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Wealthy buying McMansions on Uncle Sam's dime
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2011
Wealthy buying McMansions on Uncle Sam's dime

Taking advantage of loan guarantee program intended to help low-income families buy homes; debate now in Congress

By John Goff
Time for clients to refi? Mortgage rates hit lowest on record
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2011
Time for clients to refi? Mortgage rates hit lowest on record

Rate on average 30-year fixed loan falls to 4.12%; 'homebuyers are not responding'

By John Goff
DOL delay on plan fee disclosure rules gives service providers some breathing room
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2011
DOL delay on plan fee disclosure rules gives service providers some breathing room

Effective date on reg is bumped back to April 1

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2011
Court says third-party carriers to retirement plans can be sued

A federal circuit court yesterday decided that retirement-plan participants can sue third-party insurers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

By Darla Mercado
So what's Kotlikoff's Purple Tax Plan — and will it actually work?
RETIREMENT OPINION AUG 30, 2011
So what's Kotlikoff's Purple Tax Plan — and will it actually work?

Proposed reform mixes in wins for both blues (Democrats) and reds (Republicans); accountants, advisers may boo, however

By Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Wealthy turn to auctions as mansions go unsold for years
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 30, 2011
Wealthy turn to auctions as mansions go unsold for years

Owners seek a quick sale -- and pray a bidding war breaks out; $65M house, $22M minimum bid

By John Goff
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 26, 2011
Pre-retirees are concerned but they aren't panicking

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2011
New list: The largest managers of HNW assets

Money managers ranked by assets from clients with more than $100M.

By Mark Bruno
Who might pay higher taxes as a result of the debt deal?
RETIREMENT RIAS AUG 24, 2011
Who might pay higher taxes as a result of the debt deal?

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2011
An SRO for advisers that could give Finra 'a run for its money'

Washington and New York will be joined by Oxford, Miss., as centers of the investment adviser universe if a group of students from the University of Mississippi law school succeeds in establishing a self-regulatory organization for advisers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT RIAS AUG 22, 2011
Lightyear looking to raise $1.1B through UBS

A year after pulling off the high-profile acquisition of a leading network of independent broker-dealers, Lightyear Capital LLC, which is controlled by former PaineWebber chief executive and chairman Donald Marron, is back in the market looking to raise more than $1 billion from investors.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT RIAS AUG 21, 2011
Mass affluent are waiting for your text: Fidelity

Financial advisers are bumping into one another trying to win new accounts among affluent investors, but they can add some profitable business from less obvious market segments — one of which is investors who have never had a financial adviser.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RETIREMENT OPINION AUG 21, 2011
Selling small businesses on retirement plans

As overall longevity increases, outliving retirement resources is more likely than in the past, making retirement planning more important than ever

By Carol Dogans
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2011
Securities America 'in great spot' after Mutual of Omaha deal

Brokerage Mesirow to take on 401(k) fiduciary duties for Mutual of Omaha plans sold by SA reps

By Darla Mercado
CFP Board launches awareness campaign with print ad
RETIREMENT RIAS AUG 19, 2011
CFP Board launches awareness campaign with print ad

A multimillion-dollar campaign to encourage investors to use credentialed financial planners to manage their money launches this week with a print advertisement in three business magazines.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
<span style='color:red;'>INTV:</span> Rally or recession? What advisers think is next

Wild swings and declines in the market have advisers addressing constant client questions.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
TIAA-CREF replaces Fidelity for California's $4B 529 college plans

California signed on TIAA-CREF to manage its college-savings replacing Fidelity Investments, which decided not to bid

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2011
Doubling down on 529 tax breaks

With marginal rates likely going up, now is a good time for clients to rethink how they can get the most out of their tax-deferred college-savings plans

By Liz Skinner
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds
RETIREMENT RIAS AUG 16, 2011
Dear Mr. Buffett: Taxing millionaires is trickier than it sounds

Plenty of complications in ensuring the wealthy pay same percentage as middle-class earners; 'opening the door for tax lawyers'

By John Goff
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 16, 2011
Stock-selling baby boomers may stall equity prices for decades: Fed

Aging baby boomers may hold down U.S. stock values for the next two decades as they sell their investments to finance retirement, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

By John Goff