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Investment Advisor April 2010 Ron Pechtimaldjian |
Economy Alters Buys of LTC Insurance The age of purchasers of long-term care insurance in 2009 increased for the 55-and-older group over 2008. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Best Practices for Retirement Planning According to an in depth survey of experienced advisors who devoted a significant portion of their practices to retirement planning, demands from clients are driving the evolution of retirement services. |
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green |
Complex and Customized, but Also Disconnected Advisors must adapt the structure of their firms if they wish to succeed in attracting and retaining clients who are in or near retirement. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Melanie Waddell |
The Problems With Pensions Members of Congress and retirement experts are working feverishly to ensure that pension plan funding relief is enacted soon. |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Retirement Income a Riddle Advisors are still searching for best method to deliver retirement income. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 James J. Green |
Numerology: No One Way Researchers have discerned a number of core themes regarding how advisors are conducting retirement income planning. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Building Retirement Portfolios Now Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep. August 4, 2006 John Churchill |
Senate Passes Pension Bill to Bush The U.S. Senate passed the Pension Protection Act, which lawmakers hope will spur businesses to improve existing employer-sponsored retirement plans. There is also a special gift to financial advisors in the bill. |
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. |
Investment Advisor August 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News Retirement planning news from the House Education and Labor Committee, from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, and Jefferson National. |
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. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Gallant & Schneider |
Are We There Yet? No, But FAs Can Help. In Search of Retirement Income Many advisors mistakenly believe that retirement income clients are a diminishing asset, not recognizing that these clients tend to consolidate investments and to be more loyal. |
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 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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Catch Up How financial advisors can meet the challenge of keeping pace with their clients' retirement needs in a changing world. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Kara P. Stapleton |
Preparing for Gen Y A recent study found that members of Generation Y, those currently between the ages of 21 and 31, are more likely to say they will need to use their own financial resources for retirement. How can advisors prepare to help this group? |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Some Good News on Pensions Advisors praise the new Pension Act. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Juliette Fairley |
More 401(k) Avenues Demand is increasing for advisors who can help companies with their retirement plans. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse If a new survey is to be believed, advisors who help their clients with retirement planning -- and that's most of you -- will soon face a difficult choice: Change the way you service clients or watch your profits shrink. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 Melanie Waddell |
New IRS DB Funding Rules The Internal Revenue Service recently issued regulatory guidance on defined benefit pension plans that provides some needed relief for DB plan sponsors. |
Investment Advisor October 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
Slight Growth in RIAs The universe of registered investment advisors grew only slightly during the past year. |
Registered Rep. May 20, 2011 Diana Britton |
Fee-Only FAs Positioned Well to Capture Retirement Plan Assets Fee-only financial advisors are well-positioned to capture retirement plan clients because of their fee transparency and their business model's alignment with ERISA. |
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. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall |
Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Melanie Waddell |
Take Your Pick Retirement plan providers are tempting advisors with numerous products and services. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kevin Burke |
60 Seconds with...David Tyrie A short interview with the head of Putnam's retirement services unit, who works directly with 401(k) sponsors and financial advisors. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News & Products The latest on retirement. President Obama's 2010 budget includes initiatives to expand retirement savings by including automatic individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and an expanded Saver's Credit for retirement savings contributions. |
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. |
Registered Rep. June 28, 2011 Diana Britton |
Putnam: Advice Plays Large Role in Retirement Readiness Individuals who receive professional financial advice are more likely to be prepared for retirement, no matter what their income level is, according to a recent survey. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Jack W. Callahan |
Embrace Change Advisors have to adapt their practices to accommodate retiring clients. |
Investment Advisor October 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
Retirement Plan Advisor: What's Old is New Traditional defined benefit (DB) plans are getting a new lease on life. There is an opportunity for advisors to help clients who own small businesses to set up a DB plan. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 John Churchill |
Retirement Class Making a profit in smaller qualified retirement plans has been difficult for advisors because of high costs. However, it's gotten easier in the past couple years, thanks to the emergence of "R" shares, or retirement shares. |
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. |
Financial Advisor October 2, 2009 |
Advisor Emporium Products of interest to advisors: LPL Launches retirement plan program... MassMutual captures retirement sales... Morristown Financial Group is launching Advisor AdvantEDGE... SAM adds sustainable investments... EPH China fund is created... more... |
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. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
The Retirement Puzzle Serving retirees might be a lot less profitable than most financial planners imagine. There are certainly opportunities in catering to this wealthy crowd, but only if you know where to look. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: An Asset to Planning According to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, asset-based LTC insurance is on the rise. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Polls: Current Financial Concerns Trump Planning for Retirement The glum outlook for American retirement appeared little improved with the release this week of two separate reports that showed continued worker skepticism about their prospects. |
On Wall Street January 1, 2011 Matthew Leung |
The New State Of Social Security Less than one-third of clients know how much they will need to save to supplement social security benefits during retirement. Even fewer clients know what their spouse's Social Security benefits will be. |
Registered Rep. March 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
EBRI Study: Americans More Pessimistic About Retiring Well, Fewer Going To Advisors Saving for retirement, and using a financial advisor to provide help in planning for the golden years, are a low priority for American workers, an annual survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute says today. |