Legislation moving through Congress that would sharply limit what kinds of advisers can counsel 401(k) participants should not be passed, Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., said today.
The elimination of the income limit on Roth IRA conversions starting next year could lead to a “Roth revolution,” according to David Polstra, a partner at the advisory firm Brightworth Private Wealth Counsel.
Dangle some cash and a lot of people are happy to turn in their employers for cheating on their taxes.
Pennsylvania's insurance department today filed petitions to liquidate embattled long-term care insurer Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co. and American Network Insurance Co.
Four senior citizens in Florida who were scammed into purchasing “inappropriate” equity indexed deferred annuities have had a combined $1.2 million returned to them by the state's chief financial officer, Alex Sink, according a statement from Florida's Department of Financial Services.
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The majority of investors who work with advisers are not aware that income limits associated with the conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA will be lifted in January, according to a survey conducted by Fidelity Investments.
The insurance industry predicts a new boom in variable annuities as tax deferral takes the spotlight in the near future, but financial advisers and broker-dealers aren't convinced that this will help products fly off the shelves again.
Same market, different outcome.
The Insured Retirement Institute last week chose James A. Shepherdson, executive vice president of Axa Equitable, as the group's chairman.
National ratings agencies received criticism yesterday at a meeting of the insurance industry for their failure to properly rate residential mortgage-backed securities prior to the crisis.
Regulators and legislators clashed with members of the life settlements industry at a congressional hearing today that focused on the risks and merits of life settlements securitization.
Retirees and pre-retirees remain skeptical about the likelihood of recovering their portfolio losses, and they are keeping financial advisers at arms' length, according to an informal survey.
A North Carolina insurance agent and former registered representative was arrested yesterday and faces embezzlement charges for allegedly duping a 90-year-old woman into signing away her annuities.
A financial adviser from northwest Arkansas said he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joining an increasingly crowded field of GOP hopefuls.
Insurance broker and consulting firm Marsh & McLennan Cos. said Monday that it will extend President and CEO Brian Duperreault's contract an additional three years to Jan. 29, 2014.
Client-centric marketing tactics and a more emotional approach are key to financial advisers' efforts to distinguish themselves from their competition, a tele-savvy adviser said today at the Insured Retirement Institute's annual conference in Boston.
The Insured Retirement Institute today chose James A. Shepherdson, executive vice president of Axa Equitable, as the group's chairman.
California's attorney general said Thursday his office is investigating Wall Street's big credit rating agencies to determine what role they may have played in the collapse of the financial markets.
