Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 17, 2010
S&P: Getting healthy, wealthy and wise

Standard & Poor's Equity Research's fundamental outlook for the health care services industry for the next 12 months is positive.

By Standard & Poor's
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 16, 2010
GenSpring adds family investment officer

GenSpring Family Offices LLC said today that it has hired Puneet S. Sahi as a family investment officer for its Costa Mesa, Calif., office.

By Bloomberg
Boston Private: We've paid back our TARP money
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 16, 2010
Boston Private: We've paid back our TARP money

Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. announced today that it has repaid the remaining $104 million in TARP money it owes the U.S. Treasury.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 16, 2010
If 'the number' doesn't really matter, what does?

Consuelo Mack's all-star panel re-thinks retirement income, and what should really matter most in your clients' portfolios.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 16, 2010
Labor Dept.'s 401(k) proposal could rock pension advice business

The Labor Department today released proposed regulations that prohibit financial advisers giving advice to 401(k) plans, or their employer or the employer's affiliates, from receiving extra compensation because the plan sponsors bought a product recommended by the adviser.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2010
For retirees, behavioral science is coming up short

When it comes to the decumulation phase of retirement behavioral finance hasn't yet been well-deployed to help retirees understand that they may very well outlive their retirement savings

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 14, 2010
Inflation vs. the Bear: Which is worse for retired investors?

At first blush, it seems as though a bear market would be the biggest threat to your clients' retirement income security.

By Charlie Farrell
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 14, 2010
Swell in 401(k) specialists' seeking out 'progressive' broker-dealers

Advisers who specialize in the 401(k) market have been switching broker-dealers in search of firms they feel are better equipped to handle their growing business — and new government pension regulations.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 14, 2010
Advisers should sound off on 401(k) plan advice

Most 401(k) plan participants need investment advice.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 13, 2010
Advisers: Plenty of clients won't hit retirement targets

Advisers should have difficult discussions about how much a client actually needs to retire, rather than how they feel about risk.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 13, 2010
Rough exit ahead for wealth managers, study contends

All but 7% of the nation's 20,000 wealth management firms won't extract significant value from their business when their owners retire, because most do not have a sustainable profit model, a new report contends.

By Jed Horowitz
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2010
JPMorgan making its move for the mass affluent

JPMorgan Chase & Co. wants to squeeze more business from its mass-affluent customers, and it's asking Barry Sommers, the former head of its brokerage unit, to lead the effort.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 10, 2010
Millionaires make a comeback: Merrill Lynch

Global millionaires' ranks increased by about 17 percent in 2009, with the Asia-Pacific region posting a 26 percent gain, according to a report by Capgemini SA and Merrill Lynch & Co.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 10, 2010
Where are the wealthy?

The global millionaires' club expanded by about 14 percent in 2009, according to the Boston Consulting Group, with the number of millionaire households increasing to 11.2 million. The majority of these wealthy households reside in these five countries.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 10, 2010
Millionaires regain their wealth – but not trust in wealth managers

The portfolios of the wealthy have almost recovered from the financial crisis, but that doesn't mean they trust their financial institutions anymore, BCG said today in a report.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT RIAS JUN 10, 2010
Millionaires make a comeback

The global millionaires' club expanded by about 14 percent in 2009 with Singapore leading the way, The Boston Consulting Group said.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2010
Citi nets another U.S. Trust private banking exec

Citi Private Bank announced today that it's hired yet another executive from U.S. Trust, the wealth management arm of Bank of America Corp.

By Hilary Johnson
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2010
Wirehouses warm to fiduciary reps in effort to win 401(k) business

As competition intensifies to capture the 401(k) and other retirement plan business of small and midsize companies, wirehouses increasingly are allowing representatives who specialize in the niche to act as fiduciaries.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2010
Dunned Yankee: U.S. sues Steinbrenner over trust tax refund

Says Bronx Bomber's co-owner owes Uncle Sam $670K; dispute stems from audit of MLB team's books

By John Goff
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2010
Estate battles of the stars

Few things are as certain in estate planning as this: Celebrity deaths are sure to generate plenty of business for lawyers.

By John Goff