Retirement

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RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2018
Litigation, scale push private colleges to adopt multiple employer plans

The movement to create multiple employer plans creates opportunity for retirement plan advisers.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2018
The $1 million gender wealth gap

Compounding female wage inequity jeopardizes retirement security

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2018
The rich are betting they can buy their way to a longer life

The successor to income inequality is longevity inequality

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 20, 2018
The rich are betting they can buy their way to a longer life

The successor to income inequality is longevity inequality.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 19, 2018
Principal sued for stacking its TDFs with proprietary funds

The firm allegedly used high-cost, underperforming index funds in its hybrid target-date funds.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 19, 2018
What a court decision teaches 401(k) advisers about choosing stable-value funds

Selecting a very conservative benchmark is generally permissible under retirement law.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2018
401(k) lawsuits being brought more aggressively against retirement plan advisers

Chances of getting sued are more common now than five years ago, says one lawyer.

TAX APR 17, 2018
Delivering tax refunds is the least of the IRS' problems

The agency's challenges mean confusion surrounding tax reform isn't likely to be cleared up any time soon.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 16, 2018
Plan advisers, consultants question value of managed accounts

Respondents to PIMCO survey say target-date funds offer better value.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 16, 2018
Post-tax-time IRA checkup

Ensure your clients' individual retirement accounts are set for 2018

TAX APR 16, 2018
Tax reform act still awaiting some important tweaks

IRS has yet to fully parse all parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which could affect how much in taxes clients owe for 2018.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 16, 2018
Retirement coverage gap, 401(k) rollovers are big emerging threats for plan advisers

Proliferation of state retirement programs approaching the 'tipping point' where it will lead the federal government to step in.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 16, 2018
AXA reverses course on variable annuity buyout

Insurer had planned an offer to holders of its Accumulator Series variable annuity

Rise of 'gray' divorce forces a financial reckoning after 50
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
Rise of 'gray' divorce forces a financial reckoning after 50

Many widows and divorcees regret not taking part in long-term financial planning when they were a couple.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
401(k) plan participants sue Home Depot over alleged fiduciary breaches

Lawsuit also names Financial Engines and Alight, both providers of financial advice to the plan.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
Retirement outlook for millennials

They're highly educated and drowning in debt, but have decades to get on track.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 13, 2018
Insurers still grappling with costly variable-annuity promises

AXA Equitable and Ohio National have recently tried switching consumers out of VAs with rich benefits through buyouts and exchanges.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2018
Guaranteed income tops boomers' retirement wish list

Those who work with an adviser are most likely to buy an annuity.

RIAS APR 11, 2018
LPL loses $1.8 billion retirement group

Ingham Retirement Group, which works primarily with employer-sponsored plans, left because the firm's brokerage business had been declining.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2018
Insurers' 401(k) record keepers gain big share in small, midsize markets

Consolidation, unbundled platforms and the use of proprietary funds play a role, according to retirement plan advisers.