Retirement Planning

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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
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 19, 2011
Tax changes spark dramatic jump in charitable giving

Greater certainty around taxes spurs increased donations to donor-advised funds

By Liz Skinner
Ex-FPA prez to Congress: Clients looking to earn less to avoid tax hit
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2011
Ex-FPA prez to Congress: Clients looking to earn less to avoid tax hit

Johannessen says proposed 39.6% top marginal rate spooking more-affluent filers

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2011
Putnam launches a trio of retirement income funds

Putnam Investments has released a series of three new retirement income funds and paired it with a planning tool for financial advisers.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2011
Defining the 'professional' trader

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2011
Savers want helpful hand, but not hand-holding

By Anya Khalamayzer
Tax reform could mow down deductions, special cap gains treatment
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 15, 2011
Tax reform could mow down deductions, special cap gains treatment

The mortgage expense tax deduction and other 'sacred cows' would be gutted under an influential lawmaker's tax proposal

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Incite: Fiscal meltdown in U.S. just got a whole lot closer
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2011
Incite: Fiscal meltdown in U.S. just got a whole lot closer

Budget battle is sound and fury signifying very little

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2011
A free, rudimentary estate tax calculator for advisers

While the 2010 Tax Act for now locks in the current marginal tax rates for all income levels, advisers thinking about the future need tools at their disposal now to help sort out a client's future options, especially when it comes to the estate tax.

By Davis Janowski
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2011
Concern, optimism felt by bankers over loans

Bank risk managers appear to be a bit more optimistic about the economy than they were 10 months ago, but most still expect mortgage and home equity loan delinquencies to stay the same or rise in the near term, according to a recent survey

By Lavonne Kuykendall
You having a laugh, mate? U.K. proposes $225 a week flat-rate state pension
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 03, 2011
You having a laugh, mate? U.K. proposes $225 a week flat-rate state pension

The U.K. government proposed replacing its current means-tested state pension with a flat-rate payment of about 140 pounds ($225) a week, with the goal of increasing incentives for people to save for their old age.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 03, 2011
DOL expected to issue retirement distribution guidance soon

The Labor Department is expected to release distribution guidance aimed at plan participants as they exit defined-contribution plans, according to a well-known employee benefits attorney

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2011
DOL expected to issue guidance for retirement plan distributions

By Darla Mercado
Workers making a hash of nest eggs
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2011
Workers making a hash of nest eggs

Retirement funds not even close to what employees say they'll likely need; confidence level lowest in 20 years

By Bloomberg
U.S. Trust loses $5.9B adviser to new wealth venture
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2011
U.S. Trust loses $5.9B adviser to new wealth venture

Todd S. Thomson, Citigroup Inc.'s former head of wealth management, lured a top Bank of America Corp. financial adviser with $5.9 billion in client assets to join a new business that caters to independent advisory firms.

By Mark Bruno