Retirement Planning

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OPINION DEC 22, 2009
Helping retired clients get back to work

Many of your retired clients are discovering that their accumulated savings are insufficient to meet their current expenses, which translates into a need for more retirement income.

By Maureen Wilke
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 18, 2009
AIG wins first round in lawsuit filed by financial planner

A judge in Los Angeles Superior Court pushed back a lawsuit against AIG from a financial planner who once worked for an AIG broker-dealer.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 16, 2009
Family most sought out for financial help — not advisers

Americans are more likely to turn to family members and friends — rather than advisers — for financial advice, according to data from Sun Life Financial Inc.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 16, 2009
SEC wilts on surprise adviser audits

The SEC is backpedaling on a proposal that would require advisory firms that deducted fees from client accounts to undergo costly surprise audits.

By Sara Hansard
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 16, 2009
Industry groups feeling the pinch from the economy

The economic downturn is hurting the associations that represent financial planners, investment advisers and big brokerages.

By Sara Hansard
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 13, 2009
Bond choices too narrow for 401(k) investors: advisers

Despite the market rebound, investors are continuing to pour money into bond funds, causing a number of asset managers and financial advisers to make sure that their clients are diversifying their fixed-income holdings.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2009
How picky is picky? Advice regs an unknown

More-restrictive investment advice regulations are coming now that the Labor Department has killed a controversial Bush administration proposal that would have permitted the mutual fund industry to provide direct investment advice to defined contribution plan participants.

By Doug Halonen
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2009
Financial planners expect retirement income chops to pay off

Having expertise with retirement income products and issues is paying off for many advisers, according to a study published today by the Financial Planning Association.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2009
Aim's Tyler Dann: Why health care sector is rife with opportunity

With Congress advancing its controversial 1,900-page health care reform legislation, Wall Street has pushed health care sector stocks into value territory, according to Tyler Dann, co-manager of the $4.8 billion Aim Charter Fund <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?q=chtrx&amp;INDA=1&amp;crit=&amp;SearchCategory=CHART%3BREG%3BFREE%3BSUB&amp;SearchProfile=1119&amp;x=47&amp;y=9&amp;symbol=&amp;targetURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.investmentnews.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Fsection%3Fcategory%3Dstocklookup&amp;category=ETFLOOKUP&amp;searchType=etf>CHTRX</a>.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2009
Industry rails against claims the 401(k) should be "retired'

Providers of 401(k) plans have lambasted a critical article published Oct. 9 in Time magazine denouncing the 401(k) system.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
Firm based in smaller market has eye on the wider world

In 1986, Thomas A. Muldowney was discouraged by what he was seeing in the financial services industry.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
New York asset manager a family firm in more ways than one

At 83, Robert B. Deans Jr. still comes into the office every day.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
A deep bench: Each client is served by a team, typically of 3 advisers, and has access to partners

It's very rare that an investor gets the expertise of an entire financial planning team, but at Budros Ruhlin &amp; Roe Inc., that's exactly what they get.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
Skewed IRA, 401(k) data present window for advisers

Government estimates about how much investors withdraw from their 401(k)s and IRAs are probably way off &#8212; maybe by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report published late last month by the Investment Company Institute.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
Serving the stewards is focus of firm with Christian clientele

Ronald Blue &amp; Co. LLC and its chief executive, Russ Crosson, have put their faith in charity.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2009
Americans clueless about paying for long-term care

Even as long-term care costs skyrocket, many Americans have unrealistic plans for how they expect to pay for those services, according to a new survey from the LIFE Foundation.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2009
Fidelity slashes fees on 529 plans

Fidelity Investments on Tuesday announced that it is cutting its management fees on its Section 529 plans. The reduced rates will apply to Fidelity's seven state-sponsored 529 plans.

By John Goff
Credit counselor: Those with debt (any debt!) should skip holiday shopping
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2009
Credit counselor: Those with debt (any debt!) should skip holiday shopping

Financial advisers and other consumers with any debt at all need to become more Scrooge-like this holiday season and avoid buying presents altogether, cautions a credit counseling organization.

By Lisa Shidler
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2009
MoneyGuidePro Version 2.2 now available

A significant update to the popular financial planning program MoneyGuidePro was rolled out last week.

By Davis Janowski
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2009
Boston Private Financial's sale of Westfield to management should buoy bank, repay bailout bill

Recent and upcoming unit sales at Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. will give the bank holding company enough cash to repay government bailout funds without a capital raise, an analyst said Wednesday.

By Associated Press