Displaying 7837 results
Younger investors at risk of being ‘Depression generation’: Krawcheck
Fear of market gyrations taking hold among affluent young investors; is the 'conservatism' embedded?
Rich kids get a web site to help manage their allowances
Citi private bank testing site tarteting heirs of high-net worth clients; Spend Grow Give
Automatic IRAs would help retirement security, says Treasury’s Iwry
The guru of federal retirement policy has high hopes for one of his yet-to-be-approved retirement creations: the automatic IRA.
<b>Blog of the Day</b>: What’s the best way to provide advice to 401(k) participants?
What to do while waiting for the participant advice rule to be finalized.
Radical retirement initiative from Brookings in the works
Some top retirement gurus are in the process of developing proposals that could make annuity products a crucial part of millions of Americans' retirement plans.
Employers slow to restore 401(k) matching contributions
Economists heralded FedEx Corp.'s decision to restore its matching contribution to employees' 401(k) plans as a sign that the recession is ending, but surveys show that less than half of the firms that reduced or suspended plan matches in recent years have restored them.
Congress likely to punt on estate tax until fall – or later
As Congress heads toward its summer recess, it looks unlikely that legislators will make progress any time soon on the estate tax. That leaves financial planners and their clients in the lurch.
The stocks Warren Buffett is selling
The number of U.S. stocks in Berkshire's $51 billion stock portfolio slipped to 33 as of March 31, compared with 39 a year earlier and 37 in 2008. Here are some of the notable reductions —and eliminations— Berkshire's portfolio.
BNY Mellon buys $3B wealth manager
BNY Mellon on Friday said it reached a deal to buy I(3) Advisors of Toronto, an independent company with more than C$3.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in assets under advisement.
BNY Mellon names Hughes to lead Its wealth management unit
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. named Lawrence Hughes head of its wealth-management unit, replacing David Lamere, who resigned.
Rockefeller & Co. comes up with new name, but no new CEO
Rockefeller & Co., Inc., the wealth management firm that has been looking for a chief executive since the suicide of CEO James McDonald last fall, has changed its name to Rockefeller Financial.
Ed Slott: Turn lemons into Roth conversion cash
If your client wants to convert his or her individual retirement account to a Roth IRA this year but doesn't have cash from non-IRA sources to pay the tax on the conversion, consider looking at his or her capital assets.
Silver Bridge to buy advisory firm with $400M in assets
Officials for Silver Bridge Advisors LLC said today they to plan to purchase a San Francisco-area investment adviser, adding that their firm has created a separate entity to better market itself to wealthy families and family offices.
Advisers weighing Goldman’s push into 401(k) market
Goldman Sachs Asset Management's effort to expand its small defined-contribution business by offering custom target date funds has caught the attention of advisers.
Advisers flummoxed by BP stock disaster
For financial advisers, the epicenter of the Deepwater Horizon disaster may not be the Gulf of Mexico but Whiting, Ind.
Economy teetering, but Wall Street back to buying posh beach homes
The tide is high, as house sales in the Hamptons surge; plowing market profits 'into real estate'
DOL finally issues rules on 401(k) fee disclosure
The Labor Department today issued much anticipated fee disclosure rules for providers of services to employee pension benefit plans.
Cheap source of startup capital? Your 401(k)
Investors are taking advantage of a loophole that lets them use their pension money to invest in new businesses -- tax free. But snares await
401(k) providers brace for new fee disclosure regs
As one 401(k) provider rolls out enhanced fee disclosures for plans, rivals are keeping a close watch on upcoming regulations that will likely require them to follow suit.
Industry groups slam Labor Dept. over proposed 401(k) advice rules
The groups also claim the Labor Department is stepping outside the bounds of ERISA by claiming the authority to define what investments are appropriate for plans
