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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2011
Special report: The top-performing SMAs

Here, you'll find the top ten SMAs across six different categories, with data provided to InvestmentNews exclusively by Prima Capital.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2011
401(k) balances at record level: Survey

The average 401(k) retirement plan balance has reached the highest level since Fidelity Investments began tracking account values in 1998

By Bloomberg
Wells Fargo shakes up wealth management
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2011
Wells Fargo shakes up wealth management

Wells Fargo dramatically rejiggered its regional management set-up — with five execs losing their positions. According to a bank spokesman, the move is intended to help Wells 'realize the efficiencies of the merger with Wachovia.' One of those efficiencies: Cross-selling to Wachovia clients.

By Andrew Osterland
Boat's sailed on QE2 – and these three bond funds should gain
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2011
Boat's sailed on QE2 – and these three bond funds should gain

The Fed Reserve's quantitative easing is finally about to end. S&P analyst Michael Souers says this could be a real a boost for Treasuries with less lengthy maturities. Retirees, take note.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2011
For clients, a wake-up call at 50

They suddenly begin focusing on retirement income, says adviser at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income summit

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Rising star in wealth management? Wells Fargo crew hitches wagon to U.S. Bancorp
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 10, 2011
Rising star in wealth management? Wells Fargo crew hitches wagon to U.S. Bancorp

Lender making big push to win ultra-wealthy clients, with ex-Wells execs leading the charge

By John Goff
BofA to trim branches; advisers to go virtual
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 10, 2011
BofA to trim branches; advisers to go virtual

Clients in less-populated areas will be left to get their advise from talking heads

By Bloomberg
AllianceBernstein sees target date fund outflows
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2011
AllianceBernstein sees target date fund outflows

But money flowed into TDFs run by Vanguard and T. Rowe Price in the first quarter

By Bloomberg
Home values plummet in last year — and worst not over
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2011
Home values plummet in last year — and worst not over

Despite a rebounding economy, the humber of 'underwater' mortgages in the U.S. now stands at a whopping 28%. And real estate analysts say there's more where that came from.

By John Goff
The unexpected can sabotage the best-laid retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2011
The unexpected can sabotage the best-laid retirement plans

Advisers may have a sense on how to prepare for a retirement that's right on time, but an unexpected retirement due to illness or layoff can shake even the most stable plans.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2011
Alternatives absent from company retirement plans

Making the case for alternative investments in a long-term, properly allocated portfolio is easy

By Jeff Benjamin
Tax planning: Clients don't ask, advisers don't tell
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2011
Tax planning: Clients don't ask, advisers don't tell

When it comes to taxes and tax planning, what we've got here is a failure to communicate

By Andrew Osterland
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2011
Yet another insurer bows out of LTC biz

Rising medical costs and longer live expectencies are putting the squeeze on long-term-care insurance providers. This week, another carrier -- Guardian Life -- said it's exiting the LTC biz.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 29, 2011
John Hancock will draw the curtains on AnnuityNote simplified VA

By Darla Mercado
Wealthy parents keeping kids in dark about inheritances
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2011
Wealthy parents keeping kids in dark about inheritances

Rich folks, worried that the specter of a large bequeath could kill a child's drive to succeed, are increasingly keeping mum about their estates

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 27, 2011
United Capital Acquires $170M financial planning firm

United Capital Financial Advisers today announced the acquisition of financial planning firm Vantage Point Advisors. Vantage Point, which manages $170 million in assets, will now operate under the name of United Capital Private Wealth Counseling.

By Andrew Osterland
Obama puts money where his mouth is on tax return
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 25, 2011
Obama puts money where his mouth is on tax return

The president's policy goals are reflected in his personal money management, according to an expert who reviewed the tax returns the country's chief executive made public after paying his family's annual bill to the government he runs.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 25, 2011
Workers like auto-enroll, so why don't plans push it?

“Anemic” default-contribution rates among defined-contribution plans using automatic enrollment stand in stark contrast to what plan executives consider optimal savings rates, a survey of 101 plans by the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association has found

By Robert Steyer
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 24, 2011
To build assets, think rollovers

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 22, 2011
Winning over prospects and generating new referrals: What works?

Finding good sources of referrals and winning over prospects is more of an art than science.

By Mark Bruno