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RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2010
Handful of distributors winning IRA rollover wars

A handful of distributors are seeing a rising tide of wealthy-client assets going into individual retirement accounts.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2010
Charles Schwab: Rollovers on the rise

More people are rolling over their 401(k) savings into IRAs when they leave their jobs or retire.

By Robert Steyer
Push to curb tainted rollover advice could hamstring IRA sales
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2010
Push to curb tainted rollover advice could hamstring IRA sales

A push by officials in Washington to curb tainted IRA advice could spoil the party for brokers and plan service providers

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Red-faced ASPPA apologizes for e-mail gaffe
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2010
Red-faced ASPPA apologizes for e-mail gaffe

The pension and actuary group sends a mea culpa to members after a financial advisory firm got hold of the association's mailing list for an upcoming conference.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2010
Retirees facing minimum $200K bill for lifetime care

And there's a 5% chance the tab could top $570K, according to a sobering study published this week by Boston College.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 15, 2010
Annuities can limit longevity risk, expert says

By integrating annuities into financial plans, advisers can take precautions against their clients' outliving their assets, according to a retirement income planning expert.

By Darla Mercado
Michael Jackson's lawyers swing estate sale of the century
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Michael Jackson's lawyers swing estate sale of the century

Turns out the King of Pop was also the King of Debt. Michael Jackson left his heirs an estimated $400M bill. What to do if you're Jackson's estate attorneys? Sign a recording deal, of course.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Suddenly, 401k fee disclosures getting plenty of attention

The Labor Dept. is readying a proposal that would force service providers to make more plan info available. Meanwhile, a House committee is said to be unveiling similar legislation this week

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Boomers' retirement offers opportunities, challenges

In four years, more than 4 million baby boomers annually will reach the normal retirement age for full Social Security benefits.

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Estate tax expiration another blow to reeling charities

Charities are getting increasingly nervous that the repeal of the estate tax may mean fewer donations this year from wealthy investors who opt instead to leave their estates to their families.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2010
Death tax dead, but wealthy clients standing by

The temporary suspension of the estate tax is not spurring high-net-worth Americans to take action on their estate plans.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2010
Seniors on investment info: Keep it short

Apparently, seniors set aren't big readers — at least when it comes to information about their investments.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 12, 2010
S&P picks: Why the biotech sector looks healthy

Standard & Poor's Equity Research recently upgraded its outlook for the biotechnology industry to positive from neutral.

By lkoueiter
Life insurers sue B-Ds over third-party VA sales
RIAS MAR 12, 2010
Life insurers sue B-Ds over third-party VA sales

Two life insurers are suing a trio of broker-dealers, accusing them of fraudulently selling to third parties variable annuities with lucrative death benefits on terminally ill individuals.

By Darla Mercado
RIAS MAR 11, 2010
What's the world's richest man buying? BlackRock

Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes magazine, has acquired shares of BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, expanding his U.S. holdings.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
Theft of Swiss bank account data could spell big trouble for HSBC customers

Info from 24,000 of its Swiss bank accounts was stolen between 2006 and 2007, HSBC reported today. Tax authorities in foreign countries can expect to be hearing from the data bandits -- if they haven't already, that is.

By Associated Press
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2010
Your next frontier

Their parents are getting all the attention, but 30-somethings want (and need) financial advice. Now

By Mark Bruno
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
Blood tests and Facebook: Life insurers reveal their to-do list for 2010

With the life insurance industry recovering from a year of falling revenue, as sales of variable annuities, universal- and variable-universal life insurance all off, carriers are gearing up to make some changes.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
American Equity fined $275K for unapproved annuity sales

The Minnesota Commerce Department claims that the insurer sold 541 contracts worth $28 million that weren't OK'd by state

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 11, 2010
Will regulators kill off fledgling secondary market for death benefits?

By Darla Mercado