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Wealthy turn to auctions as mansions go unsold for years
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 30, 2011
Wealthy turn to auctions as mansions go unsold for years

Owners seek a quick sale -- and pray a bidding war breaks out; $65M house, $22M minimum bid

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 26, 2011
Pre-retirees are concerned but they aren't panicking

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2011
New list: The largest managers of HNW assets

Money managers ranked by assets from clients with more than $100M.

By Mark Bruno
Who might pay higher taxes as a result of the debt deal?
RIAS AUG 24, 2011
Who might pay higher taxes as a result of the debt deal?

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2011
An SRO for advisers that could give Finra 'a run for its money'

Washington and New York will be joined by Oxford, Miss., as centers of the investment adviser universe if a group of students from the University of Mississippi law school succeeds in establishing a self-regulatory organization for advisers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS AUG 22, 2011
Lightyear looking to raise $1.1B through UBS

A year after pulling off the high-profile acquisition of a leading network of independent broker-dealers, Lightyear Capital LLC, which is controlled by former PaineWebber chief executive and chairman Donald Marron, is back in the market looking to raise more than $1 billion from investors.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS AUG 21, 2011
Mass affluent are waiting for your text: Fidelity

Financial advisers are bumping into one another trying to win new accounts among affluent investors, but they can add some profitable business from less obvious market segments — one of which is investors who have never had a financial adviser.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
OPINION AUG 21, 2011
Selling small businesses on retirement plans

As overall longevity increases, outliving retirement resources is more likely than in the past, making retirement planning more important than ever

By Carol Dogans
IRA ALERT AUG 21, 2011
Roth re-characterization confusion

Recent market volatility exposed a basic misunderstanding by financial advisers and even certified public accountants of the mechanics of undoing Roth conversions, a process called a Roth re-characterization

By Ed Slott
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2011
Securities America 'in great spot' after Mutual of Omaha deal

Brokerage Mesirow to take on 401(k) fiduciary duties for Mutual of Omaha plans sold by SA reps

By Darla Mercado
CFP Board launches awareness campaign with print ad
RIAS AUG 19, 2011
CFP Board launches awareness campaign with print ad

A multimillion-dollar campaign to encourage investors to use credentialed financial planners to manage their money launches this week with a print advertisement in three business magazines.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
<span style='color:red;'>INTV:</span> Rally or recession? What advisers think is next

Wild swings and declines in the market have advisers addressing constant client questions.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
TIAA-CREF replaces Fidelity for California's $4B 529 college plans

California signed on TIAA-CREF to manage its college-savings replacing Fidelity Investments, which decided not to bid

By Doug Cubberley
'Russian roulette' fuels surge in lifetime income VAs
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 18, 2011
'Russian roulette' fuels surge in lifetime income VAs

Variable annuities with lifetime income guarantees are hot as a pistol, as investors look to steer clear of an unpredictable -- and tempestuous -- stock market

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
Doubling down on 529 tax breaks

With marginal rates likely going up, now is a good time for clients to rethink how they can get the most out of their tax-deferred college-savings plans

By Liz Skinner
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds
RIAS AUG 16, 2011
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds

Plenty of complications in ensuring the wealthy pay same percentage as middle-class earners; 'opening the door for tax lawyers'

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2011
Stock-selling baby boomers may stall equity prices for decades: Fed

Aging baby boomers may hold down U.S. stock values for the next two decades as they sell their investments to finance retirement, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

By John Goff
401(k) holders who bailed on stocks in 2008 made out worse: Fidelity
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
401(k) holders who bailed on stocks in 2008 made out worse: Fidelity

Fund firm says staying the course works; investors' resolve tested sorely this week

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2011
Sun better than a 529 plan? Don't scoff

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 14, 2011
New landscape may spur committee to take action

By Mark Schoeff Jr.