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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
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
Planners expect big revenue jump this year

Unflinching optimism continues to dominate the outlook of the financial planning community, despite the gloomy forecast from the media, according to the latest quarterly research from Russell Investments

By Jeff Benjamin
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 20, 2011
Retirement confidence hits skids

American workers' confidence in having enough money for a comfortable retirement dropped to its lowest level in more than 20 years, and an increasing number of employees now plan to work past 65

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
Firms are omitting annuities in new retirement income products

The move more than likely signals a shift from accumulation -- but without insurance lock-ins

By Darla Mercado
TAX MAR 20, 2011
Charitable giving on the upswing after falling in 2009

Foundations, donor funds cite evidence that wallets are beginning to open

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
Advisers' advising, but boomers not buying

Clients not interested in re-balancing, saving more or devising a financial game plan, survey finds

By Lavonne Kuykendall
BlackRock bags another LPL exec to beef up its DC biz
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
BlackRock bags another LPL exec to beef up its DC biz

Asset manager hires Robert Francis, former COO at B-D's retirement unit

By Jessica Toonkel