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Financial Advisor September 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Whose Advice Is It Anyway? A provision of the Pension Protection Act would directly impact the financial planning field by encouraging employers to provide advisors for their 401(k) participants. But who exactly will be doling out that advice?  |
Registered Rep. August 18, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
The Pension Protection Act of 2006. Hooray! Pension Protection Act of 2006, which President Bush signed into law, allows Series 7-holders to provide advice to 401(k) plan participants and directs the Secretary of Labor to issue a class exemption for advice provided to IRA holders.  |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Some Good News on Pensions Advisors praise the new Pension Act.  |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Savita Iyer |
Taking Advantage of the Pension Protection Act Financial advisors need to understand fully what the Pension Protection Act means and how it pertains to their business.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 David Liebrock |
Mining 401(k) Gold Small- and mid-sized companies are looking for help with their retirement plans. Here's how to reach out to this untapped market.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Deciphering the Rules of Retirement Advice Title VI of the the Pension Protection Act, far from being a clear-cut signal for reps to dive into the retirement advice business, does, however, open the door wider to advice giving.  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Trolling for 401(k) Treasure Congress is expected to enact new pension legislation that would make it easier for financial advisors to work with participants in company retirement programs.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Bookshelf Best Practices for 401(k) Investment Committees by Rocco DiBruno explores the federal legislation that governs employer-sponsored plans and explains tricky rules about investment options and the fiduciary obligations in play.  |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Mary Rowland |
Rough Road The rules on providing investment advice to 401(k) plan participants have been shifting, and the end of the controversy is not in sight.  |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Leading the Way This year is shaping up into one in which advisors will have to stay compliant with a plethora of retirement planning rules and regs if they expect to stay firmly rooted in the retirement planning arena -- and doing what's best for their clients.  |
Registered Rep. May 28, 2003 Ross Tucker |
A Greater Hand For Advisors In 401(k) Business Pending legislation could clear the way for advisors with 401(k) business to sell financial advice to plan participants.  |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Karen DeMasters |
A New Game Rule changes in 2010 for retirement plans offer advisors opportunity to help employers and their workers.  |
Entrepreneur December 2006 |
Advise Advisory Hiring fiduciary advisors for your employees.  |
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Bo Bohanan |
Do You Really Want To Be A 401(k) Consultant? It is fairly easy to spot the advantages and opportunities of working in this marketplace. But, not all of the pitfalls are as evident.  |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Pension Reform Bill Near? Lawmakers failed to unveil the much-anticipated compromise bill on pension reform before leaving for spring break, which means the unveiling of a final bill could likely drag out for some time.  |
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Elizabeth Wine |
Financial Advisors Turn to the 401(k) Market for More Business Advisors look to 401(k) plans as fertile ground for business.  |
Registered Rep. March 2, 2010 John Aidan Byrne |
New Rules For 401k Advice The White House has proposed rules that require advisors to either use independent computer models that spit out advice, or else avoid steering workers into funds to which they are tied or that pay them a fee based on their recommendation.  |
Financial Advisor June 2012 |
LPL Financial Launches Rollover Program LPL Financial is launching a new platform to help advisors increase their retirement business by serving more individuals rolling over their 401(k) plans.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
You Gotta Have a Plan By itself, a retirement plan sponsored by a small business or a professional practice might be modest, with $1 million or less in assets. By pursuing several plans, though, advisors may discover that "real money" is attainable.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell |
The BIG Fix Familiar as 401(k)s are, planners love to hate them, and they'll readily cite long lists of faults with the plans themselves, as well as the way the $2.8 trillion 401(k) industry operates.  |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 |
401(k)s Coming Your Way? Big Blue announced that it has hired Fidelity Investments and The Ayco Company to offer financial advice to its U.S. employees. IBM's move may be a first for a major U.S. company. That's good news for financial advisors.  |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Kara P. Stapleton |
Retirement News & Products Recent research by the Investment Company Institute found that despite a 40% drop in the U.S. stock markets, the vast majority of U.S. workers who invest for retirement via 401(k) plans are staying the course.  |
AFP eWire August 7, 2006 |
IRA Rollover Close to Final Approval The Senate passed a pension reform bill containing the IRA rollover provision and other charitable giving incentives, as well as a series of charitable reforms.  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
A Friendlier 401(k) How many investors and employers will embrace this latest way to save for retirement remains an open question, the new Roth retirement plan offers numerous benefits for the right clients -- and for brokers, too.  |
Investment Advisor December 2009 |
Walking the Fiduciary Line on Retirement Retirement plans and their participants may need to use separate advisors who are separate fiduciaries, devoid of the potential for conflicts.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Lawson & Bloom |
A Hybrid Future Financial advisers should learn how the new DB(k) plan could make retirement offerings easier and more affordable for small-business owners.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plan Advisor: Reform is in the Air Officials in Washington expect Congress to pass legislation early this year that would shore up the nation's ailing pension system and provide tax breaks to encourage retirement savings.  |
Investment Advisor November 2006 |
Now and Then When it comes to plowing through the complexities that are associated with retirement planning, advisors need all the help they can get. Fidelity looks ahead to dominate retirement planning now.  |
Financial Advisor May 2007 Ken Ziesenheim |
Diamonds In The Rough The new Pension Protection Act offers opportunities for financial advisors, if you know where to dig.  |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey |
Are The Retirement Waters Now Murkier? A 40-page document of new regulations from the Department of Labor sets out to ease the challenges of offering investment advice to retirement plan participants and to lessen any conflicts of interest.  |
Registered Rep. October 22, 2002 Rick Weinberg |
Merrill to Reps: Go Get 401(k) Business Merrill Lynch advisors are now going to offer participants in Merrill-run retirement plans specific buy and sell recommendations. Indeed, participants may elect to turn over all investment decisions to Merrill advisors.  |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 |
Confronting the F Word Experts suggest that reps who ultimately become fiduciaries will require additional training. Simply holding various series licenses is probably not going to cut it. There are now more options than just a few years ago.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Do Pensions Beat 401(k)s? A recent study shows that investors aren't doing as well on their own and underscores the need for employees to understand and take full advantage of their retirement plan options.  |
Entrepreneur November 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Dish It Out Pension offerings continue to dissolve, but new laws reward employers whose workers pump up their 401(k)s.  |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: News & Products A new report by has found that practices are experiencing significant growth in serving retirement income clients as planners, brokers, and RIAs express heightened concern with managing investment risk for these investors.  |
Investment Advisor August 2005 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plan Advisor: The Capitol Solution Washington lawmakers are rolling out bills meant to untangle retirement's financial knot.  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 E. Thomas Foster Jr. |
Seek Opportunities to Help Employers With Retirement Plans Financial advisors whose business clients sponsor 401(k) or other defined contribution plans can provide critical assistance in helping educate both plan sponsors as well as participants in making the most of their retirement plans.  |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Pension Reform and You A new law will change the way you save for retirement. Assuming that the act is signed into law, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 will provide savers with more options and greater assurance than the current set of incentives.  |
Investment Advisor April 2007 James J. Green |
Retirement Planning Balancing Act Being a financial advisor who focuses on selling and servicing corporate 401(k) plans is a matter of balance.  |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Marla Brill |
Under Pressure Financial advisors who provide services to businesses with 401(k) plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act have a new reason to review fiduciary practices and double-check professional liability insurance.  |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Kara P. Stapleton |
Win Over Those Rollovers There's a big business in moving clients to IRAs, the Cerulli Edge Retirement Edition study suggests.  |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Congress to Tackle Pension Funding, Investment Advice Congressional action on two key areas of retirement planning -- defined benefit funding and investment advice -- are expected to come by year-end.  |
CFO May 1, 2007 Russ Banham |
To Rollover, or Not? Why retirees should think twice before shifting 401(k) assets into an IRA.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Fran Hawthorne |
Stepping Up Even when a client already has a retirement plan, a rep may find an opening by recommending a better one.  |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward.  |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Pension Reform and You How might the Pension Protection Act affect your pension?  |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning at Envestnet The former president of Ibbotson plans 401(k) advice platform for Envestnet Asset Management's newly established Retirement Services Group.  |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Melanie Waddell |
A Groundbreaker SEC's Rand report, of the broker/dealer and investment advisory industries will dominate the discussion among brokers and advisors in 2008.  |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Still Hammering Away Members of Congress are still hashing through a compromise bill on pension reform, and completed, the final bill may also include a provision on abolishing the estate tax.  |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Are You a 401(k) Screw-Up? Don't make any classic mistakes -- be a smart saver.  |