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 OCT 21, 2012
A better retirement withdrawal strategy — from the tax man

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 19, 2012
Attorneys float plan sponsor fee disclosure fix to Labor Department

A major law firm has pitched the Labor Department a program that would let broker-dealers and other service providers admit to and fix their fee disclosure errors without incurring the wrath of the agency.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2012
Hartford deals individual-life unit to Prudential as sell-off continues

Pru to pay $615 million in cash for 700,000 life insurance contracts

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 19, 2012
Gamma ray: Retirement income security is not all about alpha

Advisers irked as Pru locks vintage VAs
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2012
Advisers irked as Pru locks vintage VAs

Prudential Financial Inc.'s decision to cut off contributions into a slate of older variable annuities with attractive benefits has raised the ire of financial advisers, this time because they were given so little time to add money to the contracts.

Pru pulls plug on another long-term-care product
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2012
Pru pulls plug on another long-term-care product

Bows out of group LTC insurance; halted sales of individual coverage in March

Health of long-term-care insurance business questionable: Moody's
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2012
Health of long-term-care insurance business questionable: Moody's

The outlook for the LTCI business is not good. The reason? Partly, the unexpectedly large tabs being rung up by existing policyholders.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 14, 2012
ING sends incorrect statements to 75,000 VA customers

NEWS RIAS OCT 14, 2012
GenSpring shake-up highlights bigger culture clash

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 14, 2012
Jackson 'slap' as firm cuts VA features

Advisers not thrilled by short deadline on variable annuity pullback