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RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2012
Legit financial advisers and scammers both targeting seniors

Fee disclosures could put the squeeze on 401(k) fund firms
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2012
Fee disclosures could put the squeeze on 401(k) fund firms

Asset managers that provide investments and nothing else may feel pricing pressure from index funds, plans sponsors

Will Labor Department's request slow fiduciary proposal?
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2012
Will Labor Department's request slow fiduciary proposal?

DOL asking industry groups for a bevy of info on IRAs; data to be used in cost-benefit analysis

RIAS FEB 02, 2012
Retirement plan brokers outsource fiduciary duties

As the Labor Department and lobbyists wrangle over who can provide advice to retirement plan participants, the marketplace has come up with an increasingly popular solution that satisfies current and potential requirements.

RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2012
Taking care of those left behind

Ten years later, Bernard M. Kiely still works with three of the 9/11 widows he met after volunteering his services through the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 01, 2012
New Allianz Life boss won't tinker with controversial distribution model

Indexed annuity program rewarding big Allianz sellers with exclusive products here to stay

Headed to Indianapolis for the big game? Prepare for sticker shock
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2012
Headed to Indianapolis for the big game? Prepare for sticker shock

Flights to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl are pricey and admission is exorbitant, but the real shocker is what lodging is going for: The $1,333 motel room

Forget miles, go for cash back with credit cards
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 31, 2012
Forget miles, go for cash back with credit cards

Best vendors offer rewards that are automatically deposited into investment accounts, expert says

Romney got whopping refund from IRS
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 31, 2012
Romney got whopping refund from IRS

Uncle Sam sent presidential candidate $1.6M check for 2010; 'paid 100 percent of what he owes'

Mayor of N.Y. Giants' hometown rooting against the team
RIAS JAN 31, 2012
Mayor of N.Y. Giants' hometown rooting against the team

James Cassella, mayor of East Rutherford, N.J., the town where New York Giants play their home games, wants the team to beat the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, but lose a fight against paying property taxes on their headquarters and training center.

Maryland, California governors seek boost in taxes on wealthy
RIAS JAN 31, 2012
Maryland, California governors seek boost in taxes on wealthy

States join federal government in looking to affluent to help trim budget shortfalls

INsider: Wealthy clients have targets on their backs
RIAS JAN 30, 2012
INsider: Wealthy clients have targets on their backs

The presidential campaign has failed to offer definitive answers about tax reform, but you can see where it's headed

Reduced! Clients' homes worth less again this year
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
Reduced! Clients' homes worth less again this year

Clients' homes were worth less again this year. The good news? The decline was the smallest in four years | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111027&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=102709999&amp;Ref=PH>The lousiest housing markets in America &amp;raquo;</a> <a href=<a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111025&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=102509999&amp;Ref=PH>The best-performing housing markets &amp;raquo;</a>

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
House Republicans ask DOL to go easy on retirement plans

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
When a mom raids her child's IRA

In an unusual private-letter ruling, the Internal Revenue Service recently allowed a 13-year-old beneficiary of her father's company plan assets largely to undo a previously taxed lump-sum distribution and transfer the distributed plan funds to an inherited IRA for the child's benefit.

GOP to DOL: Go easy on IRAs, OK?
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
GOP to DOL: Go easy on IRAs, OK?

House Republicans send a letter to the Labor Department urging caution in expanding the fiduciary duty to IRA and 401(k) advisers. A battle is in the offing.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
A fraud warning for self-directed IRAs

In September, the SEC issued an investor alert warning investors to be wary of fraudulent promoters targeting self-directed IRAs

RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 30, 2012
How Mesirow used worker incentives to promote wellness

When Mesirow Financial Inc. offered its employees free physicals a few years ago, only about a third of the 875 employees in its Chicago headquarters participated. For the most recent round of tests in early October, more than 750 people turned out.

Senator to Citi: Enough already with the tax forms for frequent-flier miles
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 29, 2012
Senator to Citi: Enough already with the tax forms for frequent-flier miles

Brown sends letter to Pandit telling bank to stop sending 1099s to customers who received miles for opening savings accounts; 'creating baseless fear'

BROKER DEALERS JAN 29, 2012
Insurance companies take a step back