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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam CEO to Congress: Save Social Security, don't privatize it

Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds came to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way Wall Street executives usually recommend.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam hooks former Hancock, Fidelity execs to boost DC biz

Putnam Investments has tapped former executives from John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and Fidelity Investments to help it expand its defined contribution business.

By Jessica Toonkel
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
GAO skewers lending by plans

The Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Government Accountability Office have called upon the Labor Department to give employers guidance on securities-lending activities that are taking place within retirement plans

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS MAR 20, 2011
A fiduciary field guide

By Davis Janowski
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
Planners expect big revenue jump this year

Unflinching optimism continues to dominate the outlook of the financial planning community, despite the gloomy forecast from the media, according to the latest quarterly research from Russell Investments

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
Firms are omitting annuities in new retirement income products

The move more than likely signals a shift from accumulation -- but without insurance lock-ins

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
Advisers' advising, but boomers not buying

Clients not interested in re-balancing, saving more or devising a financial game plan, survey finds

By Lavonne Kuykendall
BlackRock bags another LPL exec to beef up its DC biz
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
BlackRock bags another LPL exec to beef up its DC biz

Asset manager hires Robert Francis, former COO at B-D's retirement unit

By Jessica Toonkel
Harvard vs. plumbing school? You'd be surprised
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
Harvard vs. plumbing school? You'd be surprised

With college tuition reaching mind-boggling levels, economist Laurence Kotlifoff reexamines the ROI of higher education. What he discovers may explain why the guy who fixes your sink drives a better car than you do.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2011
Sen. Harkin: New retirement scheme hinges on advisers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2011
DC plan leakage challenges executives, providers

Like a nagging cold, leakage from defined-contribution plans continues to bedevil plan sponsors and their providers

By Robert Steyer
The lifestages of your practice: Getting started
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2011
The lifestages of your practice: Getting started

Going independent has never been easier, but there are still a host of issues to consider. This first installment of a four-part special report explores the ins-and-outs of starting your own practice.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2011
Plan fee disclosure strains B-Ds

Service providers have an additional six months to prepare for plan fee disclosure regulations, and it seems that broker-dealers will need all that time

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2011
Fiduciary rule change could mean compliance crush for B-Ds

Financial adviser training and compliance expenses could spike for broker-dealers of all sizes — and become especially burdensome to smaller firms — if the Labor Department applies its proposed fiduciary rule to individual retirement accounts, observers say.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 09, 2011
More RFPs requesting info on advisory services

Retirement plan clients seem to want it all — and these days, they're asking plan advisers what they can do for their participants in terms of guidance.

By Darla Mercado
Best gift of all? Tax bill hikes gifting exemption
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 09, 2011
Best gift of all? Tax bill hikes gifting exemption

Measure dramatically raises amount families can dole out tax-free; 'take it while you can'

By John Goff
Wells Fargo on the prowl for wealth management buys
RIA NEWS MAR 07, 2011
Wells Fargo on the prowl for wealth management buys

Wells Fargo & Co. may expand by taking over non-bank companies, including wealth-management or insurance businesses, chief executive officer John Stumpf said.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS MAR 06, 2011
Wilmington Trust sues former HNW team in move to Citi

Wilmington Trust Co., the Delaware bank founded by the du Pont family and being bought by M&T Bank Corp., sued three former company vice presidents who defected to Citigroup Inc., allegedly with proprietary data.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 04, 2011
DOL, industry spar over fund lineups

Does providing a list of options constitute advice?

By Darla Mercado
America Saves Week – but Americans' savings still weak
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 02, 2011
America Saves Week – but Americans' savings still weak

Survey finds U.S. citizens still not overly interesting in stashing cash away

By Mark Schoeff Jr.