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Citi continues to purge U.S. Trust advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2010
Citi continues to purge U.S. Trust advisers

Citi Private Bank, the private-banking unit of Citigroup Inc., continues its aggressive recruiting from U.S. Trust and has now lured a total of 10 bankers from the Bank of America unit since the end of April.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2010
U.S. Trust, Atlantic Trust ramp up recruiting

U.S. Trust Corp., the private banking unit of Bank of America Corp., has hired five senior-level wealth management experts as part of the firm's bid to hire more than 200 advisers and bankers this year.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2010
Special report: The top SMAs

The second quarter opened up with high hopes and generally positive expectations for the remainder of the year.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2010
Why Warren Buffett could lose $8B

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, may have to set aside $8 billion in collateral for derivatives under proposed changes to U.S. financial regulations, a Barclays Capital analyst said.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2010
More retirement plans offering self-directed brokerage accounts

Defined-contribution plans are adding self-directed brokerage accounts as a way of giving participants more choices even as some plans reduce the number of core investment options.

By Robert Steyer
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2010
Financial planner deduction? It's a long shot

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 13, 2010
Lots of early boomers will go bust in retirement

The oldest baby boomers, many of whom are expecting to retire soon, will likely not have enough money to carry them through their twilight years.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 12, 2010
Ex-ING adviser Breard gets just under 7 years in prison for fraud

A Kirkland financial planner who looted her clients' investment accounts was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison by a federal judge who praised her for cooperating after she got caught.

By InvestmentNews Staff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 12, 2010
Younger investors at risk of being 'Depression generation': Krawcheck

Fear of market gyrations taking hold among affluent young investors; is the 'conservatism' embedded?

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2010
Rich kids get a web site to help manage their allowances

Citi private bank testing site tarteting heirs of high-net worth clients; Spend Grow Give

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2010
Automatic IRAs would help retirement security, says Treasury's Iwry

The guru of federal retirement policy has high hopes for one of his yet-to-be-approved retirement creations: the automatic IRA.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2010
Blog of the Day: What's the best way to provide advice to 401(k) participants?

What to do while waiting for the participant advice rule to be finalized.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2010
Radical retirement initiative from Brookings in the works

Some top retirement gurus are in the process of developing proposals that could make annuity products a crucial part of millions of Americans' retirement plans.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2010
Employers slow to restore 401(k) matching contributions

Economists heralded FedEx Corp.'s decision to restore its matching contribution to employees' 401(k) plans as a sign that the recession is ending, but surveys show that less than half of the firms that reduced or suspended plan matches in recent years have restored them.

By Joanne Wojcik
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 08, 2010
Congress likely to punt on estate tax until fall – or later

As Congress heads toward its summer recess, it looks unlikely that legislators will make progress any time soon on the estate tax. That leaves financial planners and their clients in the lurch.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES JUL 30, 2010
The stocks Warren Buffett is selling

The number of U.S. stocks in Berkshire's $51 billion stock portfolio slipped to 33 as of March 31, compared with 39 a year earlier and 37 in 2008. Here are some of the notable reductions —and eliminations— Berkshire's portfolio.

By Mark Bruno
BNY Mellon buys $3B wealth manager
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2010
BNY Mellon buys $3B wealth manager

BNY Mellon on Friday said it reached a deal to buy I(3) Advisors of Toronto, an independent company with more than C$3.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in assets under advisement.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2010
BNY Mellon names Hughes to lead Its wealth management unit

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. named Lawrence Hughes head of its wealth-management unit, replacing David Lamere, who resigned.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2010
Rockefeller & Co. comes up with new name, but no new CEO

Rockefeller & Co., Inc., the wealth management firm that has been looking for a chief executive since the suicide of CEO James McDonald last fall, has changed its name to Rockefeller Financial.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 20, 2010
Silver Bridge to buy advisory firm with $400M in assets

Officials for Silver Bridge Advisors LLC said today they to plan to purchase a San Francisco-area investment adviser, adding that their firm has created a separate entity to better market itself to wealthy families and family offices.

By Hilary Johnson