Social Security
The top Social Security news, strategies and planning insights advisors can use to best serve clients.
AIG Faces Competition for Not-So-Distressed Damsels
By Arthur D. PostalAmerican International Group Inc. may have to fight other financial services firms for a chance to repurchase mortgage-backed securities it sold to a fund controlled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in November 2008.
March 21, 2011
We Need a Better FixIs the system broken? As a millennial, I am not on the cusp of retirement but if you pose this question to a boomer, they may have a more temporal answer.
March 21, 2011
Rejection of Securities America Settlement Has Wide-Ranging ImplicationsState securities regulators hail judge’s decision as protecting investors’ interests, but trouble looms for the broker-dealer, and perhaps for other BDs.
March 21, 2011
GDP, Home Sales, and Securities America: Advisor Briefing for the Week of March 21, 2011In addition to market-moving news from Libya, Japan and Europe, advisor interest will be sparked by Securities America's legal troubles and multiple reports on housing, retail sales and final GDP numbers for Q4 2010.
March 20, 2011
We Need a Better FixIs the system broken? As a millennial, I am not on the cusp of retirement but if you pose this question to a boomer, they may have a more temporal answer.
March 17, 2011
Securities Lending Experts Defend ArrangementsSecurities lending experts say regulators and retirement services providers should be able to fix the weaknesses in the current rules without restricting reasonable use of a valuable financial services tool.
March 15, 2011
White House to seniors: Be afraid of GOP cutsThe Obama administration is fighting back against the latest budget proposal by the Republican-led House by alerting seniors that their Medicare and Social Security payments may be at risk.
March 11, 2011
AIG to Buy $15.7 Billion in Securities from Federal ReserveAmerican International Group has offered to buy for $15.7 billion mortgage-backed securities held by the Federal Reserve Board Bank of New York.