Social Security
The top Social Security news, strategies and planning insights advisors can use to best serve clients.
State Regulators Say They Disrupted 220 COVID Scams
By Melanie WaddellThe schemes "often exploit trendy assets" such as cryptocurrencies or AI-related investments, a NASAA official said.
August 14, 2020
IRS Gives Families More Time to Get Their $500-Per-Child Stimulus PaymentsThe agency is trying to correct for glitches that prevented some families from collecting the payment.
August 10, 2020
Do Investors Really Understand the 5 Risks of Retirement?A researcher examines if adults over 50 rank the five types of financial risks the same way the empirical evidence says they should.
August 10, 2020
Trump's Payroll Tax Cut Could 'Drain Social Security Trust Fund'Sen. Wyden also says he's heard that states are going to "opt out" of Trump's unemployment plan.
August 07, 2020
Human Capital: Brad Campbell Details Oddities of DOL Fiduciary RuleIn this episode of Human Capital, we talk with Brad Campbell, former assistant secretary of the Labor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration, who's now a partner at FaegreDrinker in Washington.
August 04, 2020
How to Improve Women's Retirement Savings: BrookingsA Brookings paper outlines policies that could help women save more and get better retirement benefits.
August 03, 2020
SEC Charges South Florida Spouses With $500M ScamThe couple bilked investors in a scheme involving unregistered securities offerings, the regulator says.
July 31, 2020
Millennials Want to Hear More About Social Security Planning: NationwideThe younger participants were much more likely than Gen Xers to say they wanted to ask an advisor about claiming.