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Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
David A. Geracioti |
Save for Retirement, or Else No matter how you slice it, it's clear that in the future, personal savings will become the most important part of a retirees' income. Recently, Robert Pozen, chairman of MFS Investment Management, described what should be done to fix Social Security and entice workers to save.   |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Kathy Gevlin |
See Dick and Jane Retire...Without the Right Plan As baby boomers approach retirement, studies show a large majority of them are inadequately prepared for the financial planning challenges. Now's the time for planners to retool their retirement offerings to better meet consumers' needs. |
Registered Rep.
June 12, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Retirement Plan Participants Want Financial Planning When it comes to retirement planning, employees with 401(k)s and other defined contribution plans want more financial planning, and they aren't getting it through their retirement plans, according to a new report. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
James J. Green |
FPA's Barry Is Optimistic The fiduciary issue remains central to the Financial Planning Association's lobbying efforts, and it has publicly voiced support for extending the fiduciary standard to the broker community. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Glenn Hubbard |
How Bush's Plan Would Secure Social Security Reform can deliver individually owned retirement accounts, a more stable future for Social Security, and a continued commitment to low-income seniors. These issues may well dominate the domestic policy debate once President Bush reveals his plans. |
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? |
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. |
Financial Advisor
September 2012 |
Working Longer Greatly Improves Retirement Readiness Most people won't be prepared for retirement at age 65, but they will be by age 70, largely because of increased Social Security payments, concludes a report by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. |
Reason
April 2005
Glassman & Cowen |
The Death of Social Security Debating Bush's plan for private retirement accounts. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Social Security Reform? Wait Until Next Year If history is any guide, politicians will decide it is safer to put off until tomorrow what they could do today, especially with such a hot issue. In addition, the war on terrorism continues to occupy much of Washington's attention... |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 31, 2005
Jim Heskett |
Summing Up: Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer? Responses concerning reform of the U.S. social security system ranged from those suggesting that the reform should be labeled a tax and approached head-on, to those proposing that it be regarded as an investment program. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2009 |
Five Questions with Alicia Munnell Alison Munnell has been on the President's Council of Economic Advisers and worked as an assistant secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy. She speaks here about retirement planning. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
James J. Green |
FPA, Coalition for Financial Planning Remain Upbeat Despite uncertainty over fiduciary standard, optimism reigns within planner groups. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper - The Danger in Default Options Default investment options with higher risk exposures can cause two negative outcomes: plan attrition, where participants lose capital soon after enrolling and become disillusioned; and/or plan participants suffer heavy losses in capital shortly before retirement. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2005
John Reeves |
Opportunity Knocks President Bush wants to reform Social Security. What does that mean for your retirement? |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Out of Focus The FPA's Recommendations on Future Regulation needs clarification. |
Financial Advisor
July 2005 |
Frontline News Advisors Who Market Their Business Do Better, Study Finds... New Pershing Unit To Work With RIAs... FPA Members Strongly Favor Social Security Reform... Economy Tops Terror As Chief Fear Of Affluent, Survey Says... etc. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
James J. Green |
Numerology: Worried, but Staying Put A new survey finds that retirement plan participants at colleges, universities, and post-secondary schools are nervous about living comfortably in retirement. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2011
Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
FPA: Let's Get Political From Dodd-Frank to new taxes on professional services, lawmakers are increasingly making and suggesting changes that could dramatically impact planners and their clients. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2006
D.D. Ismail |
Legislative Update The following issues affecting commercial real estate remain open for resolution in the 109th congressional session: Banks in Real Estate... Tax Reform... Health Plan Legislation... |
Inc.
January 2006
Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2012
Scott Wenger |
Editor's View: FP has a new Retirement Advisor Index FP s new Retirement Advisor Confidence Index will help planners gauge industry business conditions |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 7, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
How to Profit From Government Reform Proposed reforms on taxes and other issues will have winners and losers. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2013 |
Advisor Optimism Hits New High Sentiment climbs, buoyed by big increases in retirement planning activity and fees. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Are You a Bad Investor? Learning about investing and financial planning isn't always easy, but it's part of being a responsible adult member of society. Workers owe it to themselves to take advantage of the numerous options at their disposal to help them make the most of their savings. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Social Security Is Saved! By not relying too much on resources that may not be there for you in the future, you can ensure that you'll enjoy your retirement years no matter what. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Healthcare Reform and You The new healthcare law brings changes in taxes, investing, annuities, and health savings accounts. |
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. |
| CFO |
Mutually Acceptable To former Fidelity investments vice chairman Robert Pozen, the key to both social security reform and correcting Enron-style retirement plan ills is the same: diversification... |
CFO
August 1, 2002
Kris Frieswick |
Honey, I Shrunk The 401(k) The bear market has clobbered 401(k) accounts -- and could spark a revival of defined benefit plans. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper The fund industry often analyzes the performance of target-date funds using incorrect assumptions about participant behavior. Investors contribute less to funds, and contribute more erratically, than is generally believed. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Conversation Obligation Involving the client in retirement planning helps grow advisors' business. |
Registered Rep.
July 12, 2011
Mark Miller |
About the Future of Those Social Security Benefits Although most agree Social Security benefits will be paid as projected for today's seniors and most boomers approaching retirement, many discount the projections for younger workers. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Save for Retirement, or Else There are no easy solutions to the retirement savings problem. Down under, saving isn't a choice. It's the law. For Americans, you need to plan for your own retirement future without government-sponsored private accounts to assist you. |
Investment Advisor
December 2006 |
The Retirement Education Revolution As more planners look to serve the baby boomer generation, they are beginning to integrate retirement education into their financial planning practices through workshops, newsletters, content on their Web sites, and free consultations. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Glenn Hubbard |
Social Security: Pick the Best Part of Every Plan The real question should be how to design a Social Security system that builds on the program's success in lifting seniors out of poverty while helping all Americans prepare for retirement. One idea: A guaranteed minimum benefit for low-income seniors. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2012
Mark Miller |
New Focus on Small Workplace Retirement Plans Means Lower Fees, Opportunity for RIAs The spoils of the 401(k) market have always gone to the large players -- big retirement plan providers providing the best, most efficient plans to big plan sponsors. But small is starting to look beautiful. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2011
Danielle Reed |
Alternative Benefits Defined benefit plans have relied on a much broader range of asset classes and have historically outperformed defined contribution plans, says Bill McDermott, head of defined contribution services at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011
Cameron Short |
The Doctor Is In And Needs Retirement Planning The threat of the Bush tax cuts expiring in 2010 prompted many high-net-worth individuals to review their qualified plans to ensure maximum income deferral capabilities. |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
James J. Green |
News & Products The Fidelity Research Institute reported that Americans are slightly better prepared for retirement... The American College hat New York Life Insurance Company is donating $2 million... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Add Horsepower to Your Retirement Starting your retirement plan late? Just because you've fallen behind, there's no reason to stay behind. Supercharge it with this two-step program. |
Investment Advisor
July 2006 |
Retirement Planning: News & Products Hoping to serve as a "catalyst for change," the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has some bleak news for Americans... MassMutual recently unveiled the Retirement Management Account (RMA)... etc. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010 |
Wall Street Reform's Winners and Losers Financial reform expert Ilan Moscovitz talks about the effect of reform on banking. |
Registered Rep.
September 18, 2012
Mark Miller |
Advisors, plan sponsors falling short on Social Security advice Most Americans need help when it comes to understanding how to get the most out of their Social Security benefits. But a new study shows that financial advisors aren't very knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the program, either. |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
Social Security: A Trial Balloon That's Dropping Fast Bush's hints about higher payroll taxes as part of Social Security reform spook supporters and don't sway Dems. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Demystifying the Social Security "Crisis" Whichever end of the political spectrum they're on, politicians have a tendency to cloud the issues in order to promote their political interests. But there are relatively simple solutions to the looming social security problem. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Grove & Prince |
The Affluent And The Federal Estate Tax For America's taxpayers and the politicians who represent them, few issues are as controversial and contentious as the federal estate tax. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2013
Mark Miller |
Testing Two Retirement "Truisms" The consequences of living longer and a fragile Social Security trust fund on real world retirement plans are more significant than you think. |
