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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell
Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2010
Melanie Waddell
Cover Story: Custom Job All signs point to 2010 as the year in which many substantive retirement planning reforms will either be cemented or set into motion by Congress and the Obama Administration. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Lewis Schiff
The Affluentialist: Building Retirement Portfolios Now Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien
The New Fiduciaries LPL and Fiduciary360 educate advisors on retirement consulting in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 era. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
December 1, 2012
Richard T. Mason
Changing the Retirement Readiness Game Employees are seeking financial guidance and increasingly looking to their employers as a resource for retirement planning. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Juliette Fairley
More 401(k) Avenues Demand is increasing for advisors who can help companies with their retirement plans. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Jack W. Callahan
Embrace Change Advisors have to adapt their practices to accommodate retiring clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2009
James J. Green
Solutions for the New Retirement Reality Sobering words, yes, but opportunities as well noted at retirement symposium. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2007
William Glasgall
The New Retirement Wave Planners will need to seek innovative ways to help keep the baby boomers from exhausting their nest eggs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 16, 2010
Alan Lavine
Growth Opportunities: Immediate Annuities And Qualified Retirement Plans There's a window of opportunity for financial advisors to build business: They can use annuities available in 401k plans to help workers with their post-retirement income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2007
Savita Iyer
DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker The relative lack of corporate advisors is a result of inertia on the part of plan sponsors; despite pronouncing themselves dissatisfied with their retirement plans, plan sponsors do not take the easy step of finding a new advisor. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
November 1, 2010
Gallant & Schneider
Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell
Drivers of Annuity Sales Assets in annuities will jump to $2.9 trillion by 2012 -- a compound annual growth rate of 7.9% -- sparked by demographic trends and product development that addresses both guaranteed income and principal protection. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Melanie Waddell
DOL Floats Advice Proposals The Department of Labor recently announced two proposed rules under the Pension Protection Act designed to make investment advice more accessible for millions of Americans in 401(k)-type plans and individual retirement accounts. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell
More Annuities Used in Income Portfolios Advisors are increasingly turning to annuities to help cover their clients' basic needs in retirement. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca
Annuities From Bust to Boom With roughly 76 million baby boomers set to retire, the insurance industry could be poised to significantly grow its annuity market. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
February 1, 2008
Russ Banham
Exit Strategies How companies can help retiring employees smooth the transition from savers to consumers. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
November 1, 2008
Elizabeth Wine
Seeking Unsexy Annuities Annuities have received a bad rap of late for their high fees and confusing contracts. But as other investments tank, clients are once again looking for guaranteed income streams from their portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2007
William Glasgall
Income For Life? Well, We Hope So. A look at new products that are supposed to create "personal pensions" for your clients: Dividends Galore With ETFs... Mutual Funds Aim For Payouts... Advisors Warm To Immediate Annuities... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell
Figuring Out Fiduciary What, exactly, does fiduciary advisor mean? How can an advisor know for sure if he's fulfilling his fiduciary obligations? Are there any real guidelines? mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
February 2007
Melanie Waddell
Clear Road Ahead Commonwealth's retirement platform, Preferred Portfolio Services Retirement Solutions, keeps financial advisors compliant with ERISA and PPA. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 12, 2011
Diana Britton
Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
CFO
December 1, 2009
Randy Myers
A Question of Balance The much-maligned 401(k) plan is being beefed up. So are the penalties for failing to manage it well. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2008
Marla Brill
Great Expectations The latest version of retirement income funds from Fidelity and Vanguard mark the mutual fund industry's most ambitious effort yet to remove much of the decision-making associated with retirement investment and distribution planning. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
May 2007
That's Not How I Read PPA Letters to the editor: DOL Requires More Due Diligence for 401(k) Advisors... You say adviser, we say advisor... Corrections... mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz
Are the Times Changing? A new study shows that 75% of advisors say they provide a written plan for their clients' retirement planning. Read on to see more specifically what they are doing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Melanie Waddell
ETFs for 401(k)s Are OK Plan sponsors should refrain from using stable value funds as default options in 401(k) plans. Plan sponsors should instead offer participants an option that provides long-term growth, like a mutual fund that invests in ETFs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Mary Rowland
The Fountain Of Extended Longevity Increasing life expectancies are -- or should be -- changing fundamental financial planning. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Melanie Waddell
Target Date: Now The future is very bright for the already popular lifecycle funds. Industry experts predict that investment advisors will continue to boost lifecycle funds' popularity. mark for My Articles similar articles
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003
How Much Money Will You Need for Retirement? More Than You Think What you don't know can't hurt you, according to the old saying. When it comes to retirement planning, though, the old saying doesn't apply. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2007
Tracey Longo
What's Your Retirement Brand? Unless you're branding yourself a retirement income planning specialist and it's clear in clients' minds you're going to do retirement income planning for them, your client relationships honestly may be in peril. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Matthew Leung
Here Today, Here Tomorrow - New Sources Of Income For Retirement It's official. Pensions and social security are no longer viewed as the primary sources of retirement income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Thomas Scott
What An Airline Crash Taught Me About Retirement Planning It doesn't take a catastrophic crash to cause significant injuries, in an airliner or in a retirement plan. As advisors, how can we best assure our clients will have an adequate income stream for their lifetimes? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2013
Ilana Polyak
For Advisors, a Big 401(k) Opportunity As regulatory scrutiny of plans increases, advisors are in the sweet spot to capture new business. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Jim Frederick
Building A Moat Advisors give longevity insurance another look as clients face longer life spans and financial anxiety. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2007
Len Reinhart
Longevity Insurance Wealthy baby boomers fear outliving their money, but they want more than immediate annuities. For financial advisors, there are three action points to follow to help ensure your clients' peace of mind. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2010
Alan Lavine
New Opportunities With 401(k)s Participants are making asset allocation mistakes, even though most plans offer a good selection of investment options. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Melanie Waddell
Retirement Plan Advisor: The Income Conundrum To address retirees' income issue head on, financial services executives have joined up to launch a new trade group, the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA). mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles