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NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 27, 2012
Special report: Variable annuities

A look at the latest trends in variable annuity sales and strategies.

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2012
The 25 largest variable annuity providers

By Mark Bruno
SEC maximizes performance-based fee minimums
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2012
SEC maximizes performance-based fee minimums

Critics have long claimed that advisers should not be allowed to charge performance-based fees when working with unsophisticated clients. Now, the SEC has weighed in, dramatically increasing the net-worth a client must posses to qualify for such a pricing arrangement.

By Dan Jamieson
NEWS RIAS MAR 26, 2012
DTCC names new boss

Bodson to take over at securities clearinghouse; Donahue retiring

By DJAMIESON
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 26, 2012
Is there more upside?

By Invesco
NEWS RIAS MAR 26, 2012
No-action letter could signal next step for alts custody

By Dan Jamieson
Buffett's NetJets countersued by U.S. for unpaid taxes
NEWS RIAS MAR 26, 2012
Buffett's NetJets countersued by U.S. for unpaid taxes

The government has countersued NetJets Inc., owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., after the company filed suit over $642.7 in taxes, interest and penalties it says it doesn't owe.

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2012
'Demographic bust' will lead to lower returns across major asset classes

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2012
Special report: Retirement income

What financial advisers need to know about building retirement income plans for their clients.

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 25, 2012
Dead client walking

Apparently, even dead clients can pay their credit card bills and bank regularly.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAR 25, 2012
Janney signs more wirehouse brokers

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 25, 2012
Fee disclosure regs will crank up scrutiny on advisers

By Darla Mercado
NEWS EQUITIES MAR 25, 2012
Biggs boosts bullish bets on stocks

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2012
Buckets vs. systematic withdrawals

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2012
Retirement planning's tough choices

By LKUYKENDALL
The Hartford does 'something drastic,' will exit annuity and life insurance businesses
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2012
The Hartford does 'something drastic,' will exit annuity and life insurance businesses

Venerable insurer makes dramatic move amid pressure from shareholder John Paulson

By John Goff
DOL big: 12(b)-1 fees, revenue sharing part of the fiduciary package
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2012
DOL big: 12(b)-1 fees, revenue sharing part of the fiduciary package

But still no specific timetable for issuance of revised rule

By Darla Mercado
'Transformative events' shape client's financial thinking, survey finds
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2012
'Transformative events' shape client's financial thinking, survey finds

Upper-middle class more worried about life's big moments than the next 12 months

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS MAR 23, 2012
QB-turned-adviser goes RIA way

By Andrew Osterland
Bargain pricing has these two companies on Wilmington growth fund's 'buy' list
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 23, 2012
Bargain pricing has these two companies on Wilmington growth fund's 'buy' list

Mark Schultz, manager of the Wilmington Mid Cap Growth Fund, goes back to the basic with these two stocks.

By Bloomberg