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Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: One surefire way to sabotage a retirement plan

Understimate healthcare costs for clients and watch things unravel

By Mary Beth Franklin
WIREHOUSES AUG 05, 2012
Huh? Sandy Weill says break up big banks

Man who helped get Glass-Steagall overturned now says banks should just be banks

By John Goff
RIA NEWS AUG 03, 2012
Rapper shares secrets of saving scratch

Houston hip hop star Slim Thug has written a book offering up financial advice about making it through the recession.

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS AUG 03, 2012
Ex-head of big Mich. indie B-D starts investment firm D.B. French

The newly formed investment firm D.B. French & Co. LLC said Friday that it has formed an affiliation to provide broker services through L.M. Kohn & Co.

By By Tom Henderson
Surprise suitor emerging in sale of Woodbury
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 01, 2012
Surprise suitor emerging in sale of Woodbury

Sources say AIG's Advisor Group is one of four potential buyers for Woodbury, The Hartford indie B-D with roughly 1,600 reps

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS AUG 01, 2012
Is list of elite wealth managers a model for the future?

Preferred-provider roster from FOX based on quality, not size of firms; must pass muster on 22 metrics

By AOSTERLAND
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 31, 2012
New age for old age, survey finds

Goal line keeps getting moved back; 'how much you can do'

By Emily Yang
Libor pains: Banks sitting on potential powder keg with scandal
RIA NEWS JUL 31, 2012
Libor pains: Banks sitting on potential powder keg with scandal

Extent of damages sought by civil litigants could be astronomical

By Andrew Osterland
Borzi: Critics 'overreacting' to new rules for 401(k) brokerage accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 30, 2012
Borzi: Critics 'overreacting' to new rules for 401(k) brokerage accounts

DOL official says plan sponsors have duty to monitor investment menu, even self-directed accounts

By Darla Mercado
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2012
Old-home week as Dynasty lands another MSSB exec

By AOSTERLAND
RIA NEWS JUL 29, 2012
Financial aid letter would provide college cost comparison

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 29, 2012
More give up U.S. passports to skirt taxes

With taxes on the wealthy expected to rise dramatically, a small but increasing number of Americans are renouncing their U.S. citizenship. Is this smart planning or plain crazy? Advisers weigh in.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 29, 2012
U.S. Court dismisses class action bid against KBS REIT

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2012
Self-directed accounts in peril

Advisers warn that plan sponsors could stop offering self-directed accounts over concerns that they will have more fiduciary responsibility for investments.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2012
Sen. Harkin proposes retirement plan revamp, Social Security fix

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, on Friday proposed a way to bolster retirement savings at work, plus a series of improvements to Social Security.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JUL 27, 2012
Growth in U.S. slows as consumers restrain spending

The world's largest economy cooled in the second quarter as limited job growth prompted Americans to curb spending while state and local governments cut back.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 27, 2012
Pension plans keep more retirees out of poverty, reduce reliance on public assistance

Retirees aren't the only ones who benefit from receiving a defined-benefit pension; the plans help curtail government spending.

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JUL 27, 2012
Americans failing to claim all education benefits, report says

The tax incentives and other programs designed to help with the escalating costs of college are so varied and confusing that many Americans aren't taking full advantage of the benefits.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 26, 2012
Life insurance agent accused of scamming Lincoln, N.Y. Life

Allegedly raked in big commissions by selling policies that greatly exaggerated applicants' net worth; faces 30 years in prison, forfeiture of Escalade

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS JUL 25, 2012
Estate tax becomes focal point of fiscal-cliff debate

GOP hopping mad that issue is left out of Senate Democratic bill.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.