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Labor Department, SEC coordinate on participant 401(k) fee disclosures
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 20, 2011
Labor Department, SEC coordinate on participant 401(k) fee disclosures

The Labor Department and the SEC agree on fee disclosures.

Judge kills Pru motion to toss death benefit suits
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 20, 2011
Judge kills Pru motion to toss death benefit suits

Carrier being sued for allegedly retaining life insurance payouts, pocketing the float

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 20, 2011
States' probe of death benefit payouts could spawn regs

A continuing three-year, 35-state investigation into the practices by which life insurers pay death benefits may spawn more-stringent requirements for locating beneficiaries

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 18, 2011
Tea Party/OWS: Protest to shape election

One moviement is highly organized and bent on getting people elected who share its conservative beliefs.

Morningstar cuts ratings on DWS, Schwab target date series
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 16, 2011
Morningstar cuts ratings on DWS, Schwab target date series

Cites lack of performance at LifeCompass, lack of continuity at Schwab Target

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 15, 2011
RJ pays record $1.8M to 87-year-old client

NEWS RIAS DEC 14, 2011
VA charge hits ING hard

A hefty charge that ING Groep NV will take on its American variable annuity business appears to be a mixed blessing for investors hoping to snap up shares of the company's insurance unit once it makes its public debut.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2011
Hartford sells private-placement ops

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 14, 2011
Allianz Preferred perks strike nerve with agents

A new Allianz Life distribution program -- one that rewards top indexed-annuity sellers with exclusive products -- is ruffling feathers among agents and marketing groups

Advisers split on Occupy Wall Street
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 12, 2011
Advisers split on Occupy Wall Street

Surprisingly, an exclusive <i>InvestmentNews</i>poll shows that nearly 40 percent of advisers support the anti-Wall Street movement. But an even larger percentage say nothing will come of the protests.