, producing a massive transfer to fixed-income investments from equities, according to Aon Hewitt.

By Robert Steyer
Recession took bigger bite out of U.S. economy than estimated
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2011
Recession took bigger bite out of U.S. economy than estimated

The 2007-2009 recession gouged the world's largest economy more deeply than previously estimated and the recovery lost momentum throughout 2010 before stalling this year, revised figures show, painting a bleaker picture that may raise concern over the outlook for U.S. growth.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2011
Top-rated states face credit downgrade

Moody's places five Aaa issuers under review for possible downgrades. The reason? The states are vulnerable to cuts in federal spending, the rating agency says.

By John Goff
Automatic for the people: Fund firms back digital statements as default for retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 26, 2011
Automatic for the people: Fund firms back digital statements as default for retirement plans

Plan sponsors should be able to send retirement plan info to employees digitally without getting permission, industry groups argue

By Mark Schoeff Jr.