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Retirement agenda set to take a backseat in gridlocked Congress
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 09, 2010
Retirement agenda set to take a backseat in gridlocked Congress

The split in control of Congress means that legislative gridlock will shift the lead on pension issues to executive-branch agencies over next two years, pension industry lobbyists said.

By Doug Halonen
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2010
DOL issues rule aimed at boosting 401(k) fee disclosure

Workers will be able to quickly and easily compare retirement plan investment options, including the fees charged in each, under a regulation promulgated today by the Labor Department.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Guidance expected on Roth rules
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 07, 2010
Guidance expected on Roth rules

Federal regulators soon will issue eagerly sought guidance to aid employers that want to amend their 401(k) plans to allow participants to roll over account balances into a Roth 401(k) plan

By Jerry Geisel
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 04, 2010
Special report: Tax planning

If you want to believe that the lame-duck Congress will come to the rescue after Election Day and renew the Bush-era tax cuts, return the estate tax to its more palatable 2009 levels and increase the exemptions from the alternative-minimum tax, go ahead.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2010
Advisers face soaring health coverage costs

Escalating medical costs and increased expenses associated with the health care reform law are driving double-digit increases in health insurance premiums at many financial advisory firms

By Lisa Shidler
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2010
California's 2012 pension liabilities five times state's annual tax haul

Report recommends shifting investment risk onto employees; 'imperative'

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2010
Flat COLA could force seniors to plunder portfolios

Lack of cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security hits retirees where it hurts, advisers say

By Lisa Shidler
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2010
Americans face $6.6T shortfall in retirement savings, says advocate

Americans must confront a multitrillion-dollar shortfall in savings if they plan to maintain their standard of living during retirement, according to a study released last week.

By Bloomberg
Hedge-fund manager starts family office, shuns banks
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 26, 2010
Hedge-fund manager starts family office, shuns banks

Stephen Diggle, co-founder of hedge- fund firm Artradis Fund Management Pte, has set up a company to pool his personal wealth with that of family offices in Asia and invest in assets worldwide.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Wilmington Trust is sold for $350M

Wilmington Trust Corp., the Delaware bank founded by the du Pont family and undermined by souring loans, agreed to sell itself to M&T Bank Corp. for $351 million in stock, or about half its market value last week.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Big jump in workers' delaying retirement

More than six out of ten polled employees say they're having to put off exiting the labor force

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Retirement leaders push for lifetime-income options in 401(k)s

Retirement industry leaders today pressed officials from the Labor and Treasury departments to ensure that any future “safe-harbor” rules for annuities in 401(k) plans also include other lifetime-income options.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Wilmington Trust names new chief risk officer

Wilmington Trust Corp. confirmed today that it has hired Carol Baldwin Moody, the former chief compliance officer at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., as its new chief risk officer.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Wilmington Trust nabs new head of credit-risk unit

Robert P. Gehring, a 39-year veteran of the commercial banking industry, has taken over as head of the credit risk unit at Wilmington Trust Corp.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2010
Industry attitudes: Your voices and views

More than 800 financial advisers weighed in on their practices, the economy and regulation in our annual special report.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2010
Not everyone's consolidating assets

A common belief in the financial services industry is that individuals consolidate a large chunk of their assets among fewer providers as they near retirement

By MFXFeeder
UBS nears wealth management turnaround, as outflows taper off
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2010
UBS nears wealth management turnaround, as outflows taper off

UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, will probably report a fourth straight quarterly profit tomorrow and the lowest wealth management redemptions since 2008.

By Bloomberg
Beware of wealthy clients' 'impossible demands': Barclays
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2010
Beware of wealthy clients' 'impossible demands': Barclays

The world's richest clients often come with “impossible demands,” push margins down and cause internal conflict with investment banking colleagues, said the vice chairman of Barclays Plc's wealth management unit.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2010
Suit seeks $30M in Madoff family money

The court-appointed trustee seeking to recover billions of dollars lost by jailed financier Bernard Madoff sued three entities Thursday to get back more than $30 million that he said the Madoff family had invested, mostly in oil and gas properties and technology companies.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 20, 2010
Advisers look to calm freaked-out clients

High anxiety abounds as economy, markets stall; detailing the risks of risk-aversion

By Hilary Johnson