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The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits next year, the first increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten to wipe out any increase in payments, leaving them without a raise for a third straight year.

A Southern California investment adviser has pleaded guilty to securities fraud for bilking elderly residents in a $6 million Ponzi scheme.

MetLife Inc. said Monday that its chief investment officer will become the insurance company's next president and CEO in May.

House Republicans want a halt to the SEC's proposal for a universal fiduciary standard for financial advisors and broker-dealers.

Cost-saving legislation would cut federal pensions for all new employees hired after 2012.

Californians think pensions for public workers are too generous.