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Galvin charges MetLife with inflating bottom line
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2018
Galvin charges MetLife with inflating bottom line

Massachusetts securities czar says insurer's failure to make pension payments enabled it to lower reserves

By InvestmentNews
401(k) advisers should heed the legal aspects of outsourcing
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2018
401(k) advisers should heed the legal aspects of outsourcing

The extent to which an employer can completely remove fiduciary liability through outsourcing is an unresolved issue.

By Bloomberg
Buzz Aldrin dust-up highlights the challenges facing older clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2018
Buzz Aldrin dust-up highlights the challenges facing older clients

A revocable trust with a co-trustee might have averted the former astronaut's battle with two of his children.

By Jeff Benjamin
Checking one off the bucket list
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 25, 2018
Checking one off the bucket list

Contributing editor tests a long-held dream for her retirement and finds it lacking.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Why the super wealthy may want to fund life insurance with a loan
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 22, 2018
Why the super wealthy may want to fund life insurance with a loan

If the rate of return on the policy exceeds the loan's interest rate over the life of the contract, the client comes out ahead. But beware the risks.

By Greg Iacurci
SEC charges insurance agent with $1.27 million Ponzi scheme
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 22, 2018
SEC charges insurance agent with $1.27 million Ponzi scheme

James Hocker took money from 25 mostly elderly, unsophisticated investors.

By Bloomberg
Minnesota charges financial planner with fraud costing investors $200,000
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 21, 2018
Minnesota charges financial planner with fraud costing investors $200,000

Lisa Marie Schurhammer said to have engaged in phony annuity and gold sales.

By Bloomberg
Lessons 401(k) advisers learned from the DOL fiduciary rule saga
RIAS JUN 21, 2018
Lessons 401(k) advisers learned from the DOL fiduciary rule saga

The rule regulated what was already happening within the defined-contribution industry anyway.

By Fred Barstein
Social Security benefits lost 34% of their buying power since 2000
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 21, 2018
Social Security benefits lost 34% of their buying power since 2000

The past year saw the biggest loss of the decade as increases in living expenses outpaced the cost-of-living adjustment.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Opaque, outdated 401(k) plan disclosures harming investors, advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2018
Opaque, outdated 401(k) plan disclosures harming investors, advisers

Morningstar report: Lack of data on fees, investments makes advice on rollovers costlier and more challenging for investors.

By Greg Iacurci
MetLife, Brighthouse sued for $500 million over missing pensioners
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 20, 2018
MetLife, Brighthouse sued for $500 million over missing pensioners

Lawsuit claims insurers 'betrayed' thousands of pension plan participants and beneficiaries.

By Greg Iacurci
Vanguard research reframes retiree health care as annual expense
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
Vanguard research reframes retiree health care as annual expense

Says viewing health costs as a staggering lump sum impedes action and planning.

By Bloomberg
Trump administration will let small businesses offer cheaper health plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
Trump administration will let small businesses offer cheaper health plans

Association health plans would lack some of the protections required under Obamacare.

By Bloomberg
Advisers use ethical wills to look beyond client assets
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
Advisers use ethical wills to look beyond client assets

Personalized letters to friends and family can help clients resolve personal issues while also explaining their estate plan.

By Jeff Benjamin
401(k) fund fees continue to fall
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
401(k) fund fees continue to fall

Equity and bond fund fees down more than 45% from the early 2000s.

By Greg Iacurci
401(k) advisory firms creating in-house financial wellness programs
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
401(k) advisory firms creating in-house financial wellness programs

Clear benefits for advisory firms, but some think advisers may be ill-equipped to deliver financial wellness and see potential conflict.

By Greg Iacurci
Divorce reduces retirement readiness
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2018
Divorce reduces retirement readiness

The new tax law could increase financial challenges for divorced people, but planning opportunities abound.

By Mary Beth Franklin
When your client dies, who gets their airline miles?
OPINION JUN 19, 2018
When your client dies, who gets their airline miles?

Now that a new law provides executors with access to digital assets, estate planning needs to include such assets

By Amy Florian
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2018
Homeowners looking to dodge property tax caps turn to Alaskan trusts

Strategy involves a limited liability company and non-grantor trusts set up in a no-tax state.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2018
Fidelity cuts target-date fund fees

Competition is heating up among asset managers.

By Bloomberg