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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
RIA NEWS MAR 23, 2011
Nevada launches Putnam 529 for America adviser-sold plan

Offering gives investors access to four absolute-return funds; some fees will be waived through 2012

By Jessica Toonkel
RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2011
Citadel cuts E*Trade stake to under 10%

E*Trade Financial Corp. said Citadel LLC will sell shares of the online brokerage, cutting its stake to less than 10%, after it sold almost 24 million shares less than two months ago.

By Doug Cubberley
More fallout from looming nuclear disaster in Japan
RIA NEWS MAR 22, 2011
More fallout from looming nuclear disaster in Japan

The ongoing drama at the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan sends world stock markets into a tailspin.

By John Goff
9.0 quake in Japan 'wasn't big enough' to lift Black Swan Fund
RIA NEWS MAR 21, 2011
9.0 quake in Japan 'wasn't big enough' to lift Black Swan Fund

Options portfolio that gained 234% during 2008 financial crisis saw no bump up from calamity in Nippon

By John Goff
David Kelly: All eyes on oil
RIA NEWS MAR 21, 2011
David Kelly: All eyes on oil

Once again this week, markets will focus on events far from both Wall Street and Washington.

By David Kelly
RIA NEWS MAR 20, 2011
Investors are going short with their cash

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RIA NEWS MAR 20, 2011
Schapiro must learn from her mistakes or go

Mary Schapiro, chairman of the SEC, cannot be surprised that she is taking heat from Congress for hiring a general counsel who played a role in determining how victims of Bernard Madoff would be compensated, even though he had benefited from an investment with the notorious financial criminal

By MFXFeeder
IRA ALERT MAR 20, 2011
Reporting Roth IRA conversions

Get ready for an avalanche of Form 8606 questions

By Ed Slott
OPINION MAR 20, 2011
A different take on managing risk

As the markets continue to recover, it is time to take a fresh look at investment risk

By Wylie A. Tollette
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
RIA NEWS MAR 20, 2011
Power shortages threaten global supply chain

Ford Motor Co., Samsung and The Boeing Co. are waiting for suppliers in quake-stricken Japan to increase one key export: information

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2011
A fiduciary field guide

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

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS 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
Brokerages next big threat? Portfolios-to-go
WIREHOUSES MAR 18, 2011
Brokerages next big threat? Portfolios-to-go

Expedia tripped up travel agents. Mapquest routed map makers. Netflix killed the video stores. Now comes portfolios-to-go. The question: are these prepackaged investment models phenomenon or fad?

By John Goff