Darla Mercado

Darla Mercado writes about retirement issues and products, including taxes, annuities and 401(k) plans. She welcomes feedback and tips from readers on interesting topics. Outside of the newsroom, Darla spends her time inline skating, biking, running and swimming. She Tweets at: @Darla_Mercado

Darla Mercado
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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 28, 2014
Hartford offers to buy back old fixed annuities; about 90,000 contracts affected

Insurer, shrinking its annuity business since 2012, plans enhanced surrender offers

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2014
Schwab's all-ETF 401(k) platform revs up competition

But there's plenty of resistance from plan sponsors

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 22, 2014
IRS targeting IRA rollovers after Tax Court ruling

Agency to enforce one IRA-to-IRA rollover every 365 days rule despite earlier interpretation.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2014
6 tax lessons for Millennials

If you found yourself reeling from this year's number, take steps now to avoid a repeat. Especially for entrepreneurs, quarterly payments are key.

RETIREMENT TAX APR 20, 2014
Tax lessons learned for the 2013 season

Six tips could prevent your clients from getting slapped with a four-figure tax bill next year.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2014
Regulators compete for slice of IRA rollover pie

Rollovers used to be the 'Wild West' of regulation; now advisers need to watch out for new rules

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2014
IRS targeting IRA rollovers after Tax Court ruling

Agency to enforce one IRA-to-IRA rollover every 365 days rule despite earlier interpretation

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2014
Finra complaint highlights epidemic of abused trust

All brokers and advisers still are subject to principles of human decency, in addition to compliance rules.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2014
Small retirement plan fiduciaries drowning in new fee disclosures

Documents are way too long, information is split up among multiple documents, and the legalese is mystifying

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 09, 2014
Great-West Financial to acquire J.P. Morgan retirement unit

Robert Reynolds' Great-West Financial agreed to acquire J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services, boosting its profile as a retirement plan record keeper and putting it at No. 2 in the retirement services business by participants nationally.