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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 28, 2011
Coping with costs and compliance

For newly minted sole practitioner Andrew J. Feldman, the toughest part about striking out on his own has been coping with the cost of doing business

By Bloomberg
DOL extends period for grousing about 'fiduciary' definition
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 28, 2011
DOL extends period for grousing about 'fiduciary' definition

Department pushes back deadline for comments by 15 days

By Darla Mercado
Pension group calls DOL disclaimer for B-Ds 'unduly harsh'
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2011
Pension group calls DOL disclaimer for B-Ds 'unduly harsh'

ASPPA rails against proposal requiring brokers to disclose that they're not impartial and not working in a plan's best interest

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2011
BlackRock is hiring to boost DC business

In a bid to expand its financial-adviser-sold defined-contribution business, BlackRock Inc. is tapping former executives of a retirement-focused broker-dealer that LPL Investment Holdings Inc. bought last year

By Jessica Toonkel
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2011
Big shake-up happening in Putnam's retirement unit

Putnam Investments has reorganized the senior ranks of its retirement division and is in the process of getting rid of all non-functional titles among senior executives across the company

By Jessica Toonkel
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2011
New regulations spur cheaper 401(k) options

As advisers to 401(k) plans brace for upcoming regulations mandating greater fee disclosure, The Charles Schwab Corp., BlackRock Inc. and TD Ameritrade Trust Co. are among a number of firms that are launching lower-cost options ranging from exchange-traded funds to index-fund-only plans

By Jessica Toonkel
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2011
How to save wealthy investors from themselves

Barclay's behavioral-finance expert says rich clients' irrational responses can be reined in

By Andrew Osterland
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2011
What's 'rich'? Millionaires up the bar

Apparently, $4M isn't what it used to be. When asked how much they'd need in investable assets to consider themselves wealthy, millionaires came back with a hefty number.

By John Goff
RIAS MAR 24, 2011
Are your wealthy clients cheating on you?

Reluctant to entrust their financial assets to any one financial adviser, the nation's top tier of investors is spreading its wealth. In fact, new research shows that well over half of wealthy clients now work with at least five advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
TAX MAR 24, 2011
IRS auditors went after rich in fiscal 2010

The Internal Revenue Service audited 18.4% of taxpayers reporting income above $10 million last year, up from 10.6% in fiscal 2009

By Bloomberg
EMERGING MARKETS MAR 24, 2011
Japan temblor alone probably won't swamp reinsurers

Probably not, although when paired with other recent disasters, carriers' pain could be chronic

By Darla Mercado
Securities lending in 401(k)s comes under heavy fire
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Securities lending in 401(k)s comes under heavy fire

Government studies show employees, bosses often unaware of practice; does it boost returns or not?

By Darla Mercado
Fidelity: 401(k) balances climbed 11% in 2010
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Fidelity: 401(k) balances climbed 11% in 2010

Employees' 401(k) account balances in the equities markets in 2010 continued to climb and were higher than they were before the markets fell, according to a recent analysis

By Jerry Geisel
GAO lifts hood on target date funds – and finds big problems
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
GAO lifts hood on target date funds – and finds big problems

By Andrew Osterland
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam CEO to Congress: Save Social Security, don't privatize it

Putnam Investments chief Robert Reynolds came to Washington on Wednesday to urge Congress to save Social Security — just not in the way Wall Street executives usually recommend.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2011
Putnam hooks former Hancock, Fidelity execs to boost DC biz

Putnam Investments has tapped former executives from John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and Fidelity Investments to help it expand its defined contribution business.

By Jessica Toonkel
IRA ALERT MAR 20, 2011
Reporting Roth IRA conversions

Get ready for an avalanche of Form 8606 questions

By Ed Slott
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
GAO skewers lending by plans

The Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Government Accountability Office have called upon the Labor Department to give employers guidance on securities-lending activities that are taking place within retirement plans

By Darla Mercado
RIAS MAR 20, 2011
A fiduciary field guide

By Davis Janowski
TAX MAR 20, 2011
IRS to wannabe tax dodgers: "Talk to the hand'

By Bloomberg