The revenue-raising provision of the new health care law most likely to affect your clients is a 3.8% levy on investment income.
Higher federal taxes, coupled with a rising stock market, threaten to hit U.S. fund shareholders particularly hard.
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Chardonnay-sayers proved wrong, as fine wine index hits new high after tanking in 2008
Take a look at a simple example and see under what circumstances an immediate annuity might be appealing.
Broker -- and candidate for the U.S. Senate -- says the latest government plan will further distort the underlying economics of the real estate market
HighTower Advisors LLC has hired another adviser from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC's ranks — despite facing a continuing “lift-out” lawsuit that Morgan Stanley brought against it last month.
HighTower Advisors LLC announced today that it has snapped up another team of advisers, this time from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
Move expected to occur during the second quarter, and will affect approximately 50,000 client accounts.
Under pressure from financial advisers who want to act as fiduciaries in 401(k) plans, Fidelity Investments plans to institute level 12(b)-1 mutual fund fees paid to advisers who sell the firm's plans.
Post-recession, the numbers of millionaires climbed to nearly 8 million. That still trails the all-time high of 9.2 million reached in 2007
Legislation allowing defined-contribution-plan participants to convert plan assets to an in-plan Roth account may be passed into law as soon as the end of next month.
Only about a quarter of respondents said they “strongly agree” or “agree” that the recession is over, and another quarter said the U.S. will remain in a prolonged economic downturn for the next two years
Fidelity Investments and Bank of America reported this week that conversions were way up over last year, while advisers at smaller outfits are also seeing an uptick in interest in Roth accounts
Alternative minimum tax your friend? Maybe -- at least when it comes to locking in lower tax rates when converting to a Roth individual retirement account
Although they have spent much of the year cutting costs, many advisory firms are planning to give raises to their employees next year.
The following is an edited transcript of an InvestmentNews.com webcast held in New York on March 9.
Unfortunately, many individuals are getting confused.
Randy Abeles from RSM McGladrey takes all of advisers' tax questions this week.
