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Advisers want age to continue to climb for mandatory retirement savings withdrawals
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2020
Advisers want age to continue to climb for mandatory retirement savings withdrawals

The SECURE Act raised the age to 72 from 70 1/2; another bill would boost it to 75

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
What will replace the stretch IRA?
IRA ALERT JAN 30, 2020
What will replace the stretch IRA?

In the wake of the SECURE Act, most people who inherit IRAs will be subject to a 10-year rule

By Ed Slott
401(k) savings up, but still too low: Fidelity survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2020
401(k) savings up, but still too low: Fidelity survey

Most Americans are aware they save too little for retirement, giving themselves a letter grade of "C" or lower

By Emile Hallez
Secure Act's big impact on affluent clients
RIAS JAN 30, 2020
Secure Act's big impact on affluent clients

The massive changes to the rules around retirement savings are creating opportunities for advisers

By Emile Hallez
Schwab’s Intelligent Income is an important advance, but only if all your money is at Schwab
OPINION JAN 29, 2020
Schwab’s Intelligent Income is an important advance, but only if all your money is at Schwab

Be on the lookout for more firms to offer income solutions that don’t require investors to sell assets at a large cost

By Jack Sharry
Finra fines rep for borrowing $150,000 from 90-year-old customer
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 29, 2020
Finra fines rep for borrowing $150,000 from 90-year-old customer

Kerry Wills also accepted $19,500 in luxury travel gifts he didn’t disclose

By InvestmentNews
Banned from selling securities but still hawking insurance
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 28, 2020
Banned from selling securities but still hawking insurance

Three salesmen barred for selling the Woodbridge Ponzi scheme still have state licenses to sell insurance

By Bruce Kelly
Americans to inherit $764 billion this year, mostly tax-free
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2020
Americans to inherit $764 billion this year, mostly tax-free

But that could change under a new proposal that would scrap the current system, which taxes estates, and instead require heirs to pay income tax on the money they receive

By Bloomberg
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2020
401(k) trading in 2019 hints at correction jitters

Retirement plan participants who traded in their accounts in 2019 largely moved out of stock funds and into fixed income

By Emile Hallez
How open MEPs could hit 401(k)s, advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2020
How open MEPs could hit 401(k)s, advisers

Banks and insurers could be early movers, and there will be opportunities for advisers to scale their businesses

By Emile Hallez
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2020
Lincoln annuity seeks to ride TDFs' coattails

Its new guaranteed-income annuity is the first to invest solely in target-date funds

By Emile Hallez
Security Benefit's legal woes over indexed annuities persist
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 24, 2020
Security Benefit's legal woes over indexed annuities persist

Ten plaintiffs have teamed up in a class action alleging that the insurer misled contract holders about the performance of its proprietary indexes

By Emile Hallez
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
TIAA will offer HSA to its retirement plan clients

Accounts will offer TIAA and Nuveen mutual funds

By InvestmentNews
Financial satisfaction is booming, but so are worries, surveys find
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
Financial satisfaction is booming, but so are worries, surveys find

Well-being at a peak, says AICPA, but Schroders sees fears of outliving money

By InvestmentNews
Ultra-wealthy worried about taxes as election nears
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2020
Ultra-wealthy worried about taxes as election nears

Survey also finds 80% of clients concerned about safeguarding their estates

By InvestmentNews
Worries about retirement span the generations, NAPFA survey finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2020
Worries about retirement span the generations, NAPFA survey finds

More than half of millennials and Gen Xers haven’t started retirement planning

By InvestmentNews
Small brokers push bill to ease audit rules despite challenging political environment
RIAS JAN 22, 2020
Small brokers push bill to ease audit rules despite challenging political environment

Legislation impacting financial advisers tries to get traction amid impeachment, election

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
No fun: A vacation-home sale can raise Medicare premiums
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2020
No fun: A vacation-home sale can raise Medicare premiums

A one-time income hike triggers a temporary high-income surcharge

By Mary Beth Franklin
2020 brings new opportunities in the retirement space
OPINION JAN 22, 2020
2020 brings new opportunities in the retirement space

The SECURE Act’s pooled employer plans provision will create a new market for investment advisory services

By David N. Levine and Kevin L. Walsh
Why retirement plan adviser RFPs are critical to participant success
OPINION JAN 21, 2020
Why retirement plan adviser RFPs are critical to participant success

And why it’s not happening

By Fred Barstein