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Positioning can help 401(k) advisers boost sales
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2019
Positioning can help 401(k) advisers boost sales

Clients may be willing to pay more money for certain services as long as they're positioned correctly.

By Fred Barstein
Tax considerations when gifting stock
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 19, 2019
Tax considerations when gifting stock

Before gifting stocks to friends and family, investors and advisors should consider the tax implications.

By Ramon Berenguer
How to suspend Social Security benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2019
How to suspend Social Security benefits

The move can boost future benefits — but beware of unintended consequences.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Target-date fund design may be wrong for retirees
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 17, 2019
Target-date fund design may be wrong for retirees

Researchers suggest the funds don't adequately hedge against sequence-of-returns risk in retirement.

By Greg Iacurci
MFS settles 401(k) lawsuit for $6.9 million
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 17, 2019
MFS settles 401(k) lawsuit for $6.9 million

The payout ranks among the middle tier of settlements reached by other asset managers in similar lawsuits.

By Greg Iacurci
Some plan sponsors may need a nudge about HSA rollovers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2019
Some plan sponsors may need a nudge about HSA rollovers

Multiple accounts at previous employers diminishes the feasibility of these accounts

By crain-api
States losing battle over SALT cap deduction
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 13, 2019
States losing battle over SALT cap deduction

Arguments by Northeastern states in court hearing later this month deemed a long shot by legal experts

By Bloomberg
4 strategies for Roth conversions
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 13, 2019
4 strategies for Roth conversions

Find out about the different Roth conversion strategies available to you

By Ramon Berenguer
Lessons for those 'graduating' to retirement
OPINION JUN 13, 2019
Lessons for those 'graduating' to retirement

For many retirees, the struggle isn't having enough money, but confidently spending what they've worked so hard to accumulate.

By Philip E. Caminiti
Betterment offering automated investing and advice for Optum Bank HSA
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2019
Betterment offering automated investing and advice for Optum Bank HSA

The partnership connects the robo with 3 million customers and $9 billion in Optum's HSAs.

By Ryan W. Neal
401(k) savings rates have stagnated
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2019
401(k) savings rates have stagnated

The overall savings rate has hovered around 10% of income for the past decade and a half, despite improvements in plan design.

By Greg Iacurci
Special Social Security rules for public sector employees
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2019
Special Social Security rules for public sector employees

Two exceptions can ease the sting of offsets that reduce benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Vanguard study finds employers, employees improving retirement plan behaviors
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2019
Vanguard study finds employers, employees improving retirement plan behaviors

Automatic enrollment now standard at 48% of company's plans, up from 20% a decade ago.

By InvestmentNews
Treasury deals final blow to states' SALT deduction workarounds
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 11, 2019
Treasury deals final blow to states' SALT deduction workarounds

New regulations prohibit arrangements in which residents get state tax credit in exchange for charitable contributions.

By Bloomberg
Supreme Court accepts 401(k) case about alternative investments in target-date funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2019
Supreme Court accepts 401(k) case about alternative investments in target-date funds

The outcome could have big implications for 401(k) disclosures made to employees.

By Greg Iacurci
IRA trusts could become an estate planning disaster
IRA ALERT JUN 11, 2019
IRA trusts could become an estate planning disaster

If Congress eliminates the stretch IRA, advisers will have to rethink IRA trust planning.

By Ed Slott
Pennsylvania law requires multiple record keepers for 403(b), 457 plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2019
Pennsylvania law requires multiple record keepers for 403(b), 457 plans

Advisers think the law, which goes into effect July 1, will result in higher costs for investors.

By Greg Iacurci
Rollovers and retirement plans: The impact of the SEC's new rules
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2019
Rollovers and retirement plans: The impact of the SEC's new rules

The SEC warns broker-dealers against short-circuiting their analysis of a rollover by quickly concluding an IRA is in the investor's best interest because it has 'more investment options.'

By Kevin L. Walsh and George M. Sepsakos
Trump tariffs have wiped out most families' tax-cut gains
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 07, 2019
Trump tariffs have wiped out most families' tax-cut gains

If the president follows through on threats to impose levies on imports from China and Mexico, middle-earning households could end up paying almost $4,000 more

By Bloomberg
Indexed annuity illustrations are hurting consumers: group
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 05, 2019
Indexed annuity illustrations are hurting consumers: group

Center for Economic Justice argued in a comment letter to the NAIC that insurers are incentivized to develop indexed annuities with disingenuous product illustrations.

By Greg Iacurci