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- Why Aligning Retirement Benefits and Employee Needs Matters
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- Bill to Include RI Teachers in Social Security to Receive Further Study
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- Chamber of Commerce Challenges Non-Compete Ban
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- 401GO Raises $12M Series A Funding Led by Next Frontier Capital
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- Hartogensis’ Term as PBGC Director Ends
- 8 Important Changes in DOL’s Final Fiduciary Rule
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- Advisor360 Names Mike Fanning CEO
- Nominations Now Accepted for the 2025 ASPPA Leadership Council
- Surprising Retirement Considerations
- FTC Votes Through Noncompete Rule
- Eric Henderson Retiring as Head of Nationwide’s Annuity Business
- Betterment to Acquire Robo-Investing Accounts from Goldman Sachs
- Department of Labor Releases Final Investment Advice Fiduciary Rule
- Action Steps for Better Aligning Benefits and Employee Needs
- DOL ‘Abandoned Plans’ Guidance Moved Off OMB Dashboard
- DOL Issues Final Retirement Security Rule
- Investor Confidence Remains High as Election, Inflation Bring Unease
- New Fiduciary Suits, TDF Demographics and a Prudent Process Primer
- Nuts & Bolts: Creating a Tax-Efficient Retirement Income Strategy
- Fidelity Launches Hub to Assist Advisers’ Organic Growth Strategies
- Advisory M&A News – 4/22/24
- DOL to Release Final Investment Advice Fiduciary Rule on Tuesday
- Wealth Management Sector and M&A Robust in 2024
- Judge (Mostly) Dismisses Motion to Dismiss 403(b) Excessive Fee Suit
- ‘Retirement Fluency’ Not Evolving
- Aligning Retirement Benefits and Employees’ Needs
- How Retirement Fluency and Retirement Confidence Go Hand in Hand
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- No ‘Magic’ in These 401(k) Retirement Numbers
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/18/24
- FY 2023 a ‘Transitional Year’ for the IRS, Says Werfel
- CAPTRUST M&A Head Benton Leaving Firm
- Pre-Retirees Say Retirement at 65 Is Not Possible
- Moving Beyond One-Size Fits All Benefits
- Vanguard to Exit Individual 401(k) Business with Ascensus Deal
- IRS Extends Relief on Inherited IRA 10-Year Rule Enforcement
- Product & Service Launches – 4/18/24
- Ted Benna Joins Salt Labs as Strategic Adviser
- Two-thirds of ‘Peak Age’ Boomers Face Retirement Risk
- Rebutting 7 Retirement Income Concerns
- Su Defends DOL Budget Request at House Hearing
- Vermont, Colorado to Partner on VT Saves
- Calls to Eliminate WEP, GPO Grow in Congress
- Inflation Concerns Still Impacting Retirement Planning Decisions
- Addressing Missing Participants: The Why and the How
- Product Partnerships – 4/17/24
- Couples Share Financial Trust, Lack Planning
- Three Plan Advisers on the Convergence
- DOL Asks Plan Administrators to Provide Participant Data for Lost and Found
- HSAs: Holistic Education and Targeted Outreach
- Ascensus to Acquire Vanguard’s Small Retirement Plan Business
- IRS Issues Guidance on Certain RMDs for 2024
- Victory to Acquire Amundi’s $104B U.S. Division
- NewRetirement, With $20M In Hand, Targets Workplace
- DOL Turns to Recordkeepers for Help with Lost and Found Database
- Advisory M&A News – 4/15/24
- Citi Global Wealth CIO Stepping Down
- Despite Prudent Process, BC Summary Judgment Motion Comes Up (Somewhat) Short
- How the Saver’s Match Could Promote Financial Inclusion: Study
- ARA’s NOW Mentoring Program Set to Create Diversity Opportunities in Retirement Space
- Wharton’s Guillen Explains the Senior Workforce Resurgence
- Assessing Threats to the Private Retirement Plan System
- Corporate DB Plan Funding Status Continues To Rise
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/12/24
- Inflation’s Continued Impact on Savers
- Heightened Activity on CITs in the Wake of SECURE 2.0, CRS Notes
- Evaluating HSA Providers
- Small Plan Growing Pains
- High-Deductible Health Plan Opportunities and Challenges
- Product & Service Launches – 4/11/24
- OIRA Finishes Retirement Security Proposal Review, Final Rule Incoming
- Participants’ Interest Top Priority in Bill on GA Gov’s Desk; Louisiana Next?
- Nominations Now Accepted for American Retirement Association’s 2025 Board of Directors
- Fiduciary Training for Female Advisers
- OMB Concludes Fiduciary Rule Review, DOL Release Expected Soon
- Breaking: OMB Concludes Fiduciary Rule Review, DOL Release Expected Soon
- Higher Rates May Not Equal Higher Corporate Pension Returns
- Climate Disclosure Rule Could Have Unforeseen Compliance Risks, Lawyers Warn
- House Dems Urge ‘Swift Review’ of DOL’s Retirement Security Rule
- Auto Enroll for Hawaii Retirement Savings Program One Step Closer
- Starting with the Emotional Side of Finance
- Can ChatGPT Be Your ERISA Counsel?
- Carson Group Founder and CEO Steps Down
- 4 Habits of Successful Plan Advisers
- PEP Pros and Cons
- Mild Ides of March for DB Plans
- Central States Returning Controversial $127 Million SFA Payment to PBGC
- Evaluating a Retirement Income ‘Easy Button’
- Partnering On In-Plan Advice
- Talk Less, Listen More
- Pontera Adds 3 Execs With 401(k) Industry Experience
- Nobody is Concerned About PLESA Match Abuse, Apparently
- EBSA Head Gomez Explains Fiduciary Rule, Cybersecurity
- Advisory M&A News – 4/8/24
- DOL At Work on Finalizing Definition of Retirement Investment Advice
- NAPA Head Warns of 401(k) Revenue Grab by Policymakers
- Securing Coverage in the Ocean State
- Student Loan Forgiveness: A Closer Look
- ‘Magic Number’ for Retirement Rises Faster Than Inflation
- Investment Firms Reportedly Overlooking AI as a Cybersecurity Risk
- Investor Satisfaction With Online Brokerages Flatlines
- LeafHouse, iJoin and ARS Launch Managed Account With Lifetime Income TDF
- SEC Pushes Pause on Climate Disclosure Rule Amid Legal Challenges
- Senvest Charged $6.5M by SEC for Off-Channel Communications
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/5/24
- Nuts and Bolts: Form 5500s
- Advisers Giving Back: Rickie Taylor
- Insurance Group Calls for Public Comment Period on IB 95-1
- Lincoln Financial Expands PEP Offerings to 401(k) and 403(b) Plans
- Product & Service Launches – 4/4/24
- The Spring 2024 Issue of Plan Consultant Is Now Online!
- Intellicents’ Budd On Financial Planning As the Next Workplace Benefit
- Product Partnerships – 4/3/24
- DoorDash Pilots Portable Benefits Savings Program for Pennsylvania Dashers
- Definiti Launches Adviser-Focused Program
- Alaska, Wisconsin Next Up for State-Run Plans?
- DOL Extends Time for SECURE 2.0 Reporting, Disclosure Comments
- Nevin & Fred: Could a Predominant PEPs Prediction Prove Positive?
- Alera Group Leaning Into Small Market, Startup Plan Creation
- American Retirement Association, Ceres File Amicus Brief to Uphold DOL’s ESG Rule
- DOL Releases Final Amendment to QPAM Exemption
- Court Finds BP Buried Negative Impacts of Cash Balance Conversion
- DOL Creates More Ways for QPAMs to Be Disqualified
- OneDigital, Creative Planning Announce Texas Acquisitions
- ‘Magic Number’ for Retirement Hits All-Time High
- Agencies Extend Comment Period on SECURE 2.0 Reporting and Disclosure Rules
- Social Security Administration Slashes Overpayment Withholding Rate
- MassMutual Excessive Fee Suit Struck Down
- ARA Submits Letter to DOL on Auto-Portability Proposed Regs and PTE
- Law Firm Finds Another 401(k) Plan to Slap with Forfeiture Fiduciary Breach Suit
- Chamber of Commerce, ERIC Ask DOL for Modifications to Auto-Portability Proposal
- Vanguard Surpasses BlackRock for Top Spot in Asset Management Brand Ranking
- Advisory M&A News – 4/1/24
- Tackling Cumbersome ‘Bac(k)’ Office Tasks
- Father of the 401(k) Is Planting a New Workplace Savings Idea
- Call for Guidance on Recordkeeping in the Electronic Age
- Munnell Proposes ‘Auto Adjustments’ to Address Social Security Shortfalls
- Is the 401(k) Really a ‘Horrible’ Retirement Plan?
- BlackRock CEO Fink: Why It’s ‘Time to Rethink Retirement’
- ‘Red Flags’ Ignored Says 401(k) Fiduciary Breach Suit
- IRA Rollovers Set to Grow, but by How Much?
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/29/24
- SEC Requires Internet Advisers to Be 100% Online
- Pension Risk Transfers Heat Up
- CITs Still Poised to Surpass Mutual Funds in Battle for Target Date Assets
- Washington State Auto-IRA Latest to Become Law
- Product & Service Launches – 3/28/24
- Cambridge Expects $500,000 Fine for Promised Fee Waiver Failures
- The Evolving Workscape - WiR Third Thursdays Podcast
- BlackRock’s Non-ESG Funds Are Still ESG, Mississippi Order Says
- Ascensus to Acquire Mutual of Omaha’s 401(k) Business
- Empower to Launch Startup 401(k) Plan Solution
- Private Equity’s Role Continues, With Shifts, in Retirement/Wealth Convergence
- Dynamic Start to the Year for Pension Funds
- flexPATH Fends Off Another Schlichter Suit
- Managing a Team Through Transition
- Committee Proposed to Study Peach State Saves Program
- AllianceBernstein Beats Back Proprietary Fund Suit
- Legislation to Restrict ESG Investing in Retirement Plans Resurfaces
- SageView Names New CFO, Adds Chief Growth Officer
- SPARK Elects New Governing Board Officers
- Key SECURE 2.0 Provisions to Look Out for Right Now
- Merrill Advisers Offering BofA Clients Retirement Income Management
- Hello to you, ASEA!
- Grateful for ASEA and Looking Ahead for 2024
- ASEA Academy Is Here!
- NYSBA Urges Passage of Law That Protects Public Employee Pensions for Surviving Spouses
- BlackRock’s Fink Calls for Retirement System Rethink in Annual Letter
- Is the 401(k) Really a ‘Horrible’ Retirement Plan?
- Advisers Giving Back: Mike Devlin and the Village of Tanyigbe
- DOL Defends ESG Rule Against 5th Circuit Appeal
- Millennials, Gen Z Triple Financial Wealth Since 2019
- Advisory M&A News – 3/25/24
- Former Fidelity Private Wealth Head Joins Empower’s Wealth Division
- Can Plan Design Changes Close the Racial and Gender Savings Gap?
- flexPATH Fends Off Another Schlichter Suit
- Judge Rules for Molina, flexPATH in ERISA Case
- 4 Bipartisan Bills Would Restrict Investment in China
- Recordkeeping in the Electronic Age: Guidance and Education, Please
- Recordkeeping in the Electronic Age
- Here’s Why It Pays to Have a Financial Plan for Retirement
- Do Roth and 401(k) Pre-Tax Holders Really Spend Differently?
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/22/24
- Legislation Calls for Retirement Plan Marketplace in Wisconsin
- PBGC Updates Interest Rates Relevant to Valuation, Compliance
- Race, Gender Disparities Still Evident in Retirement Account Balances
- HSA Balances See Upward Trend, Despite Increase Healthcare Spending
- SSA Acting to Address Improper Payments
- Social Security Administration to Relax Overpayment Clawback Rules
- Republicans Call for an Increase in Social Security Retirement Age
- Product and Service Launches – 3/21/24
- Frequent Contact, Plan Knowledge Can Help Advisers Earn Business
- Empower Announces Suite of Guaranteed Income Solutions For Retirement Plans
- GOP Proposes Bills to Require Longer SEC Comment Periods, Overturn Private Funds Adviser Rule
- PBGC Has ‘Turned Around’ Potential Crisis, Says Hartogensis
- Hawaii Retirement Savings Program Auto-Enroll Getting Closer
- Pension Risk Transfers Trigger New ERISA Litigation
- 2nd Lawsuit Filed Against AT&T Over PRT Deal
- Product Partnerships – 3/19/24
- What Market Abuses Are DOL’s Fiduciary Proposal Supposed to Prevent?
- Federal Appeals Court Pushes Pause on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule
- Pension Risk Transfers Trigger New ERISA Litigation
- Millennials Redefine Retirement as ‘Financial Independence’
- Core Menus Need to Evolve
- 2 Advisers Fined for ‘AI Washing’ Marketing Violations
- Good News: Automatic Enrollment Defaults Trending Higher
- Advisory M&A News – 3/18/24
- 5th Circuit Stays SEC Climate Disclosure Rule
- ‘Employment Extenders’ and What Their Proliferation Means for Retirement Plans
- Plan Advisors: Helping Plan Sponsors in Fiduciary Litigation While Protecting Yourself
- Plan Advisors: Help Plan Sponsors in Fiduciary Litigation While Protecting Yourself
- A Defined Contribution Defense—Rebutting Academia’s 401(k) Critics: DC Pension Geeks
- A Defined Contribution Defense—Rebutting Academia’s 401(k) Critics: DC Pension Geeks
- The ‘Luck’ of the Irish
- Age Is Just a Number? Millennials Will Retire ‘as Soon as Possible’
- Americans Living ‘More Intentionally’ in Retirement Post-Pandemic
- 401(k) World: The Litigators
- Mercer Completes Acquisition of Vanguard’s Outsourced Investment Officer Business
- FINRA’s Top Enforcement Issues of 2023
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/15/24
- Biden’s Budget Would Compel Distributions From Retirement Accounts Over $10M
- 19 States, Sierra Club Have Common Dispute: SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule
- Former Pension Plan Participants Sue Lockheed Over Athene Risk Transfer
- Product & Service Launches – 3/14/24
- How Americans’ Health Care Problems Affect Their Work
- Yale University Challenges Appeal in 403(b) Excessive Fee Suit
- Illinois Senate to Vote on Teachers’ Access to 403(b) Vendors
- Illinois Senate Vote on Teachers’ Access to 403(b) Vendors Looms
- Illinois Senate Vote on Teachers’ Access to 403(b) Vendors Ahead
- Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries Proposes Eliminating Physical Presence Rule for CPE Programs
- Financial Wellness: Implementation and Communication
- Why Defining Plan Goals is Key to Success
- Help ASPPA Develop the QKA® & QKS™ Exam Blueprint!
- IRS Expects to Fix Glitch Affecting Improperly Withheld Form 8955 Refunds
- Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Targets Back-Door Roths, ‘Excess Retirement Accumulations’
- PBGC Issues Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits for Q2
- Traditional Retirement Accounts Exhausted Faster Than Roths: Study
- Plan Sponsors NEED an Advisor—Here’s Why
- Little ‘Heartburn’ Over Georgia Bill on Investment of Public Retirement Plan Assets
- Georgia Committee Reports Bill on Investment of Public Retirement Plan Assets
- Hy-Vee Victorious in Summary Judgment Bid
- Employers, Employees Value Holistic Financial Planning
- Nepsis Expands Retirement Plan Division With Retirement Plan Specialist Add
- Most Americans Expect to Live Longer, Still Retire Around 67
- OneDigital’s AI Experiment: A ‘Cheppy’ for Everyone
- Biden Budget Would Eliminate Backdoor Roth Conversions, Consider Tax Change to Bolster Social Security
- Record Number of Participants Raised Deferral Rate in 2023, Vanguard Reports
- Advisory M&A News – 3/11/24
- Final Fiduciary Rule Goes to OIRA for Review
- Americans Expect Retirement Investment Advice to Be in Their Best Interest
- DOL Sends Fiduciary Rule to Office of Management and Budget
- DB’s Demise: ERISA’s Role in Killing Corporate Pension Plans
- A Penchant for Pensions?
- Modern Wealth Adds Retirement Plan Advisory via $1.2B Acquisition
- DOL Sends Fiduciary Rule to Office of Management and Budget
- House Passes Expanding Access to Capital Act
- The Standard Adds Personalized Managed Account Solution
- Washington State Poised to Adopt State Plan
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/8/24
- Biden State of the Union: Cut Junk Fees, Not Social Security
- Gensler Defends Predictive Analytics to Skeptical Audience
- Prudential, RGA Assume Verizon Pension Obligations of $5.9B
- House Passes Amendment That Would Allow CIT Use in 403(b) Plans
- Why Advisers Should Think of Social Security as a Fixed Asset Class
- New Data Show Women in Same-Sex Marriages Live Longer, Have Greater Retirement Planning Needs
- Broker/Dealers Will Be Required by SEC Rule to Disclose More Information on Execution Quality
- SEC Unlikely to Abandon Predictive Analytics Proposal, Says Outgoing Division Director
- House Approves Amendment to Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans
- Updated: House Approves Legislation to Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans
- Hot February for Pension Plans
- Bill Would Extinguish Illinois Secure Choice Red Tape for VFDs
- Call For Nominations for the Harry T. Eidson Founders Award
- How 401(k) Rollover Activity Fueled Recent IRA Growth
- Product & Service Launches – 3/7/24
- Retirement Savers Ended 2023 on a Positive Note
- Investment Advice to Plans and Participants and Litigation Risks
- $20B Club Plans’ Funded Statuses Declined Slightly in 2023
- SEC Approves Rule Requiring Public Companies to Disclose Climate Risk, Emissions
- Product Partnerships – 3/6/24
- Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Updated for 2024
- Community-Based Services Employees May Find a Home in Minnesota Secure Choice
- (More) Proof Prudence Prevails in 401(k) Litigation: Nevin & Fred
- Morgan Stanley Heads to Market With New Participant Education Program
- 401(k) World: Cyber Thieves
- Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Update Coming Soon, Says Official
- American Airlines Moves (Quickly) for Summary Judgment in ESG 401(k) Suit
- Financial Services Institute, Peers Challenge DOL’s Independent Contractor Rule
- 5 New Members Appointed to ERISA Advisory Council
- Aptia Announces Jeff Williams as US President
- Multi-Billion Dollar 401(k) Settles Excessive Fee Suit
- Advisers Face Obstacles to Incorporating Alternative Investments
- Employer Roth Contributions: Tips for Employers
- More Than 21.9M People Will Qualify for Saver’s Match, EBRI Says
- Advisory M&A News – 3/4/24
- How to Plan for Social Security Cuts
- Advisers Are Skeptical of AI’s Potential. This Economist Says It May Be at Their Own Loss
- Which Path to Social Security Solvency?
- Action Steps an Employer Can Take Support Gen Z in Saving
- Employers Challenged by Employee Compensation Expectations
- ‘Positive’ Thinking: Why Small Businesses That Offer a 401(k) Do So
- IAA and CFA Institute Conducting Survey on Marketing Rule Compliance
- IRA Assets Climb to $13T, With Rollovers Fueling Growth
- Electronic Investor Disclosure Legislation Advances in Congress
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/1/24
- Fiduciary Responsibility: Top Adviser Sees Continued Growth of 3(38) Services
- Fiduciary Responsibility: 3(38) Services Set to Increase
- Georgia Bill Addresses Investment of Retirement Plan Assets
- Prime Capital Announces Scholarship Fund Encouraging Women to Work in Finance
- Nuts & Bolts: Fiduciary Basics
- Vanguard CEO Buckley to Step Down This Year
- William Birdthistle Leaves SEC Post, to Be Replaced by Natasha Vij Greiner
- A Lively Defined Contribution Debate with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: DC Pension Geeks
- Georgia Bill Addresses Investment of Retirement Plan Assets
- Proprietary Fee Suit Strikes Settlement for $19 Million
- Product & Service Launches – 2/29/24
- American Airlines Moves (Quickly) for Summary Judgement in ESG 401(k) Suit
- American Airlines Moves (Quickly) for Summary Judgment in ESG 401(k) Suit
- Retirement Savings System Under Fire at Senate Hearing
- 401(k) World: DCIO Managers Adjust to Fee Pressures
- LIMRA, SPARK Partner on Retirement Plan Fraud Prevention
- Employee Well-Being Differs Significantly by Demographic
- Senate Committee Advances Julie Su’s DOL Nomination—Again
- ‘Exploding Market’ For 401(k)s May Help Shrink Coverage Gap
- Teresa Ghilarducci Confirms Proposal to Create Federal 401(k) Would Remove Employers from Retirement Saving System
- Teresa Ghilarducci Confirms Proposal to Create Federal 401(k) Would Remove Employers from Retirement Saving System
- Opportunity Knocks: ASPPA Seeks Speakers for 2024 Annual Conference
- Proprietary Fee Suit Strikes Settlement for $19 Million
- Why 529 Accounts’ Evolution Makes Them Stronger Tool for Advisers
- FlexPATH, Wood Group Beat TDF Selection-Based Lawsuit
- Creating an Exceptional Onboarding Experience for Your New 401(k) Clients
- New Voluntary Correction Rules Could Be Finalized Soon
- Fidelity 401(k) Millionaire Totals Rebound in Q4 2023
- Julie Su Faces 2nd Nomination Process to Head DOL
- Michigan Ponders State-Run Retirement Plan
- High Retirement Anxiety Continues Among Americans: Survey
- Breaking News: RPAG Prevails in flexPath Suit Brought by Schlichter
- Breaking News: flexPATH Prevails in Suit Brought by Schlichter
- Michigan Bill Proposes State Auto-IRA Program
- Toland, Finke to Launch Income Planning Tool to Visualize Withdrawal Options
- 401(k) World: Recordkeepers, Advisers and ‘Coopetition’
- Voya Creates Team Focused on Managed Accounts
- Personalized Financial Outreach Wins More Clients, per Broadridge
- Gen Z and Retirement Readiness: Room for Optimism
- Should a Federally Sponsored ‘Pension Dashboard’ Be Established?
- DOL Gets TRO Against TPA
- American Airlines Pilot’s 401(k) ESG Suit Clears Motion to Dismiss
- Advisory M&A News – 2/26/24
- What Advisers Should Know About ABLE
- Recordkeepers Are Leaning in On Managed Account Offerings
- A Lively Defined Contribution Debate with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: DC Pension Geeks
- 401(k) Forfeiture Fiduciary Breach Suit Now Targets Tetra Tech
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/23/24
- Retirement Plan Committees: Crucial Failsafe
- American Airlines Pilot’s 401(k) ESG Suit Clears Motion to Dismiss
- 401(k) World: Retirement Plan and Wealth Advisement
- Advisers Giving Back: Brad Holdhusen and the Father’s Club
- Asset Managers Should Adopt Holistic View of DC and Retail Markets
- Product and Service Launches – 2/22/24
- Senate HELP to Hold Hearing on Confronting the ‘Retirement Crisis’
- ARA Urges IRS to Permit Financial Incentives for Every Plan Participant
- Hub Launches Retirement Select PEP
- Regulation Best Interest and Individual Retirement Accounts
- HUB Unveils Small Business PEP to Expand Retirement Plan Access
- TIAA’s RetirePlus In-Plan Income Option Reaches $30B
- Product Partnerships – 2/21/24
- Encore Fiduciary Finds Inaccurate Fee Benchmarking In 401(k) Litigation
- Startup Salt Labs Seeks to Disrupt Savings Benefits for Hourly Workers
- It’s Time We Stopped Evaluating Managed Accounts from 2006
- 401(k) World: The Piggy Bank
- How to Counter the Latest Attacks on the 401(k) Savings System: DC Pension Geeks
- Follow the Plan, Stan! The Document, That Is
- Industry Asks IRS to Limit Automatic Features in Merged Plans
- NM Senate Ponders Equalizing Pensions of Teachers, Public Employees
- Closing the 401(k) Coverage Gap: The ‘Better’ Business Bureau
- DOL Gets TRO Against TPA
- Advisory M&A News – 2/20/24
- How to Counter the Latest Attacks on the 401(k) Savings System: DC Pension Geeks
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/16/24
- TIAA Subsidiary Settles With SEC for $2.2M on IRA Recommendation Charge
- Prudent Process Prevails (Again) in Proprietary Fund Suit
- House Lawmakers Debate Merits of DOL’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule
- Cintas Settles for $4 Million and ‘Change’ in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- EBSA Enforcement Recovers More Than $1.4B in FY 2023, But …
- Empower Reports Year-Over-Year Growth in Workplace, Wealth
- The Expansive Reach of the DOL’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule
- House Lawmakers Debate Merits of DOL’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule
- EBRI Appoints New Leaders to Board of Trustees
- Smaller Accounts, Insurance Product Impact Debated at Hearing on Fiduciary Proposal
- Product & Service Launches – 2/15/24
- Americans Saving More in 401(k)s and HSAs
- Consultants Advise Plan Fiduciaries to Vet DC Annuity Offers
- Honeywell Hit with Forfeiture-Related Fiduciary Breach Suit
- Labor Economist Takes Aim at ‘Working-Longer’ Culture
- Gensler Defends SEC’s Predictive Analytics and Conflicts of Interest Proposal
- Overall, Good News for PBGC Pension Insurance Programs
- Love and Money
- Love and Money: Are Finances, Retirement Readiness a Key to Domestic Bliss?
- Cintas Settles for $4 Million and ‘Change’ in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- How AI Will Change the Retirement Industry, and How It Won’t
- Financial Advisers Less Optimistic Than Clients on Retirement Readiness
- Peach State to Harvest Retirement Coverage?
- 4 Emerging Wellness Trends that Translate into New Opportunities
- OregonSaves Puts $5 Million into Coverage of Childcare Providers
- LPL Financial to Add $100B Atria Wealth Solutions
- EBSA Recovered $1.4B in Retirement, Health Benefits in ’23
- Retirement Security Proposal Addresses ‘Significant Gaps,’ EBSA Official Says
- Report Adds Fuel to the Fire on Effect of Student Loan Debt
- Advisory M&A News – 2/12/24
- Longevity > Savings: NOW What?
- What Does Gen Z Want from Employer-Provided Benefits?
- Is There a New Focus for Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans?
- Do Defined Contribution Tax Incentives Widen the Racial Savings Gap?
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/9/24
- California Further Tightens Restrictions on Non-Compete Clauses
- Workers’ Retirement Confidence Has Stagnated Since 2022: PGIM
- Could Your 401(k)’s Fate Rest on the Winner of Super Bowl 58?
- Fidelity, Voya Report Workplace Plan Growth
- When TPA Meets Advisor
- Product & Service Launches – 2/8/24
- Past Proposals to Tax Qualified Retirement Plans Have Never Gotten Far
- Payroll Integrations Seeks to Tackle Form 5500 Hassles for TPAs
- Small Biz Owners Seemingly Unaware of 401(k) Start-up Credits
- New SEC Rule Will Require Major Liquidity Providers to Register as Dealers
- Federal IRA Bill Proposed in House of Representatives
- Promising Start to ’24 for DB Plans
- Freelancers Covered by New York Secure Choice
- Bank of America Reports 15% Increase in 401(k)s in 2023
- Product Partnerships – 2/7/24
- Federal Auto-IRA Bill for Uncovered Workers Introduced in the House
- Workers Call for Savings Assistance in New Report
- 7 Steps to Further Diversity in Asset Management
- Senate Bill Would Block SEC Predictive Analytics Proposal
- 5th Circuit Court Hears Challenge to SEC Private Fund Adviser Rule
- Bill Would Give Kids a Head Start in Saving for Retirement
- Webinar Series on Fiduciary Duties, Disclosure Requirements to Be Hosted by EBSA in March
- Nevin & Fred: TDF Glidepaths and Managed Account Guide Paths
- Participant Files ERISA Healthcare Fiduciary Suit Against Employer
- Ascensus Restructures Retirement Business and Leadership Team
- EBRI Finds Small Businesses Don’t Know About Start-Up Credits
- Inspira Simplifies Structure, Targets More Holistic Market Approach
- Vanguard Targets ‘Max Savers’ With New Financial Wellness Tool
- Financial Wellness: You Know It When You See It
- The Cost of Leaving a Pension Early
- Ascensus, American Funds Ready PEP for Launch
- Crafting a 401(k) Crisis
- Unrealistic Expectations, Fears Have Many Retirees Considering a Return
- Advisory M&A News – 2/5/24
- SeaWorld Excessive Fee Suit Still ‘Swimming’
- PGIM Makes Available Retirement Confidence Index
- PGIM Unveils Retirement Confidence Index
- PEPs Will Match Single Employer Plan Adoption in 5 to 10 Years: Fred Reish
- Aon Notes ‘Terrific Opportunities’ for M&A
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/2/24
- Bill to Eliminate Federal Taxes on Social Security Reintroduced
- What Gen Z Values Most From Employers
- John Hancock Retirement Reorganizes Sales, Service Model and Leadership Team
- 401Kids Savings Act Would Create Savings Accounts for Eligible Minors
- Product & Service Launches – 2/1/24
- New PBGC E-Filing Portal in Operation
- Ascensus, American Funds Launch Partnered PEP
- Mississippi May Join State Program Club
- CoreLogic Clears 401(k) Excessive Fee Claims
- Can 403(b)s and CITs Some Day Be Friends?
- How Financial Advisers Can Beat Out Popular ‘Finfluencers’
- The Standard Names New National Retirement Plan Sales Head
- 3 Cs Give Many Plan Sponsors Pause on In-Plan Retirement Income
- ARA Urges IRS to Revise Proposed Long-Term, Part-Time Guidance
- 5 Things to Consider About the Fiduciary Rule Redux
- Survey Stakes Out New Grounds in 401(k) Fee Benchmarking
- Parties Press for Approval of $4.1 Million 401(k) Excessive Fee Settlement
- Auto-Portability Key to Retirement Security, Says EBSA’s Gomez
- Alaska May Join Call for Action on Windfall Elimination Provision
- Windfall Elimination Provision May Have New Challenger
- Opt in Out, Auto Enroll in for Hawaii Program?
- Empower Hires Dave Gray for New Enterprise Solutions Role
- CUNA KOs BlackRock TDF Suit
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- Product & Service Launches – 1/25/24
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- Advisory M&A News – 1/22/24
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- DOL Files Suit for Failure to Remit Retirement Plan Contributions
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- Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Criticize Fiduciary Rule
- Intuit Files to Dismiss Forfeiture Fiduciary Breach Suit
- Is It (Finally) Finally Time?
- David Eisenreich Named WTW North America Head of Retirement
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- Advisory M&A – 1/8/24
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- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/5/24
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- Older Adults Expect Financial Advice to Be in ‘Best Interest’
- Fiduciary Fight: Older Adults Demand ‘Best Interest’ Financial Advice
- Product & Services Launches – 1/4/23
- TIFIN, Franklin Templeton Launch Financial Wellness Solution
- New Form 5500 Released
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- House Lawmakers Gear up to Examine DOL’s Fiduciary Rule
- Fiduciary Proposal Comment Period Ends With More Mixed Feedback
- Parties Strike Settlement in Excessive Fee Suit
- Auto Portability to Help Boost Wealth by $1.6 Trillion Over 40 Years
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- DOL Successfully Sues Employer for Misuse of Forfeitures
- EBSA Releases Form 5500 Series for 2023 Reporting
- Infographics: Workers Prefer Financial Benefits to Lifestyle Perks
- ARA Submits Comment Letter to DOL on Proposed Fiduciary Rule
- ARA Submits Comments to DOL on Proposed Retirement Security Regulation
- Advisory M&A News – 1/2/24
- DOL Successfully Sues Employer for Misuse of Forfeitures
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/29/23
- American Securities Association Says DOL Acting Secretary Cannot Finalize Fiduciary Proposal
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- The Impact of LTPTE Rules on Solo 401(k) Plans
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- Product & Service Launches – 12/28/23
- Parties Strike Settlement in Excessive Fee Suit
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- 12 Key Elements in the IRS SECURE 2.0 'Grab Bag' Notice
- 4 Fiduciary Resolutions for 2024
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- Advisory M&A News – 12/26/23
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- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/22/23
- Vestwell Raises $125M to Further Small Plan Push
- IRS Releases Q&A Guidance on Key SECURE 2.0 Provisions
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- Empower, SPARK Push Back Against Fiduciary Proposal
- IRS Updates Form 8881 to Reflect Effort to Expand Coverage
- High-Profile Retirement Plan Policy Experts Join State Plan Push
- Product & Service Launches – 12/21/23
- Appeals Court Sets Aside Share Repurchase Disclosure Rule
- IRS Issues 2023 Cumulative List of Changes in Pre-Approved DC Plan Qualification Requirements
- 2023 Retirement Plan Litigation Highlights
- The Winter Issue of PC Magazine Is Now Online!
- Product Partnerships – 12/20/23
- Aon to Acquire NFP for $13.4 Billion
- PBGC Seeks to Extend Info Gathering on SFA Regulation
- Debating the Fiduciary Proposal: Pros and Cons
- Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Confirmed as SSA Commissioner
- Suit Says Retirement Account Sweep Rates Unreasonable
- Doll Scores 50/50 on 2023 Predictions
- American Students Score Poorly in Financial Literacy
- Vanguard Names New Head of Financial Adviser Division
- IRS Issues Covered Compensation Tables for 2024
- Greetings, ASEA!
- A Decade of Growth, Gratitude, and Goodbyes: Reflecting on 10 Years of Professional Journey
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- House Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoenas to BlackRock, State Street for ESG Documents
- Advisory M&A News – 12/18/23
- IRS Publishes Revised Form 8881
- DOL Says Yale Plaintiffs ‘Should’ Get Another Shot in 403(b) Suit
- How Innovation and Optimism Are Changing the TPA Industry
- Infographic: Retirement Preparedness by Industry
- Gen Z: A Retirement Readiness Kaleidoscope
- Defendants Move to Dismiss Forfeiture Fiduciary Breach Suit
- PBGC Issues Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits for Q1
- SEC Suggests Retirement Assets Should Not Count Toward Accredited Investor Threshold
- Gen Xers Are (Really) Bad Retirement Savers: Report
- Clorox Seeks Dismissal of 401(k) Forfeiture Complaint
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/15/23
- Lincoln to Shed Wealth Division With Sale to Osaic
- Gallagher Taps Transamerica as RK for New 401(k) Pooled Solutions
- Schlichter Focus Fund Suit Sunk by CommonSpirit Case
- KeyBank Advisory Division Launches PEP
- What IBM’s 401(k)-Match Move Means for Advisors, Sponsors, Participants
- Credit Suisse Fined $10M by SEC for Not Properly Reporting State-Level Infraction
- Edelman Financial Engines Acquires New England Pension Plan Systems
- Treasury Secondary Transaction Rule Finalized by SEC
- Natixis, MFS Both Name New CEOs
- Product & Service Launches – 12/14/23
- MFS Investment Management Promotes Maloney to CEO
- New Roth 401(k) Rollover Legislation Introduced
- Adviser, Planner Communities Give Qualified Support for Fiduciary Proposal
- Litigation Trends to Watch in 2024: Drop in TDF Suits, More Forfeiture Complaints
- Lack of ‘Meaningful Benchmark’ Bounces (Another) 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- DOL’s Fiduciary Rule Faces Uncertain Future
- More VERY Good News About the Impact of State Auto-IRAs on 401(k) Adoption
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- No Electronic Filing of Form 5558 for 2023 Filing?
- Inspector General Concerned About EBSA’s Oversight Capability
- Would DOL’s Fiduciary Proposal Help or Hinder Coverage Gap?
- Critically Important Lessons About Defined Contribution Guaranteed Income
- Fiduciary Rule Proposal Faces 1st Day of Dissent, Advocacy
- Delaware Joins Consortium Providing Retirement Plan Coverage
- Carson Group Snags $1.2B Retirement, Wealth Advisory
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- Alera Group Acquires Fraser Group
- ARA's Graff Presses for Plan-Level Advice Protection in DOL Fiduciary Rule
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- ARA's Graff Presses for Plan-Level Advice Protection in DOL Fiduciary Rule
- Saver Receptivity to Financial Advice Reaches 10-Year High
- Delaware Expands Auto-IRA Program, Joins Colorado Consortium
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Rita Fiumara, Financial Adviser, UBS
- What’s Driving Heightened Plan Adviser RFPs?
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- Shifting the 401(k) ‘Balance’
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- DOL, IRS Announce Spring Regulatory Agendas
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- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/8/23
- PBGC Valuation Assumptions Rule a Highlight of Regulatory Agenda
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- ARA CEO Brian Graff to Testify at Fiduciary Rule Hearing
- IRI Announces 2023 Policymaker Retirement Security Awards
- ARA CEO Brian Graff to Testify at Fiduciary Rule Hearing
- Product & Service Launches – 12/7/23
- Congress Publishes SECURE 2.0 Corrections Draft Legislation
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- Pontera Snags $60M Investment
- Breaking: Lawmakers Unveil SECURE 2.0 Technical Corrections Draft
- Lawmakers Unveil SECURE 2.0 Technical Corrections Draft
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- Why Small 401(k) Plans Should Remain Wary of Hidden Fees
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- IRS Issues Updated Forms 1099-R and 5498, Instructions
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- Schlichter Focus Fund Suit Sunk by CommonSpirit Case
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- Americans Remain More Wary of Inflation Than Retirement Shortfall
- Mercer to Acquire Vanguard’s US OCIO Division
- Passive Mutual Funds, ETFs to Surpass Active in ’24
- A Crisis of Confidence?
- NASAA Proposal of Best Adviser Practices Receives Pushback
- Tyson Foods Employees Allege Excessive 401(k) Plan Fees
- Plan Sponsors Need More Clarity on Optional SECURE 2.0 Provisions
- Advisory M&A – 12/4/23
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- How to Evaluate, Determine the Most Suitable Lifetime Income Option(s)
- Hub Lands AFS 401(k) Retirement and Wealth Advisories
- Tyson Foods Targeted in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- CalSavers Employer Identification Number Rule May Be Permanently Reinstated
- For Many, DOL’s Fiduciary Proposal May Be ‘Less Daunting’ Than at First Blush
- Are There Boogeymen in the New Fiduciary Proposal?
- What Financial Actions Are Americans Likely to Take in 2024?
- Report Outlines Policies That Could Support Social Security Bridge
- Wilshire: Personalized Investing is Future of DC Plans
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/1/23
- How to Correct Enrollment Errors for Long-Term Part-Time Employees
- Bridging the Retirement Gap: Meeting the Needs of the Small Market
- The PLANADVISER Interview: John Longley, CEO, SageView
- Shareholder Rights, ESG Rules Begin Friday
- IRS Part-Time Eligibility Rules Bring Relief, Surprise, Deadline Concern
- Roth Holders Take Note: Draft Form 5329 Instructions Out
- Underrepresentation of Female Advisers Persists
- Product & Service Launches – 11/30/23
- 4 Traits of a Successful Retirement Savings Mindset
- American Retirement Association Announces ERISA 50th Anniversary Symposium and Gala
- Conservative Justices Leaning Against SEC in Administrative Proceeding Case
- Employers Need Advice on Most Optional SECURE 2.0 Provisions
- For Many, DOL’s Fiduciary Proposal May Be ‘Less Daunting’ Than at First Blush
- The Power of ‘Policies and Procedures: Exclusive Clip of the DOL’s Tim Hauser
- The Power of Policies and Procedures: Exclusive Clip of the DOL’s Tim Hauser
- What are Plan Sponsors Obligation with Retirement Income Distribution Options? Exclusive Clip of the DOL’s Tim Hauser
- 3 Circumstances in Which an Advisor is a Fiduciary: Exclusive Clip of the DOL’s Tim Hauser
- The Expanding Fiduciary Universe: Exclusive Clip of the DOL’s Tim Hauser
- American Retirement Association Asks IRS for More Time on LTPTE Rule
- KKR to Buy Final 37% of Annuity Provider Global Atlantic for $2.7B
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Settles RK Charges for $250k, But…
- The State of PEPs and What to Expect in 2024
- Part-Time Retirement Eligibility Proposal Seeks to Clarify Complex Legislation
- Fidelity: 401(k) Contributions Steady, but Hardship Withdrawals and Loans Rise
- LIMRA: Plan Advisers Will Play Key Role in Future of In-Plan Annuities
- Nevin & Fred—Pondering that New Fiduciary Proposal
- Pre-Approved Plans Guidance: A Look at Key Changes
- A Look at Key Changes Made by the Pre-Approved Plans Guidance
- PBGC Amends its Valuation Regulation for 2024
- Massachusetts CORE Expansion Proposals Moving
- Aon’s PEP Hits a Noteworthy Milestone
- Crypto Remains Massive Compliance Risk for Retirement Fiduciaries
- UAW Members Ratify Big 3 Automakers Deal
- How to Navigate the New ERISA Fiduciary Advice Proposal
- Are There Boogeymen in the New Fiduciary Proposal?
- What the 2024 Election Will Mean for Advisers
- IRS Issues Guidance on Pre-Approved Plans
- 4 Factors that Help Determine Optimal Retirement Savings Behaviors
- How Closing the Coverage Gap for Younger Workers Is Key to Retirement Success Overall
- Gobbling Up the LTPTE Proposed Regulation
- PGIM Names Sancia Dalley Managing Director of DEI
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- Witnesses at W&M Field Hearing Call for Changes to WEP, GPO
- 401(k) Suit Says Court Should Exclude Expert ‘Opinion’
- $4.5 Million Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- IRS Releases Draft 2024 Form 1099-R
- SEC Charges Against Kraken Identify Specific Tokens as Securities
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Jessica Baehr, Head of Group Retirement, Equitable
- Wealth Manager Fined More Than $800,000 for Reg BI Violations
- Infosys Ransomware Attack Affecting Nonqual Plans Nearing Fix
- Money May Buy Happiness After All, Empower Survey Shows
- Hello ASEA!
- What’s on Tap for the Next Retirement Plan Policy Bill?
- Plan Termination Notices
- From F2 to EA: Navigating U.S. Employment
- 2023 ASEA Annual Business Meeting Recap
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- Nevin & Fred Focus on ERISA 403(b)s—Litigation
- Citi, JP Morgan Rated 1st in Digital Platform Satisfaction, According to JD Power
- FINRA Proposal Would Allow Broker/Dealers to Use Projected Performance in Marketing to Retirement Plans
- DOL Releases Informational Copies of 2023 Form 5500s
- Morgan Stanley Promotes Jed Finn to Head of Wealth Management
- The Challenges of Covering Care Workers
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- Advisory M&A News – 11/20/23
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- 401(k) Suit Says Court Should Exclude Expert ‘Opinion’
- Adviser Talks: Kenneth Catanella On Financial Wellness
- Fidelity Sees Quarter-on-Quarter Decline in Retirement Balances
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- Informational Copies of the 2023 Form 5500 Series Released
- 2023 PA Practice Progress Webinar Series: Participants
- 4 Factors that Help Determine Optimal Retirement Savings Behaviors
- Financial Vitality for PBGC Programs in ’23, Says Report
- DOL Schedules ‘Online’ Hearing on Proposed Retirement Security Rule
- Infosys Cybersecurity Event Disrupting Recordkeeper and Insurance Platforms
- Product & Service Launches – 11/16/23
- New Senate Bill Would Prevent Retirement Plans from Omitting Workers Aged 18-20
- Biden Expected to Sign Continuing Resolution
- Edelman Financial Engines Acquires PRW Wealth Management
- Ascensus, Newport Nonqualified Platforms Hit by Infosys Cybersecurity Issue
- 100% of Large Retirement Plan Advisories Now Include Wealth Strategy, According to T. Rowe
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- Navigating the New Age of Retirement Services
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- DOL’s ‘Lost and Found’ Database Gets a Boost
- DOL Schedules ‘Online’ Hearing on Proposed Retirement Security Rule
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- Cornell Captures A(nother) Win in Long-Standing Excessive Fee Suit
- More Employers Positioning HSAs as a Retirement Savings Strategy: PSCA
- DOL Denies Request to Extend Fiduciary Rule Comment Period, as House Moves to Block Rule
- House Republicans Propose Budget Bill That Would Repeal DOL Rules
- Envestnet, Empower Launch 401(k) Plan Solution for Financial Advisers
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- Morningstar Ups Safe Starting Retirement Withdrawal Rate to 4%
- Mixed Harvest for Private-Sector Pension Plans in October
- Plaintiff Drops Blackrock TDF Suit
- The Twilight Zone of Near Retirees in Challenging Jobs
- Shifting the 401(k) ‘Balance’
- Adviser Talks: Scott Ciullo on Participant Enrollment
- Empower’s TDF-to-Managed-Account Offering Clocks $21B in Assets
- United Airlines Sues Advisers for ‘Scheme’ to Defraud 401(k) Pilot Participants
- New Bill Would Require Private Fund Disclosures for Chinese Investments
- Advisory M&A News – 11/13/23
- Building Better Days
- A Pivotal Point in Time for Retirement Plan Stakeholders
- Making the Case for Auto-Escalation in 401(k) Plans?
- AT&T En Banc Bid Rebuffed in Controversial 401(k) Prohibited Transaction Ruling
- EXCLUSIVE Interview on the DOL’s Retirement Security Rule with EBSA’s Tim Hauser
- Defending Fixed Indexed Annuities from Unfair Attacks: Graff and Hauser Discuss
- Navigating ESG: Surveying the Landscape
- How Advisers Can Help Close the Wealth Gap
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 11/10/23
- Navigating ESG: Forward Thinking
- Product Sellers, Not Process, in Fiduciary Rule Crosshairs
- Reinvention to Facilitate Better Delivery
- Transamerica, ADP Each Add In-Retirement Plan Annuity Options
- Plan Sponsor Sues to Recover 401(k) Funds Taken in Swindling Scheme
- CITs Surpass Mutual Funds as Preferred Investment Vehicle for DCIOs
- PBGC Releases 2024 Mortality Tables
- Investment Product & Service Launches – 11/9/23
- Making the Case for Auto-Escalation in 401(k) Plans?
- IRS Advisory Council Suggests EPCRS Be Expanded
- PBGC Updates Mortality Table for 2024 Valuations
- BlackRock’s Fink Marks 30-Year Anniversary of BlackRock’s First TDF
- Form 5558 Can Be Filed Electronically Beginning Jan. 1, 2024
- Trade Groups Press for More Time to Review, Comment on Fiduciary Rule
- Assessing Regulations and Best Practices for ESG Investing
- Investors, Betting on Elevated Interest Rates Into ’24, Are Favoring Fixed Income
- Trade Groups Call for Longer Comment Period for Fiduciary Rule Proposals
- Know the Risks Resulting From Swing Pricing, Hard Close Proposals
- EXCLUSIVE Interview on the DOL’s Retirement Security Rule with EBSA’s Tim Hauser
- Adviser Product Partnerships – 11/8/23
- PBGC Issues Final Rule Amending SFA Regulation, Updates Application Instructions
- Newly Proposed Fiduciary Rule ‘A More Standard Approach’
- AI’s Potentials, Pitfalls For Enhancing Participant Advice
- LTPT and Auto-Portability Regs Coming Soon, Officials Reiterate
- Portability Services Network Goes Live
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- RIAs Already Spread Thin, Even as Clients Want More Services, Fidelity Finds
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- Checking Your 401(k) Smoke Detectors
- DOL’s Proposed ‘Retirement Security’ Rule Officially Published
- CFA Releases New Definitions for Sustainable Investing
- Advisory M&A News – 11/6/23
- Small Businesses See Many Obstacles to Plan Creation, Lack Awareness of SECURE 2.0
- In Defense of Fixed Indexed Annuities
- Formal Written Plans: Unappreciated Boost?
- Schlichter Sanction Swept Aside by Appellate Court
- Adviser Talks: Phil Sherman Talks Behavioral Finance (Video)
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- Digital 529 Payments Drive Ascensus Accounts Past $1B
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Jose Minaya, CEO, Nuveen
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 11/3/23
- A Deeper Dive into a Rising Tide
- 4 Things That (Seem to) Scare Employers About 401(k)s
- DOL’s Proposed ‘Retirement Security’ Rule Officially Published
- Delaware EARNS May Cooperate With Other States’ Retirement Programs
- How Social Security Reforms Could Impact Beneficiaries
- Hawaii Lawmakers Move to Boost Disaster Relief Assistance
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- Biden Administration Officially Unveils Retirement Security Rule Proposal
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- (Another) Judge Dismisses (Another) 401(k) Suit Involving BlackRock TDF Funds
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- Is This the End of Retirement Policy Bipartisanship?
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- SEC Imposes $79M in Fines on Advisers, Brokers for Recordkeeping Violations
- SEC Proposes New Rules for RILA Annuity Providers
- Ascensus Hits $1B AUA in PEPs, Showing Continued Adoption
- Treasury 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan Includes Retirement Benefits
- Federal Judge Bounces 401(k) Excessive Fee Case
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- Few Retirees, Pre-Retirees Seek Advice Despite Financial Security Fears
- More Evidence Suggests State-Sponsored Retirement Plans Close the Coverage Gap
- Private Real Estate Investment Through DC Plans Grows Despite Rocky 2022
- Creative Planning CIO Jim Williams Dies at 46
- Investment Product & Service Launches
- Federal Judge Bounces 401(k) Excessive Fee Case
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- Flexibility on the Use of Forfeitures—Not so Fast!!
- Cannabis Industry Employers May Be Allowed to Sponsor Retirement Plans
- Workers' expectations about choosing when to retire unrealistic – study
- Marsh Sees C-Suite Connection in Retirement, Wealth Advisement
- Adviser Product Partnership
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- SEC Would Suspend Rulemaking, Enforcement During Potential Shutdown
- HSA Assets Saw Strong Growth During First Half of 2023
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- Hello ASEA!
- Exploring What the World Is Really Craving From Professionals - WiR Third Thursdays
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- Relief for Natural Disasters
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- As Many Retirees Plan to Work for Fulfillment as for Money, Empower Finds
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- As Women Face Uncertain Retirement Outcomes, Advisory Practice Says: ‘Relate’
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- 10th Circuit’s ‘Meaningful Benchmark’ Ruling Will Not Stymie Lawsuits, Expert Says
- Private Fund Adviser Fined $1.6M for Duty of Care Violations
- US Retirement Assets Rise for 4th Straight Quarter Through Q2
- Advisory M&A
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- How the Ongoing ‘Financial Vortex’ Threatens Retirement Readiness
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- Judge Upholds DOL ESG Rule
- SageView’s Long: ‘Tremendous’ Consolidation Still to Come in Retirement, Wealth
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- Affiliation Benefits Abound, but Independence Still Has Merits, Say Advisers Who Have Done Both
- Affiliation Benefits Abound, but Independence Still Has Merits, Say Advisers Who Have Done Both
- How Advisers Can Put the ‘Social’ in Social Media
- Adviser Product Partnerships
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- OneDigital Makes 6th Acquisition This Year, Fueling Southeast Expansion
- American Airlines Asks Judge to Toss 401(k) ESG Complaint
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- IRS Issues Guidance on Exceptions from Electronic Filing of Forms 8955 SSA and 5500-EZ
- Americans Across Generations Lack Critical Social Security Knowledge
- ADP Exec: Start Auto-Enrollment With New Clients Now
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- Running the Race for National 401(k) Day
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- Americans Across Generations Lack Critical Social Security Knowledge
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- IRS Grants Two-Year Delay in Roth Catch-Up Requirements
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- Plan Sponsors, Advisors Receiving Erroneous IRS Late Filing Notices
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- Goldman, Charlesbank to Invest in PensionMark Parent World Insurance
- GAO: PBGC Appropriately Using ARPA Funds for SFA
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- ASPPA Nation Loses a Legend
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- Consultants say 35% of DC plan clients don't see retirement income as priority
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- Adviser Product Partnerships
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- Maine and Colorado to Partner On State-Sponsored Auto IRA
- BlackRock TDF Suite Picks Up Fifth ERISA Challenge Dismissal
- Educating Participants on Risk Literacy
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- 401(k) participants boost equity allocation to 70.2% – Alight Solutions
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- Sobering Retirement Prospects for Late Boomers, Study Warns
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- Employers, Employees on Different Pages When it Comes to Financial Well-Being
- Another BlackRock TDF Suit Dismissed
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- Target-date fund providers struggle to compete
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- DOL Seeks Comment on Select SECURE 2.0 Enactments
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- DOL Seeks Info on SECURE 2.0 ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Mandates
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- Appellate Court Takes Away AT&T Win in Excessive Fee Suit
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- New Fiducient Advisors CEO Sees Financial Wellness as Key Focus Area
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- Investment Product and Service Launches
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- Distribution Choices by the PBGC-Covered
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- BofA: Hardship Withdrawals Up 36% As More Prioritize Short-Term Needs
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- SEC Charges Wells, BNP, Others With Electronic Communications Misuse
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- Why Digital Recordkeepers Are Poised to Disrupt Retirement Plan Market
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- American Airlines Files Motion to Dismiss 401(k) ESG Complaint
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- Pension Funding Heats Up in July
- Sustained Vigor Ahead, Says PBGC
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- Conference Board: Remote Work Better for Employee Retention
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- Witnesses Call for State Action on WEP
- Fireworks Erupt at House Financial Services’ Multi-Bill Markup
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- 73% of 401(k) Savers Would Like Personalized Investment Advice
- Adviser Product Partnerships
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- Carson Group Starts Beta Testing for New Financial Wellness Program
- Fidelity AUA Jumps 18% Year-Over-Year in Q2 to $11.7T
- Epic Snags Recordkeeper Retirement Direct
- Plaintiffs Plausible Points Fall Short in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- SEC Proposal Would Require Elimination of Conflicts When Using AI and Similar Technology
- Vanguard Expands Retirement Clearinghouse Eligibility to IRA Account Holders
- HSAs: The Ultimate 401(k) Supplement
- DOL’s Khawar Outlines SECURE 2.0, Fiduciary Priorities
- Plan Sponsors Want More Automatic Retirement Features to Help Unengaged Participants
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- ‘Mission’ Controls
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- SEC Proposes Restricting Internet Adviser Exemption
- Vestwell Acquires Student Loan Benefits Firm Gradifi From Morgan Stanley
- Voya Brings Pooled Employer Plan Option to 403(b) Plans
- House Spending Bill Would Block EBSA’s ESG Rule, but Senate’s Would Not
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- First 403(b) pooled employer plan in U.S. taps Voya Financial as record keeper
- 7th Circuit Shift Resuscitates Excessive Fee Suit
- PBGC Updates Required SFA Documentation
- MarshBerry: Retirement M&A Up in First Half, Bucking Overall Trend
- Managed Account Sponsors Shifting Advisers off Investment Management, According to Cerulli
- Some PLR Requests Can Go on the Fast Track
- Suit Says Fiduciaries of $700 Million 401(k) Fell Short
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Senators float auto re-enrollment bill aimed at non-participants
- Aon Beats Back Fiduciary Breach Appeal
- State of the States: Assessing State Retirement Plan Coverage
- New ‘Plausible’ Precedent Gives New Life to Excessive Fee Suits
- BlackRock: Retirement Confidence Shows Steady Decline
- SEC Requires Public Companies to Disclose Cybersecurity Data
- Schwab Retirement Partners With Newport, Conduent to Expand DC, DB Plan Services
- Prudential’s Three Pathways to In-Plan Retirement Income
- DOL Guidance on Abandoned Plans Lands at OMB
- ASPPA as an Agent of Change: Opportunities that Beckon
- DOL’s Khawar Outlines SECURE 2.0, Fiduciary Priorities: NAPA Fly-In Forum
- CAA Threats (and Opportunities) for Plan Advisors: NAPA Fly-In Forum
- DC sponsors slow to offer ESG options due to uncertainty — PIMCO
- TIAA In-Plan Annuity Option Hits 250,000 Participants
- Americans Pick Advisers Who Appreciate Their Needs, Have Track Record, Survey Says
- DC Considers Retirement Program for Uncovered
- DC Considers Retirement Program for Certain Private-Sector Employees
- Alera Retirement Unit Adds Large-Plan Expert
- Fiducient Advisors Names Long CIO
- Advisory M&A
- Schwab: Financial Advisers Using Behavioral Finance See New Assets Triple
- Managed payout funds seen as another retirement income option
- Managed payout funds? Yes, they too are a possible retirement income option
- DeVoe Predicts Drop In Annual RIA M&A in Almost a Decade
- Creative Planning Adds Goldman Custody Platform
- GAO recommends DOL boost 403(b) plan educational offerings
- Hawaii Retirement Savings Board Seeks Exec. Director
- The Caregiving Conundrum: How Unpaid Caregiving Affects Retirement Readiness
- Has COVID Changed Retirement Expectations?
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- TPT Retirement Solutions names head of defined contribution
- MEP Arbitration Clause Thwarts Excessive Fee Suit
- The Portability Services Network, Explained
- Congressional Proxy Voting Reforms Include Changes to Adviser Discretion
- DOL Guidance on Abandoned Plans Lands at OMB
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- State Saving Initiatives: Insider Insights
- CalSavers selects executive director
- AI Meets Retirement: How Newfront is Mining 5500s, Leveraging Chatbots
- Suit Says Fiduciaries of $700 Million 401(k) Fell Short
- Teykaerts Tapped to Serve as CalSavers Executive Director
- SEC Will Continue Enforcement Against Crypto Companies
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Tina Anstett, Senior ERISA Counsel, Smart
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- Pontera CEO: Advisers Agnostic as to Where Retirement Assets Sit
- ARA Presses Treasury for More Time on Roth Catch-Ups
- Many Americans Delaying Retirement When Saving for Family Members' College
- Former CalSavers executive director joins DCIIA as senior adviser
- Get Involved! ARA’s Missy Matrangola on the Benefits of Volunteering
- EBSA Mulls Modifying PRT Rules
- American Funds Sees Strongest TDF Inflows in Q2
- Allianz Finds Growing Interest in Annuities in Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans
- Moveit Hack Brings Vendor Assessment to Forefront
- Industry Group Says Roth Catch-Ups Too Burdensome for 2024
- Product Partnership
- New SECURE 2.0 401(k) Disclosure Rules Submitted to OMB for Review
- DST Suit Settles for $124.6 Million
- IRS Refreshes Discussion of Post-Tax Year Employer Contributions to a 401(k) Plan
- $30 Million Settlement Set in TDF Fund Suit
- Aon Beats Back Fiduciary Breach Appeal
- Congressman Wants to Know How Asset Managers Fulfill Their Fiduciary Duties
- ERISA Advisory Council Highlights Trends in Pension Risk Transfers
- IRI Releases DEI Best Practices for Talent Acquisition
- States Ramp Up the Pressure on WEP
- EBSA Reviews Pension Risk Transfer Interpretive Bulletin
- Capital Group Partners With Financial Finesse to Reach Large Plan Sponsor Market
- Fiducient Advisors Names Sabrina Bailey CEO
- Verizon Settles 401(k) Complaint for $30M
- Nevin & Fred Podcast: ‘Hot’ Topics
- DST Suit Settles for $124.6 Million
- Could AI Cause a 401(k) Fiduciary Breach? SEC’s Gensler Says Yes
- SEC’s Gensler Says AI Can Create Conflicts of Interest
- IRS Issues RMD Relief Related to SECURE Rules
- Gen Z a Relative Ray of Retirement Sunshine
- Are Millennials’ Retirements ‘Doomed?’
- Millennials Feel Ashamed Asking Parents for Financial Help
- Numerous Gen Xers Have Virtually Nothing Saved for Retirement: Study
- Advisory M&A
- Advisers Prepare: Older Employees Will Make Up 25% of US Workforce by 2031
- Smart Pension buys Evolve Pensions
- Student loans back on radar after ruling
- Congressional Hearings Scrutinize Proxy Voting
- Fidelity Starts Reinsurer Focused on PRT, Retail Annuities
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Terms of 403(b) Excessive Fee Settlement Revealed
- IRS Provides Transition Relief, Guidance Concerning RMDs
- Delaware Exploring Interstate Cooperation in Retirement Plan
- Settlement Struck in 401(k) Deferral Suit
- SEI to acquire U.K. DC plan National Pension Trust
- Hurricane Season: Be Prepared!
- Fidelity Latest Victim of MoveIt Hacks via Vendor PBI
- Ascensus Brings on Asset Management Executive as President
- Senate, House Spending Bills at Odds on SEC Adviser Proposals
- CAPTRUST Expands Presence in South with Acquisition of Southern Wealth Management
- Ascensus appoints president
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- IAA: SEC Marketing Rule Still Top Concern for Compliance Teams
- $30 Million Settlement Set in TDF Fund Suit
- SEC Changes Liquidity Fee, Gate Structure for MMFs
- Insurance Group Calls On White House to Support More Retirement, Annuity Legislation
- Twitter Hit With $500M Suit for Unpaid Severance
- T. Rowe Price Champions Co-Branding With Adviser Firms
- Wake Forest Baptist Health Settles 403(b) Suit for $3.8M
- VT Saves Seeks Executive Director
- Settlement Struck in 401(k) Deferral Suit
- RetirePath Virginia Hits the Road
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Jay Jumper, CEO, Future Capital
- ARA Opposes MA’s Voluntary MEP Expansion, Wants Mandatory Auto IRA Instead
- PBGC Issues Final Rule on Allocation of Assets, Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans
- Vanguard, Fidelity Top Morningstar’s List of Robo-Advisers
- Principal Bolsters Retirement Division With Leadership Hires
- Cogent: Advisers Should Lean Into 401(k) Cost-Cutting Conversations
- Advisory M&A
- Wealth Management M&A Dips Slightly in Q2
- EBSA Publishes Regulatory Update on Health Facility Fees, Provider Networks
- Annuity Consultants Tout SPIAs as Best Income Option
- Happy Post-July 4th, ASEA!
- Experience Studies and the Small Pension Plan
- Schedule SB Webcast Kicks Off ASEA 101 Series
- Secure 2.0 (1) Death of 401(k) Testing as We Knew it
- U.K. DC plans to invest 5% of default funds in private companies
- Determination Letters Then and Now
- Be Mindful in Practice Management
- Quit Using 401(k) Financial Jargon, Once and for all
- The Fear of Finding Out
- Settlement Proposed in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Federal Agencies Propose Plugging Short-Term Health Plan Workaround
- FINRA Expels Brokerage Firm Monmouth for Violating Reg BI
- Supreme Court Accepts Case Challenging Legitimacy of SEC’s Adjudication System
- District Judge Backs 2nd Circuit’s Rejection of Proposed Class Certification in TIAA Retirement Plan Case
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Gen X, the First 401(k) Generation, Is Least Prepared for Retirement
- How Alts Can Boost DC Plan Participant Returns
- Be Careful What You Wish for—What the ESG Rule Really Says: ARA’s Wielobob
- June Heat for DB Plans
- Baseball Great Bobby Bonilla Has One Heck of a Deferred Comp Plan
- Principal Joins Portability Services Network
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Fake Silver Coin Scheme Penalized by CFTC
- Cbiz Adds to Retirement Plan Capability With APA Acquisition
- J.P. Morgan Fined $4M for Recordkeeping and Outsourcing Failures
- Fiduciary Breach Asserted in Healthcare Claims
- Baby boomers more pessimistic about future generations' retirement outlook
- PEP Growth Slows as Startups Fold
- Adviser Product Partnership
- Financial Advisers Feeling Starved of Time with Clients, J.D. Power Reports
- Where We Are With the Roth Catch-Up Contribution Provision
- Fine-Tune SFA Review Procedures, OIG Tells PBGC
- How Asset Managers Are Addressing the DC Plan Retirement Income Challenge
- Judicial Recommendation Reins in ‘Rollover Rule’
- Some Silver Linings For Student Loan Borrowers
- Pontera Says Rollover Not Always Superior to 401(k)
- Advisory M&A
- Baseball Great Bobby Bonilla Has One Heck of a Deferred Comp Plan
- Retirement Plans = Employee Glue
- Independence Gaze
- Millennial Retirement Plan Allocations Mirror Their Grandparents (No, Really)
- Baby ‘Steps’
- Judicial Recommendation Reins in ‘Rollover Rule’
- Student Loan Forgiveness Program Stopped By Supreme Court
- How to Protect Retirement Savings Online
- Retirement People Moves
- FCA broadens access to illiquid funds for U.K. DC plans, retail investors
- Excessive Fee Suit Takes Some New Tacks
- Terex cuts Fidelity fund from 401(k) offerings
- Protecting Your Retirement Savings Online
- ARA, Major Organizations Urge Congress to Delay Roth Catch-Up Requirement
- Form 5500 Deadline Looming
- Bipartisan Opposition Grows to Swing Pricing and Hard Close Proposals
- Jury Sides with Yale in 403(b) Lawsuit
- Employees Can’t Deduct Wellness Indemnity Plans From Their Taxes, IRS Says
- John Hancock Retirement CEO Stresses Importance of Financial Adviser Relationships
- Rookie Financial Advisers Are in Short Supply
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Phillips 66 cuts Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund from 401(k) plan
- Excessive Fee Suit Takes Some New Tacks
- Yale Prevails in 403(b) Excessive Fee Suit
- Pensionmark Creates New Chief Investment Officer Role, Appoints Garrison
- House Republicans Outline ESG Policy Goals
- Gender Savings Gap Closing Among Younger Generations, Bank of America Reports
- Vestwell Expands MEP and PEP Solutions
- Goldman Sachs drops high-yield fund from 401(k) plan
- MEP Excessive Fee Suit…Dropped
- Plaintiffs Target a Different Target-Date Fund
- BlackRock, Policy Group Detail Results of Delaying Social Security, Adding Guaranteed Income
- Jerry Schlichter Bags $9.5 Million Settlement in CIT Suit
- Does Swing Pricing Have a Time Zone Problem?
- Fidelity Sees Jump in Quantity, Value of RIA M&A Deals Since 2020
- CalPERS Cybersecurity Breach Affects 769,000 Members
- NJ Secure Choice Seeks Program Administrator
- Voya Chief Client Officer Exits
- Experts: Plan Committees Need Consistent Focus on Cybersecurity
- Independence Gaze
- House Appropriations Bill Would Block Safeguarding and Swing Pricing Proposals, Among Others
- Advisory M&A
- Cracking the Code of Longevity Risk
- Financial Uncertainty Forcing Investors to Rethink Retirement Timing
- Gen X Feeling the Retirement Squeeze
- Young Adults Have Little Expectation of Fully Retiring
- BlackRock Changes Up Public Policy Team
- The Summer Issue of PC Magazine Is Now Online!
- Vestwell Unveils New MEP and PEP Offerings
- 10th Annual QKA Scholarship Program Announced by PenChecks, ASPPA
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- CalPERS, CalSTRS Hit By Third-Party Cybersecurity Breach
- Median Retirement Plan Value Hits Record Low in 2022
- Number of Investment Advisers Hit Record High in 2022
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- IAA: SEC’s Pending Adviser Proposals Are Redundant, Inconsistent
- Fine-Tuning the Retirement Savings Program Down East
- American Benefits Council: Roth Catch-ups Can’t Be Done in Time
- Vanguard: 401(k) Participation Rate Hits Record High
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- OneDigital Acquires $3.8B Retirement, Wealth Shop StoneStreet Equity
- Legislation to Quash ESG Use in Retirement Plans Resurfaces
- Neal Reintroduces Proposal to Fix WEP
- Empower CEO Expects Continued Recordkeeper Consolidation
- Carson Group Expands Retirement Planning With Equity Stake in Northwest
- Anti-ESG Bill Would Require Only Pecuniary Factors to Be Considered
- One-Quarter of Pre-Retirees Expect to Delay Retirement, According to Nationwide
- Adviser Product Partnership
- July Acquires Sunwest Pensions to Expand National Presence
- New 401(k) Plan Market Offers ‘Blue Ocean’ for Retirement Advisers
- Plaintiffs Target a Different Target-Date Fund
- Vanguard’s ESG Support Not as Complete as That of BlackRock, State Street
- Vanguard’s ESG Support Half That of BlackRock, State Street
- Know Your GLWBs: Assessing Annuity Vehicles as In-Plan Income Options
- Emotional Needs Outweigh Financial for People Working With Financial Advisers
- Silver State Strikes Gold for Savers
- Next OregonSaves Deadline Looms
- House Reintroduces Bill Calling for Diversity Disclosure
- MEP Excessive Fee Suit…Dropped
- Advisory M&A
- Suit Says Plan Paid Twice Too Much for ‘Fungible’ Services
- Oregon Saves, Says OregonSaves
- Judge Finds Fault in Fee Comparisons, Dismisses Suit
- Ameritas Introduces New Pooled Employer Plan
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- Ameritas Launches PEP
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- A Father’s Footsteps
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- Investment Product and Service Launches
- PBGC Adds Updated Mandatory Distributions Dollar Limit to Agenda
- DOL Says to Expect Fiduciary Proposal in August
- PBGC Issues Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits for Q3
- Retirement Advisory NFP Promotes Keeling to CIO
- Vanguard: 401(k) Participation Rate Hits Record High
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- Bill Would Ban 401(k)s from Investing in ‘Foreign Adversary’ Firms
- Vanguard reports record 401(k) participation despite inflation, market downturn
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- DOL Confirms New Fiduciary Rule Release Date
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- 7 SECURE 2.0 Errors and Unintended Consequences
- Auto Enrollment Drives Record Plan Participation, Vanguard Reports
- SageView to Acquire Retirement Benefits Group’s Founding Team
- Betterment Launches 529 Education Savings Solution
- Another BlackRock TDF Suit Bites the Dust
- US Retirement Assets Grow to $35.4 Trillion in Q1
- DOL Confirms New Fiduciary Rule Release Date in Updated Agenda
- House Passes Bill to Protect Against Senior Investor Scams
- TIAA Research: Retirement Plan Advisers Target Efficiency
- How Emergency Savings Serves Low-Income Households
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- Access to DB Plans Low, But Holding Steady
- Plaintiffs Prevail in Persuading Judge to Dismiss Motion to Dismiss
- Legislation to Expand Accredited Investor Definition Moves to Senate
- Lifetime Income for Employees Act Would Make It Easier to Use Annuities as QDIAs
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- ERIC Highlights Key Areas of Confusion on SECURE 2.0
- Hub Grows in Michigan with Purchase of 7-Firm Collective
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Bread Financial revamps 401(k) with 3% non-elective employer contribution
- DOL Defends ESG Rule, Rationale for Update
- SEC Cyber Proposals Receive Mixed Feedback From Industry
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- ESG Congressional Hearings Show Partisanship Intensifying
- Marsh McLennan Adds IRA Offering for ‘Main Street’
- May Warmth for Pension Plans
- Hub Acquires Horan Employee Benefits Division
- Ameritas Names New CEO, New President to start in 2024
- Cetera Holdings Acquires Retirement Planning Group
- Young Employees Pulling Back on Retirement Contributions
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- Advisory M&A
- Debt Ceiling Suspended Until 2025
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- Pennsylvania's auto-IRA bill faces uncertain fate in state Senate
- Snapshot: The Effect of the DB to DC Shift in Alaska
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- SECURE 2.0—So, About that Employer Roth Contribution…
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- Senate Committee Urges DOL to Implement 6 Specific SECURE Provisions
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- Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid U.S. Default
- Multi-Billion 401(k) Proprietary Fund Suit Seeks Class Certification
- Vermont to offer a state-run retirement savings program
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- Debt Limit Catastrophe One Step Closer to Being Averted
- Debt Ceiling Bill Passed by U.S. House
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- Franklin Templeton to Acquire Putnam for $925 Million
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- Pressure from States to Address Effects of WEP, GPO
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- Broadridge Brings Retirement, Workplace Services Under One Roof
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- Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman To Step Down Within 12 Months
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- Fear Not, Auto-Escalation Not Likely to Reduce Participation
- Record Inflation Pushes 2024 HSA Limits Higher
- Schwab Sees Record Attendance in Participant 401(k) Sessions
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- Inflation Drives IRS to Raise HSA Contribution Limits in 2024
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- Smart Raises $95M in PE Funding, Eyes Further Acquisitions
- Broadridge Finds Increased ‘Democratization’ in Discretionary Investing
- Call For Nominations for the Harry T. Eidson Founders Award
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- Department of Labor Drops Florida 401(k) Fiduciary Appeal
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- A New Fiduciary Standard?
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- How Auto Enrollment Closes the Retirement Savings Gap for Communities of Color
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- Retirement Industry People Moves
- FINRA Expels Brokerage SW Financial for Misrepresenting Fees
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- Former Congressman Lee Zeldin Slams Federal Retirement Plan Takeover Bill
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- (Small) Settlement Struck in Excessive Fee Suit
- Small Plan Stats: Will SECURE 2.0 Move the Needle?
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- Another 403(b) Plan Slapped with Excessive Fee Suit
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- How Advisers Can Push for Emergency Savings, Student Loan Debt
- Advisers Can Help Educate on Emergency Savings, Student Loan Debt Matching
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- Terms of 403(b) Excessive Fee Suit Settlement Unveiled
- Half of Small Businesses Cannot Afford Worker Retirement Plans
- Announcing 2023’s Plan Adviser of the Year Award Winners
- Green Mountain State Poised to Join State Plan Club
- Nominations Now accepted for American Retirement Association’s 2024 Board of Directors
- Competitive Benefits Top Priority Among Small Business Owners
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- Nominations Now Being Accepted for the 2024 ASPPA Leadership Council
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- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Industry Voices Object to SEC Safeguarding Rule
- New RIA Aims to Advise Plan Sponsors on Diligent Annuity Selection
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Fiona Greig, Global Head of Investor Research and Policy, Vanguard
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- Change in Bylaws
- Aon, Astellas Pay to Settle CIT Conflict of Interest Litigation
- IRS Issues 3rd Q Update to 2022-2023 Priority Guidance Plan
- IRS Issues Q3 Update to 2022-2023 Priority Guidance Plan
- (Small) Settlement Struck in Excessive Fee
- A New Fiduciary Standard?
- SEC Charges Pinnacle Advisors With Liquidity Rule Violations
- Advisory M&A
- October Three Consulting Acquires Retirement Learning Center
- SEC Swing-Pricing Rule Would Make Participants Second-Class Investors
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- Desantis Bans ESG Consideration in Florida’s Investment Decisions
- ‘Draconian’ Social Security Cuts the Price of Inaction, Brief Warns
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- Women in Retirement Industry Face Dual Pressure
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- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Keystone State Nudging Toward State-Run Plan
- Kellogg’s Excessive Fee Case Crumbles
- Employees’ Retirement Confidence Takes a Big Hit
- John Hancock, Voya Name New Investment Division Leads
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- A Bipartisan ‘Big Idea’ to Fix Social Security
- Nevin & Fred LIVE & In Person — Part 2
- Fed Raises Rates Again, But How Can Investors Hedge Against Inflation?
- Small Business Owners More Likely to Phone a Friend, Not an Adviser
- Challenges and Opportunities in 2023
- What to (Seriously) Watch Out for With Roth 401(k) Conversions
- Nominations Now Being Accepted for the 2024 ASPPA Leadership Council
- 80% of Seniors Cannot Withstand a ‘Financial Shock’
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- Franklin Buys Managed Accounts Firm to Expand Adviser SMA Offerings
- Hub Snags PE Firm Minority Stake, Announces More to Come
- PGIM Takes Majority Stake in Direct Lender to Boost Alternative Offerings
- LIMRA: Annuities Break Another Record in Q1, on Track for Record ’23
- Minnesota House Gives a Nod to Minnesota Secure Choice
- IRS Issues Proposed Clarification of Form 5500 Instructions for Some DB Plans
- Consulting Services Sought for CalSavers
- Do Small Business Owners Need Retirement Advisers Too?
- Pensionmark Hires Compliance Head To Help With Acquisition Push
- Senator Cardin Announces 2024 Retirement
- Wilmington Trust’s Spun Off CIT Division Now Great Gray Trust
- House Bills Would Expand Accredited Investor Pool to Include Clients of Advisers
- JPMorgan’s First Republic Takeover Brings Chance of Keeping 150 Wealth Advisers
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- USI Consulting Acquires Actuarial, Retirement Plan Consultancy
- Kellogg’s Excessive Fee Case Crumbles
- State-run retirement programs spurring more private-sector plans
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- Judge Drops Excessive Fee Complaint Against HR Firm TriNet
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- SECURE 2.0 a Step in Right Direction, But Participants Yearn for More
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- Surprising Findings About State Plans’ Impact on Private-Sector 401(k)s
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- House Committee Unanimously Approves Bill Requiring SEC to Study Size Cutoff for Advisory Firms
- Transamerica Teams With Smart on PEP Recordkeeping Serviced
- Transamerica Teams With Smart on PEP Recordkeeping Service
- EBRI Finds Inflation Eroding Retirement Confidence
- U.K. multiemployer plans want to join in on collective defined contribution
- Morningstar Introduces AI Adviser to Aid Evolving Investors
- Retirement Plan Auto Features Delivered (Serious) Results in 2022
- GOP Budget Plan Calls For Spending Cuts That Would Include Social Security Administration
- Black, Latino Workers Lag Behind in Retirement Saving
- Investment Product and Services Launch
- Auto Features Delivered in ’22
- Rainy day accounts effective, but employees need help to get started – NEST Insight
- Despite Second Shot, Plaintiffs (Still) Strike Out in BlackRock TDF Suit
- How Auto Enrollment Closes the Retirement Savings Gap for Communities of Color
- Our 2023 PLANADVISER Vision Award Winners
- DCIIA Publishes Guide to Fiduciary Models
- Senate HELP Committee Advances Su’s Nomination on Partisan Lines
- Quick Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
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- Altruist Pitches Tech, Personalization to Advisers
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- DOL Issues FAQs on Notice Requirements for Multiemployer Plans that Received SFA Funds
- ‘Nerdy’ American Retirement Association Praised in Minn. Retirement Plan Vote
- No ESG in Maine Public Employees Retirement System Investments?
- A Three-Step Plan for Employers to Encourage Financial Wellness
- HSA Admin: Avoiding ERISA Status While Still Providing a Strong Benefit
- Court Punts Plaintiffs’ Suit for Lack of “Plausible” Points – With Prejudice
- Proposed Bill Would Fix SECURE 2.0 Loophole, Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans
- Advisory M&A
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- Ric Edelman Expects Living Past Age 100 to Force Major Savings Mindset Change
- TDF Asset Growth Off to Good Start in ‘23, Still Below Record ‘21
- PEPs—Hot or Not? The Pros and Cons of Pooled Employer Plans: Debate
- Quick Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
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- Has the Switch to DC Plans Led to Larger Wealth Transfer Opportunities?
- Workers Believe it Will Take $1 Million to Retire Comfortably
- A New Generation of 401(k) Savers Looks to Be Better ‘Behaved’
- PEPs—Hot or Not? The Pros and Cons of Pooled Employer Plans: Debate
- As SECURE 2.0 Changes Loom, Plan Sponsors Need Prep, Advice
- The Business Case for Offering HSAs
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- Retirement Industry People Moves
- New SEC Reg BI Guidance Adds More Color to ‘Care Obligations’
- Tax Advantages to Look Out for in HSAs
- Proprietary Fund Suit Settles for Cash and Change(s)
- Call For Nominations for the Harry T. Eidson Founders Award
- SEC Updates Guidance on Adviser Investment Regulations
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- Mandatory Retirement Limits Not Serving Economy, According to Panel on Longevity
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- SEC Chairman Gensler Testifies to House Financial Services Committee
- ARA Pushes for Additional Changes to VFCP Self-Correction Option
- MetLife, Savi Launch Student Debt Management App for Public Sector Workers
- American Benefits Council Selects Thiele as Chair of Policy Board of Directors
- OneDigital, others look to snap up regional banks' 401(k) businesses
- Hightower Advisory Fairport Wealth Names Matt Logar CEO
- State Street, Annexus Release TDF With Retirement Income Annuity
- $15 Million Settlement Proposed in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Amendments to Maine Retirement Savings Program Proposed
- Marketer Snappy Kraken, Morningstar Launch Adviser Tool for Personalized Content
- Proprietary Fund Suit Settles for Cash and Change(s)
- 65% of Financial Advisers Braced for Recession
- Investment Group Calls On FTC to Exempt Execs From Non-Compete Ban
- Considerable Committee Consideration of Minnesota Secure Choice
- DC Plan Council Expects Increase in Real Estate Investing
- Betterment Pays SEC $9M for Misstatements Regarding Tax Loss Harvesting
- DOL Files Notice of Appeal in 401(k) Rollover Ruling
- $15 Million Settlement Proposed in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- New Retirement Firm Aims to Partner with Small Generalist Advisers
- Millennium Trust Will Add Auto-Portability to IRA Rollover This Year
- State-run retirement savings programs may fuel launch of private plans, Pew study says
- IRS Details Determination Letters Sent in FY 2022
- Social Security: Maybe All Is Not Lost
- Benartzi Makes a Call for Smart Defaults
- A (Really) Surprising Reason for High Retirement Plan Leakage
- Long-Term Financial Worries Include Social Security, Economy, Saving Level
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- Pensionmark CEO Says Firm Moving to 50/50 Retirement, Wealth Split by Summer
- Advisory M&A
- Top Senate Staffer on Reaching Across the Retirement Policy Aisle: DC Pension Geeks Podcast
- Most Young Investors Lack Understanding of Robo-Adviser Technology
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- Fears of State IRA Plans Overtaking Private Not Realized, Data Shows
- Commenters Urge SEC to Implement Market Proposals Sequentially
- Proposed Bill Would Tie $150 Million RIA Registration Threshold to Inflation
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- Departing CalSavers' CEO tackled lawsuit, pandemic while launching state-run retirement plan
- March a Seesaw for DB Plans
- A Mild Winter for DB Plans
- MyCTSavings Registration Deadline Extended
- Plan Sponsors Warm to Keeping Assets In-Plan
- Retirement plans key to drawing talent, small businesses say
- Prime Time for Diversifying with Municipal Bonds, According to Capital Group
- Retirement Advisers Say Long-Term Performance Most Important for Evaluating TDFs
- Investment Product & Service Launches
- Gensler to Testify at House Oversight Hearing Next Week
- Adviser M&A Deals Bounce Back in Volume, Worth in Q1
- DC plan participants doing less extreme equity investing – Vanguard
- Another 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Falls Short
- Proprietary Fund Suit Strikes Quick Settlement
- IRS Plans to Deliver ‘World-Class Service’ While Reducing Deficit
- Vermont Close to Passing Mandatory State Auto-IRA Program
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- New Plans Will Need Engaged Advisers for Success in SECURE 2.0 Era
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- Another 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Falls Short
- OneDigital Acquires Huntington Bank’s $5.6B Retirement Advisory Business
- A (Really) Surprising Reason for High Retirement Plan Leakage
- Data Shows 68% of Parents Make Financial Sacrifice for Adult Children
- In-Plan Annuity Offerings Gain Steam With Recordkeepers
- SEC Makes Important Investment Company Act Exemption
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- OneDigital buys Huntington National Bank's 401(k) advisory, plan servicing business
- Most U.S. Workers Expect to Fall Short of $1.1 Million Retirement Savings Goal
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- Two BlackRock TDF Suits Seek to Appeal Federal Court Losses
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- IRS Updates Info on Reporting Contributions to IRAs
- IRS Updates Info on Tax Treatment of Pension and Annuity Income
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- Retirement Industry People Moves
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- Investment Product Launches
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- Gig Workers Uncertain if They Will Retire, Likely to Self-Fund if They Do
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- Morningstar: Pandemic Caused Plan Closures, Creation Slowdown
- Wilmington Trust’s Pending CEO Focused on CIT Education Push
- Wilmington Trust Focused on CIT Education Push
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- Plan Sponsors Say They’re Seeking “Soft Skills” From Advisers
- Pitching Value: Advisers Discuss How to Approach Client Fees
- DISH Beats Back Excessive 401(k) Fee Suit
- North Carolina Work and Save on the Table
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- Pensionmark Appoints New M&A Head to Push Growth
- Adviser Satisfaction Dips Amid Big Market Drop
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- Has the Litigation Pendulum Swung Back to Plan Sponsors?: NAPA 401(k) Summit
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- Adviser Group Forecasts Federal, Private Plan “Battle” Over US Retirement System
- Financial Planning Standards Board Updates Global Standards
- Why 401(k) Advising Alone Isn’t Enough
- Mutual of America agrees to settle record-keeping, investments lawsuit
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- Advisory M&A
- Graff: Battles Ahead Over Future of America’s Retirement System
- Implement Social Security Changes ‘Sooner Rather than Later,’ Say Trustees
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- Markets nip record-keeper assets as participants rise
- Adviser M&A To Continue in 2023, but Expect Delays
- Social Security Trust Fund May Fall Short One Year Earlier Than Expected
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- Women Who Work With Financial Professionals Feel More Prepared for Retirement
- DOL Pushes Back on Motion to Halt ESG Reg
- DOL Rebuffed in Attempt to Move ESG Court Challenge to DC
- Retirement Preparedness Estimates Fall Back Into the ‘Yellow Zone’
- Move Over Millennials, Gen Z Slated to Be the Next Retirement Disruptors
- Merrill Wealth Management Head Sieg Departs for Citi
- DOL Pushes Back on Motion to Halt ESG Reg
- AARP, US Chamber Comment on IRS Proposal on Remote Notarization
- T. Rowe Price to Acquire Retirement Income Fintech Retiree, Inc.
- Investment Service & Product Launches
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- IRS Seeks Comments on Tax Treatment of Nonfungible Tokens
- DOL Rebuffed in Attempt to Move ESG Court Challenge to DC
- DISH Network Retirement Plan Survives Legal Challenge
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- Capital Group: Now is Optimal Time to Sell Retirement Plans
- Dish Beats Back Excessive 401(k) Fee Suit
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Colbert Narcisse, TIAA
- TDF Assets Fell 14% in ‘22, but Inflows Stayed Strong
- Live Nation Lambasted in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Proposed Legislation, SEC Rule Would Greatly Expand Electronic Disclosures
- US Workers’ Retirement Readiness Declines Amid Market Volatility
- Target-date funds get $153.3 billion in net inflows in 2022 – Morningstar
- Nevin & Fred: A Changing Recordkeeper Checklist
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- ABLE Accounts Could Be New Option for Oregon Employees
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- Game Changers
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- Pros and Cons of the SEC Market Structure Proposals
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- DOL Says It Might Appeal Rollover Ruling
- Investment Product and Service Launches
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- EBSA Provides More Time for QPAM Exemption Proposal Comments
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- 401(k) Excessive Fee Victor Drops Fee Recovery Motion
- Warning! The Federal Government Could be Coming for Your 401(k)
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- Advisory M&A
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- The Financial Wellness Side of SECURE 2.0
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- Adviser Product Partnerships
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- Grocery Chain’s Excessive Fee Suit Sacked
- SVB, other bank 401(k) plans taking big hit on company stock portfolios
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- Excessive Fee Case Clears ‘Plausible’ Threshold
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- John Hancock Promotes Brooks Tingle to Replace Marianne Harrison as CEO
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- Why the New ESG Rule — And Why Now? Exclusive Hauser Clip
- Good News in PBGC Pension Insurance Data Tables
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- Senate Okays Resolution to Nix ESG Rule
- Retirement Savers Withstand 2022 Rollercoaster as Balances Rebound
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Investment Product and Service Launches
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- House Approves Resolution Blocking Biden ESG Rule
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- Biden To Nominate Su for Secretary of Labor
- EBSA Head Says Disclosure, SECURE 2.0, ESG Are Key Priorities
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- IRI to Push for Annuities as Default Retirement Investment Option in ‘23
- New York State Deferred Comp picks new executive director
- New York State Deferred Comp picks new executive director
- Two Fundamental Points About ESG Investments: Exclusive Hauser Clip
- Two Fundamental Points About ESG Investments: Exclusive Hauser Clip
- Advisory M&A
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- Things to Ponder
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- Survey: Financial Advisers Not Optimistic About Future of ESG Investing
- OneAmerica Targets 20% Uptake for Retirement Planner PensionPlus in ‘23
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- DOL Updates Form 5500 for 2023
- Embattled DOL ESG Rule Receives Democratic Congressional Support
- DOL Issues Final Rules on Changes to 2023 Form 5500, SF
- DOL Backs Plaintiffs in Fiduciary Breach Appeal
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- Fidelity: Gen Z Savers Pour Into IRAs
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- ESG Lawsuit II: Wisconsin Edition
- WTW Dives into the U.S. Pooled Employer Plan Market
- WTW Jumps into the U.S. Pooled Employer Plan Market
- IRS Updates 2022-2023 Priority Guidance Plan
- Participants Challenge ESG Rule in Different Venue
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- WTW Announces PEP With Eye Toward Increased Plan Outsourcing
- Willis Towers Watson dives into U.S. market for pooled employer plans
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- Plan Fiduciaries Strike Quick Settlement in 403(b) Excessive Fee Suit
- Early Years Are Formative for Female Advisers’ Success, Survey Shows
- Panel: The ‘Golden Age’ of Advisory M&A Has Many Years Ahead
- Advisory M&A
- Tennessee, Rhode Island Mull State Retirement Plans
- Labor Secretary Marty Walsh Confirms Exit From DOL
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Employers Working to Address Growing Concerns for Emergency Saving
- Social Security Expansion Act Would Make Guarantee Solvency for 75 Years
- Senator Pushes For Crypto Option in 401(k) Plans
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- WVA Senate Passes Bill to Put Charter Schools Under State Retirement Umbrella
- Impromptu First Ladies
- Caution: That ‘Spam’ is Actually Superior DOL Customer Service
- Despite Plaintiff Rotations, Excessive Fee Suit Settles
- Labor Secretary Walsh Departing to Lead NHL Player Union
- 60/40 Portfolio Can Be Improved With Creative Use of Alternatives, Experts Say
- SEC Adopts Settlement Cycle Rule, Proposes New Custodial Rule
- Retirement Industry Criticizes Controversial Hard Close, Late Processing Proposal
- Retirement Industry Criticizes Controversial Hard Close, Late Processing Proposal
- Social Security Full Retirement Age, Revisited
- Auto Portability Consortium Picks up Steam with Newest Member
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- SEC Wants Enhanced Protections on Crypto, Other Adviser-Managed Investments
- DOL Backs Plaintiffs in Fiduciary Breach Appeal
- Retirement Industry Pushes Back on SEC Swing Pricing Proposal
- Tim Hauser Interview: The (New?) Environment for ESG in 401(k) Plans
- Tim Hauser Interview: DOL Official Sheds Fresh Light on ESG Reg
- Court Rolls Back Rollover Rule in 401(k) Fiduciary FAQ Fight
- How Will Florida’s Fiduciary Ruling Affect Advisors? ERISA Experts Weigh In
- DOL Backs Plaintiffs in Fiduciary Breach Appeal
- Federal Judge Nixes DOL Rollover Guidance Interpretation
- High Inflation Takes a Toll on Employees’ Financial Well-Being
- DC balances sunk by 20% on average in 2022, Vanguard says
- EPIC Retirement Plan Services names director of sales and strategic partnerships
- Economy Shifts What Employees Are Looking for in a Plan
- Collective Trusts Expected to Top Mutual Funds as Primary Target-Date Vehicles in 2023
- 401(k) Loans and Hardship Withdrawals Decreasing: Report
- 'Hidden' Figures
- Court Rolls Back Rollover Rule in Fiduciary FAQ Fight
- Court Rolls Back 401(k) Rollover Rule in Fiduciary FAQ Fight
- Court Rolls Back Rollover Rule in 401(k) Fiduciary FAQ Fight
- Empower Joins Auto Portability Consortium
- DOL: More Time to Comment on Fiduciary Correction Program
- Auto Portability Consortium Picks up Steam with Newest Member
- Advisory M&A
- In Wake of SECURE 2.0, DOL Reopens Comment Period on VFCP
- How to Close the Racial Retirement Savings Gap: Apryl Pope
- How to Close the Retirement Income Uncertainty Gap: David Blanchett
- In Wake of SECURE 2.0, DOL Reopens Comment Period on VFCP
- Closing the ‘Opportunity’ Gap
- Appellate Court Says Arbitration Clause Can’t Bar ERISA Claims
- Great resignation hits DC plan committees
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Will RMD Age Increases Cause ‘Abandoned’ Property Problems?
- Putnam Adds Sustainable Retirement TDFs
- Plan Fiduciaries Fend Off Another 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- 529 Flows Dip to $1.5B, But Still Strong Amid Market Volatility
- Investment Service & Product Launches
- Microsoft Escapes Retirement Plan TDF Suit
- Survey of LGBTQ Workers Finds Lower Satisfaction With Work Benefits
- Could Super Bowl LVII Flummox Your 401(k)?
- Excessive Fee 401(k) Suit Settles
- 401(k) Plan Participants Remained Resilient Through 2022: Vanguard
- Where Credit Is 'Due': Tax Credits for Small Employer Plans Under SECURE 2.0
- No Winter Chill for CalSavers
- Bill Would Set Up Auto Enrollment for Maryland State Employees
- Trade groups seek fix of SECURE 2.0 401(k) catch-up glitch
- Panel: False Ideas About Financial Advisement May Be Limiting Diversity
- DC Investment Providers Russell, Invesco, Name New CEOs
- Another BlackRock TDF Suit Dismissed
- New Marketing Rule Now a Focus of SEC’s 2023 Exam Priorities
- Retirement Savers Held Course in 2022 Despite 401(k) Declines
- IRS to Issue Opinion Letters for Certain Pre-Approved DB Plans
- Legislation Would Continue Anti-ESG Retirement Plan Fight
- Citing Plausible Precedents, Plaintiffs Press for Settlement
- Biden “Won’t Let” Republicans Cut Social Security
- Voya Saw 10% Growth in Managed Accounts in 2022
- Trade Groups Push Back on SEC Recordkeeping ‘Sweep’
- Mild Winter for Pension Plans, So Far
- DOL Secretary Walsh Reportedly Leading Candidate to Helm NHL Players’ Association
- ESG Battle Brews Between House GOP, Chamber of Commerce
- Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to Leave Administration: Report
- State-Sponsored Plans: A Look at Participation
- OneDigital Acquires $500M Florida Retirement and Wealth Management Shop
- Federal Judge Tosses Most Claims in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Financial Sector Faces Growing Return-to-Work Gender Gap
- 5 Themes for DC Plans to Consider for 2023
- Lack of ‘Longevity Literacy’ May Pose Retirement Planning Challenges
- A Change of ‘Hearth’
- Advisory M&A
- How UK’s Auto-Enrollment Pension Scheme is Doing 10 Years Later
- How UK’s Auto-Enrollment Pension Scheme is Doing 10 Years Later
- Excessive Fee 401(k) Suit Settles
- Investment Firms With $11.2 Trillion AUM Sign CFA Diversity Code
- PE Firm LMP Invests in Retirement Services Provider Definiti
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Financial Services Committee Republicans Form ESG Working Group
- An Advisor Ran SECURE 2.0 Through ChatGPT—Here’s What Happened
- Consultant Ran SECURE 2.0 Through ChatGPT — Here’s What Happened
- Seneca County moving participants in 457 plan to state deferred comp plan
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Federal Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of ERISA Case Against Dish Network
- Record Number of 401(k) Hardship Withdrawals Seen in 2022
- Advisers Anticipate Difficult Investment Year in 2023
- Public-Sector Access, Participation in Retirement Plans Outstrips Private Sector, Says BLS
- House Legislation Would Expand HSAs
- HSA Balances Increase Despite Higher Spending: EBRI
- SECURE 2.0 Needs A Starter 401(k) Plan Fix
- SECURE 2.0 Needs a Starter 401(k) Plan Fix
- Participant Financial Advice Is a Priority for Many Providers in 2023
- Top Initiatives of New ASPPA President Bonestroo
- House Passes Financial Exploitation Prevention Act to Safeguard Seniors from Fraud
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- The Why, When, and How Behind the ESG Lawsuit: Virginia AG Miyares
- Many Post-Retirement Plans May Now Include Work
- Fluor 401(k) Fiduciaries Fend Off Excessive Fee Suit — for Now
- Citing Plausible Precedents, Plaintiffs Press for Settlement
- JPMorgan’s Asset Management Arm Names New Chief Retirement Strategist
- SEC Cites Broker/Dealers for Not Meeting Reg BI Standards
- Morningstar, PAi Follow DOL Rule with ESG-Driven Pooled Employer Plan
- SECURE 2.0: Insights as the Dust Settles
- Industry Expert Hochman to Retire
- PBGC Names Hanley Chief of Negotiations and Restructuring
- Republican States Challenge DOL ESG Rule in Court
- Advisory M&A
- SECURE 2.0 Makes a Few Changes to Annuities
- New York Life Investment Management Names New CEO
- Markets Timing
- The Many Flavors of Retirement Savers: Individuals’ Response
- Red State Coalition Sues to Stop ESG Rule
- U.K. considers CDC model for multiemployer plans
- New U.K. regulations allow DC plans to increase illiquid investments
- Most Advisers Seeking Options Like HSAs, 529s to Compete for New Plans
- CFP Restructures To Boost Diversity in Financial Advisement
- Research: Adding Alts To Target-Date Funds Can Boost Savings Outcomes
- States’ Suit Could Delay DOL Rule on ESG Investing
- Inadvertent error in SECURE 2.0 legislation prevents 401(k) catch-up contributions
- Investment and Product Services
- LIMRA: Individual Annuity Sales Shatter Prior Record in 2022
- Breaking News: Red State Coalition Sues to Stop ESG Rule
- SEC Proposal Would Restrict Conflicted Asset-Backed Securities
- American Funds Owner Capital Group Names New CEO as Part of Leadership Shuffle
- OneAmerica Teams Up With Benartzi on New Retirement Income Product
- SageView Launches Financial Education Platform for Participants
- Early Excessive Fee Case Nears Settlement
- PBGC Adds Exception Process for Withdrawal Liability Conditions Applicable to SFA Recipients
- DC Plan Rollovers Seen as Major Booster to IRA Growth
- Hands Off Our 401(k)s: Americans Reject Changing Key Features
- SECURE 2.0 Error Threatens Catch-Up Contributions, but Meaning Is Clear
- Cetera to Acquire Securian Financial’s Retail Wealth Business
- RIA Merger Market Hits 9th Year of Record Activity
- Second Suit Says Settlement Terms Shrugged Off
- Spin-Off Sets up Second Stock Suit
- Savers Want Better Financial Management. How Can Advisers Reach Them?
- Pensions Benefit More than Retirees, Says Report
- Near-Retirees Need Help Maximizing Retirement Income Sources
- State Fiduciary Laws Still Duplicative: ARA’s Wielobob, Remo
- FINRA Head to Leave After More Than 2 Years in Role
- Allianz Asset Management 401(k) Participants Allege Self-Dealing
- Major SECURE 2.0 Error Puts Catch-Ups in Jeopardy: ARA’s Graff
- Major SECURE 2.0 Error Puts Catch-Ups in Jeopardy: ARA’s Graff
- Delta Taps Fidelity to Run New Emergency Savings Program
- TDF Flows Jumped 35% in ’22, but CITs May Be Stealing Growth
- TIAA Survey Suggests Women May Be Better at Predicting Life Expectancy
- The Many Flavors of Retirement Savers: A Look at Generations
- 6 Obstacles to Retirement Income Adoption
- Despite SECURE 2.0, the ‘A’ Word Hampers Income Adoption: Pfau
- A One-Sentence Hidden Gem Springs to Life in Secure 2.0
- DC rollovers fuel IRA growth to $13.9 trillion, largest part of retirement market
- Advisory M&A
- Reconsidering Target-Date Funds After a Rocky 2022
- Experts: Good RIA Succession Plans Separate Owners from Managers
- Fluor 401(k) Fiduciaries Fend Off Excessive Fee Suit—for Now
- State Fiduciary Laws Still Unnecessary: ARA’s Wielobob, Remo
- State Fiduciary Laws Still Duplicative: ARA’s Wielobob, Remo
- Regulatory and Statutory Changes Coming to Self-Corrections Programs
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- ‘Astronomical’ Claims Come Up Short — Again
- 401(k) Traders Favor Fixed Income, but Still Bullish on Equities
- 401(k) Participants Rank Crypto Dead Last as Preferred Option
- Passive Mutual Funds Rising, but Won’t Overtake Actives due to DC Plan “Stronghold”
- Second Suit Says Settlement Terms Shrugged Off
- DCIIA Appoints New Head of Retirement Research Center
- Small Businesses and SECURE 2.0: Exemptions and Tax Credits
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- ‘Bar Up’ on Colorado SecureSavings
- Bill Would Give Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board Limited Access to Tax Data
- How Inflation Altered Americans’ Retirement Savings Habits
- DOL Contractor Rule Threatened by 20% Adviser Quit Rate
- Non-qualified deferred compensation plans used to draw top talent, survey says
- Rewrite of JBEA Regulation on CPE Will Make Pandemic Waiver Permanent
- Sports Agency Owner Charged for Allegedly Stealing Retirement Assets
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Microsoft to trim workforce, citing macroeconomic conditions
- Another Excessive Fee Suit Targets Provider ‘Overpayments’
- Missouri Bill Would Modify Duties of Public Employee Retirement System Fiduciaries
- Debt Ceiling Fight Puts Retirement Security at Risk: ARA’s Graff
- Financial Education Gap Remains Even as Provider Offerings Improve
- ERISA Suit Against Deloitte Dismissed
- Advisory M&A
- Advisory M&A
- What’s Next with the Evolution of State-Sponsored Retirement Plans?
- Responding to a Cyberterrorist Attack
- Research Shows Workers Favor Guaranteed Income Over Financial Wellness Tools
- ‘Astronomical’ Claims Come Up Short—Again
- Fiduciary Concerns Continue to Stymie Annuities in 401(k)s
- Alternatives Shine for Asset Managers Amid 60/40 Volatility
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- PBGC Adjusts Civil Penalties
- How Proposed Changes Will Affect Voluntary Plan Corrections: ARA’s Wielobob
- BlackRock dives into small, midsize DC market with minority stake in Human Interest
- NQDC Plans Seen as Key in Attracting, Retaining Talent
- Missouri House Considers State-Run Multiple-Employer Retirement Savings Plan
- Mississippi Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Create State-Run Plan
- ASPPA Connect Back Jan. 18
- BlackRock Invests in Small Business 401(k) Provider Human Interest
- BlackRock Invests in Small Business 401(k) Provider Human Interest
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- Half of 1M Robinhood IRA Savers Pick In-App Investment Recommendation
- Crypto in your 401(k)? ‘No way!' retirement savers say
- 529s and ABLE Accounts Both Get a Boost from SECURE 2.0
- Enter Now for PLANADVISER’s 2023 Top Retirement Plan Advisers List
- 401(k) participants invested heavily in fixed income last year, Alight survey says
- U.K. Pensions Regulator urges DC plans to support participants amid market volatility
- Milken DEI Strategy Shows Asset Managers How to More Reflect Investors
- Among Advisers’ Top Concerns? Another 401(k) Drop in 2023
- Another TDF Suite Draws Excessive Fee Suit
- Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans Increasingly Include Noncompete Clauses
- Next Major Industry Focus: Using Auto-Portability to Solve Savings Gap
- Key SECURE 2.0 Act Provisions and Effective Dates
- IRS Updates Procedures for PLRs and Information Letters
- What Does the New Ways and Means Chair Have in Store?
- Personalization Push Heightens Need for Advisers to Vet Cybersecurity
- Carson Partners with “Conflict Free” Vestwell on 401(k) Offering
- Age-Specific Changes Found in SECURE 2.0
- IRS Updates Procedures for Determination Letter Requests
- DOL to Consult Industry on How To “Facilitate” PEP Uptake
- IRS: Remote Notarization, a Pandemic Development, May Stay
- Advisory M&A
- How SECURE 2.0 Will Affect New Plan Creation
- $10 billion 401(k) Smacked with Excessive Fee Suit
- The Many Flavors of Retirement Savers
- Young, Ambitious Workers Have High Hopes to Retire Early
- ‘May’ Way? The New DOL ESG Regulation
- FTC’s Noncompete Ban Would Hit Retirement, RIA Consolidation
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- After Committee Change, SECURE 2.0 Does Not Allow CITs in 403(b)s
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- A Method for Comparing Retirement Plan Annuities
- Court Dismisses 403(b) ERISA Claim Against Employer, But Not the Plan’s Adviser
- (Another) 401(k) Plan Fiduciary Prevails in Excessive Fee Suit
- Recordkeepers Beat Out External Managers for IRA Rollovers
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- ERISA Lawsuit Filed Against Ventura Foods
- Pension Funding Down as Year Ends
- Why Do Some Small Businesses Offer Retirement Plans?
- 5 New Year’s Resolutions for 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries
- Tips for Small Employers Considering a Retirement Plan
- PBGC Plan Sponsor Advocate: Progress in ’22, But More to Do
- Another Excessive Fee Suit Targets Provider ‘Overpayments’
- 401(k) ‘Fraudster’ Hack Case Drops a Defendant
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Settlement Hits a Snag
- Regret Able?
- Most Americans See Room to Improve Financial Wellness in 2023
- Implementing SECURE’s Emergency Savings Provisions
- Doll Forecasts A ‘Shallow’ Recession in 2023
- SECURE 2.0 Changes Backloading Test for Cash Balance Plans
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Settlement Hits a Snag
- Gallagher to Continue Push Into Retirement Advisement in 2023
- 5 New Year’s Resolutions for 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Happy New Year!
- It’s Official: SECURE 2.0 Enacted into Law
- IRS Proposes Alternative to In-Person Witnessing of Spousal Consents
- Biden Signs SECURE 2.0 Into Law
- (What Were) The Top Five Clicked ASPPA Connect Stories of 2022?
- Capozzi Adler Makes a Third Excessive Fee ‘Run’ at 401(k) Plan
- Advisers, Lobbyists, and Service Providers Respond to SEC Outsourcing Proposal
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- What Does SECURE 2.0 Mean For 403(b) Plans?
- Short-Term Goals Take Center Stage for 2023 Financial Resolutions
- Rising Inflation Viewed as Biggest Threat to Retirement in 2022
- Young Gen Zers Have Their Eyes on Early Retirement
- Swing Pricing Proposal Comment Period Remains Open Until Early February
- (What Were) The Top Clicked ASPPA Connect Stories of 2022?
- The 10 Highest Impact Provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act
- $4 Billion 401(k) Strikes $4 Million Settlement
- Demand for Employer Financial Wellness Benefits Remains Strong
- DC Plan Loans Edge Up, but Retirement Savers Stick with Allocations
- Financial Advisers Increasingly Land Clients Through Social Media
- 401(k) ‘Fraudster’ Hack Case Drops a Defendant
- BNY Mellon Dismissed, Alight, Colgate-Palmolive Remain in Retirement Theft Lawsuit
- How Does One Implement a Student Loan Matching Benefit?
- How Does One Start a Student Loan Matching Benefit?
- Excessive Fee Suit Targets Service Provider ‘Overpayments’
- SECURE 2.0 Headed for Enactment
- Market Nostradamus Doll Goes 7.5 for 10 in 2022 Predictions
- Congress Passes SECURE 2.0, Forwarding Second Major Retirement Reform in Three Years
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- CDC Says U.S. Life Expectancy Fell to 76.4 Years in ‘21, Lowest Since 1996
- Xerox Has Preliminary Settlement In Excessive Fee Lawsuit
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- Variable Rate Premiums To Be Capped by SECURE 2.0
- SECURE 2.0 Passes Senate as Industry Overwhelmingly Hopes for House Passage
- NJ Secure Choice Savings Board Appoints Executive Director
- Capozzi Adler Makes a Third Excessive Fee ‘Run’ at 401(k) Plan
- Behind Robinhood’s Retirement Push
- Adviser NFP Absolved in ERISA Case; Molina Healthcare and flexPATH Still Face Charges
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans To Get a Boost from Omnibus Package
- What Else Is in the New SECURE 2.0?
- New Mexico Work and $ave Seeks Program Administrator
- Mapping the Holidays
- Inflation Fans Cost of True Love’s Tab
- Take Stock of Plan Compliance on the Cusp of the New Year
- Aon Hewitt Carves Out Settlement in Fiduciary Suit
- CRA Move Seeks to Erase ESG Regulation
- $4 Billion 401(k) Strikes $4 Million Settlement
- CBO Says Social Security Trust Funds May Be Depleted by 2033
- 2023 Plan Sponsor of the Year Nominations Are Open
- SECURE 2.0 Bill Contains Popular and Widely Anticipated Retirement Reforms
- Retirement Advisers Increasingly Want PEP Option in Toolbox
- Betterment, Vanguard Find Workers Tapped Retirement Savings in 2022
- Final SECURE 2.0 Included in Year-End Spending Bill
- Lori Lucas Will Retire as Head of EBRI
- You Better Watch Out…
- Is Your DB Plan the Solution to Your DC Retirement Income Problem?: A Dialogue
- Plan Sponsors Prioritizing 401(k) Plan Design
- How 401(k) Participant Engagement Matters — a Lot
- Proprietary Funds Targeted in Excessive Fee Suit
- RetireOne Adds Nationwide Annuity Offerings for Investment Advisers
- Senator Braun and Congressman Barr Resolve to Overturn “Woke” ESG Rule
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- What Effect Would Changing the Computation Years for Social Security Have?
- Winter Issue of PC Magazine Is Now Online!
- Investment Adviser M&A Activity Expected to Mellow in ’23
- Experts: Employers Can Help with Student Loan Management
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- SEC Votes to Advance Trading Proposals
- Class, Dismissed: TIAA Dodges Massive Class Action Suit
- 7 Things to Know About the New ESG Regulation
- Aon Hewitt Carves Out Settlement in Fiduciary Suit
- Certified Financial Planner Board Issues Crypto Guidelines
- When Merging Retirement Planning and Wealth Management, Participants Must ‘Come First’
- Workers, Employers, Contributed to Retirement Plans at Record Rates
- Study: Women Say Competing Priorities Hinder Retirement Saving
- In Wake of COVID-19, Retirement Savings Surge
- Auld Lang Syne — and a Deadline
- ‘Past’ Tense?
- Democrats Suggest SEC Should Reform Scope 3 Climate Disclosure Proposal
- Fintech SMB Plan Providers Saw Growth in ’22 On Low-Fees, State Mandates
- Employment Law Firm Files Another Excessive Fee Suit
- Participants Regain $1.4 Billon Thanks to EBSA’s Interventions
- Morningstar Launches Platform to Compare, Sell Annuities
- 401(k) participants' savings rates, employer contributions reached all-time high in 2021 — PSCA
- DOL Recovered More $1.4 Billion in FY 2022, Agency Says
- CFP Board Warns of Crypto’s ‘Heightened Risks’
- Employers Focused on Maintaining Benefits, Amid Recession Fears
- In Wake of COVID-19, Retirement Savings Surge
- Investment Advisers Seek Talent Amid Staff Shortage
- SageView Acquisitions Add to Financial Wellness-Focused Wealth Managers
- Expert Consensus: SECURE 2.0 May or May Not Pass
- New Modifications Released for Forms 5500 and 5500-SF
- Self-Directed Investors Stay the Course, Eye Future Market Rebound
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Institutional Investors: Bonds Back, Crypto Out, More Volatility Ahead
- Younger 401(k) Participants Not Shying Away from Equities
- Volatile Markets Whack Self-Directed 401(k) Investors
- Morningstar Raises “Safe” Retirement Withdrawal Rate to 3.8%
- Robo 401(k) providers are still open to crypto options
- EBRI's Lori Lucas looks back (and forward) at retirement trends
- Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill for Portable Federal Retirement Accounts
- LPL Advisers Overwhelmingly Support SECURE 2.0 Even as Timeline for Passage Tightens
- Bicameral, Bipartisan Retirement Bill Introduced
- IRS Issues Tables of Covered Compensation for 2023
- IRS Not Finalizing Proposed Regulations on Mortality Tables
- DOL Releases Informational Copies of 2022 Form 5500 Series
- DOL Phasing Out EFAST
- DOL Modernizing EFAST Authentication
- Vanguard’s Defection from Net-Zero Group Further Clouds ESG Investment Commitments
- Cetera Wraps First Allied into Adviser Business
- Investment Service and Product Launches
- District Court Dismisses Two ERISA Lawsuits Challenging BlackRrock TDFs
- RFPs Sought for Delaware EARNS
- Well-Designed Apps Crucial for Younger Investors
- Recession Fears Driving Investors to Rethink Retirement Timing
- Small and Medium Businesses Driving NQDC Plan Growth
- Class, Dismissed: TIAA Dodges Massive Class Action Suit
- Fidelity Moves Adviser Services Out of Institutional Investing to Align with Brokerage and Technology
- Stock-Trading Platform Robinhood Launches IRA with 1% Match
- Congress Nears Passage of RILA Registration Legislation
- ARA Expresses Strong Support for Electronic Submission of Form 5558
- November Pension Funding Not a Horn of Plenty
- PBGC Amends its Valuation Regulation
- Informal DOL Guidance Addresses PEP Bonding Requirements
- IRS Updates Publication 4810, Specifications for E-Filing of Form 8955-SSA
- Social Security Administration Aims for Informative, Time-Saving Website Redesign
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Plan Sponsors Prioritizing 401(k) Plan Design as Part of Talent Strategy
- Voya’s New Workplace Head Thinking About the Employee Experience in More “Bundled” Fashion
- Experts: More Hackers Going After Retirement Savings
- SEC and Goldman Sachs Settle for $4 Million for ESG Policy Infractions.
- CFP Board Warns of Crypto’s ‘Heightened Risks’
- Plan Advisers May Help Boost Employee 401(k) Participation
- Near-Retirees May Be at Risk for Retirement Income Shortfall
- Bear Market Draws Attention to Actively Managed Funds
- What’s Shaping the U.S. Retirement Landscape in 2023?
- DOL’s Walsh Calls for Expanded Retirement Savings Access
- Resetting the Mindset: DC Lifetime Income ‘Decumulation Accumulation’ and their Risk-Related Restrictions
- ESG — A Skeptic’s Journey
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Find Republican Opposition in Both Houses
- Informal DOL Guidance Addresses PEP Bonding Requirements
- 401(k) Robo-Adviser Blooom Shuts Services, Sells Tech to Morgan Stanley
- It’s Official: Final ESG Reg Published in the Federal Register
- Judge Says (Another) Excessive Fee Suit Comes Up Short
- Share Class Choice Criticized in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Federal Judge Dismisses Two of the BlackRock TDF Suits
- U.S. Regulator Urges Congress to Act Fast on Crypto Regulation
- Self-Directed Retirement Investors In Brokerage Accounts Stay in Equities Despite Volatility
- Wait, SECURE 2.0 Might Not Pass?
- It’s Official: Final ESG Reg Published in the Federal Register
- Graff Still Bullish on SECURE 2.0 Prospects
- Momentum is Growing to Educate Advisers on Plan Options for Lifetime Income
- 401(k) Fiduciary Breach Suit Settled
- Asset Managers Scramble to Offer In-Demand Investment Vehicles
- 2023 Plan Adviser of the Year Nominations Are Open
- DOL Extends Comment Period for Independent Contractor Rule
- A New Turn in Litigation
- Advisers Should Comment, Prepare Vendor List Ahead of SEC Outsourcing Rule
- Fitch: SEC “Crack Down” on ESG Greenwashing to Continue
- Shed of Many Claims, MEP Excessive Fee Litigation Goes to Trial
- Retirement Legislation Will Expand Savings Opportunities for Over 100 Million Americans
- Hochul to Big Apple Employees: NYC BOE Retirement System Off Limits
- Savings Rates Stay Strong
- ‘Short’ Excessive Fee Suit Struck Down
- What do the mid-terms mean for ESG and SECURE 2.0?
- What’s Shaping the U.S. Retirement Landscape in 2023?
- Financial-market upheaval overtakes best intentions of pension legislation
- Judge Dismisses Charge of “Unreasonable” 401(k) Fees by Electronics-Maker Ricoh
- Advisor Value ‘Adds’
- NQDC Plans Increasingly Used to Try and Draw, Retain Execs
- DOL Proposes Changes to Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
- Are You ‘Anti’ Social?
- ESG — Not Your Father’s SRI
- SPARK Releases Updated Cybersecurity Best Practices Guide
- No Changes in RA List for Qualified Plans and 403(b)s for 2022
- Visions of early retirement may sway some to save more
- Tiered contributions seen as move to bolster equality
- Study Shows Major Gap Between Retirement Goals and Preparedness
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- DOL Rule Greenlights ESG, But Questions Remain
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Judge Says (Another) Excessive Fee Suit Comes Up Short
- Employees Desire Greater Support Due to Rising Inflation
- Happy Thanksgiving from ASPPA Net!
- PBGC Updates Mortality Table for 2023 Valuations
- Schlichter Sued for Fiduciary Breach
- Fiduciaries Get Long-Awaited Clarity on ESG in Retirement Plans
- Small Businesses Fall Behind in Providing Financial Support
- Judge Recommends Dropping Most of $4.2B Retirement Plan Suit Against Nestlé
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- No Changes in RA List for Qualified Plans and 403(b)s for 2022
- ARA Presses DOL for Changes to QPAM Exemption Proposal
- From the Executive Editor
- The Joys of Volunteering
- New CE Requirement for Actuaries
- DOL Finalizes Rule Opening Door to ESG Investing in Retirement Plans
- The Tale of the Man With Many Hats
- Fiduciaries May, But Not Must, Consider ESG: DOL
- Alternative Asset Managers Release Tool for ESG Disclosure
- S&P Global Settles Mortgage-backed Security Case with SEC
- Self-Directed Investors Confidence Down Due to Challenging Market
- Senators Press Fido to Clip Crypto 401(k)
- Plan Advisers Value Trustworthiness, “Personal” Touch from DC Recordkeepers
- Share Class Choice Criticized in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Thanks, Giving
- PBGC Hails 2022 Successes, Welcomes New Advisory Committee Members
- The ‘Entity’ Difference Between 403(b) and 401(a) Plans
- SEC Collects Record $6.44B On 760 Enforcement Actions in Fiscal 2022
- Top ESG Focus Areas for Big Investors Are Labor Rights, Gender Equality
- Financial Firms Looking to HBCUs, “Pipeline” Programs to Bolster Diversity
- ‘Short’ Excessive Fee Suit Struck Down
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- SECURE 2.0 Enjoys Widespread and Consistent Industry Support
- EBSA Proposes Adding Self-Correction Component to VFCP
- $3 Million Settlement Struck in Managed Accounts Suit
- Retirement Plans Remain ‘Critical Component’ in War for Talent
- Sharp Year-End Decrease In Bonuses Expected for Financial Sector
- Expert Panel: Today’s Retirement Plan Advisories Require Specialization
- Current Annuities Boom Still Likely Faint for DC-Plan Advisers
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- Investment Product and Service Launches
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- Stable Fund Focus in Another Excessive Fee Suit
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- T. Rowe Price: 95% of 401(k) savers stayed the course in first half of 2022
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- Defining the Retirement Crisis, Part 3: It’s Going to Get Worse Before it Will Ever Get Better
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- DOL Slightly Extends Comment Period on QPAM Exemption
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- Survey: Workers Would Save More for Retirement with Emergency Savings
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- Principal Prevails (Yet) Again in Fiduciary Suit
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- Seventh Circuit Gives Oshkosh Another Excessive Fee Suit Win
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- Split Decision for 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
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- DOL Updates Guidance on Employee Benefit Plan Auditor Independence
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- Continued Strong Growth for CalSavers in August
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- ASPPA Connect Returns Sept. 7
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- Fiduciary Rule Challenge ‘Friended’ by ACLI
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- Worried About a Recession, Many Americans Taking Steps to Prepare
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- Parents’ Retirement Confidence Takes a Hit over Inflation Worries
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- Submit Your Application for a PenChecks Trust ASPPA Scholarship by Sept. 15!
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- CalSavers to Cover Nearly all Employees in California
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- Older Workers’ Retirement Expectations Remain Intact Despite COVID
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- A Guide Path for Your Glide Path(s)
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- Could ESG Options Undermine Participant Outcomes?
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- Participant Data Claims Dismissed in Excessive Fee Suit
- Participant Data Claims Dismissed in Excessive Fee Suit
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- IRS Updates Discussion of 3rd Party Loans and Plans
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- Maintaining Records: Who Does What, and When?
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- Excessive Fee Suit Treads Familiar, New Ground(s)
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- Underperforming TDFs Trigger Excessive Fee Suit for Berkshire Hathaway Firm
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- PBGC Modifies My PAA Login Method
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- Don’t Miss the Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan Workshop!
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- Appellate Court Backs DOL in Cybersecurity Subpoena
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- DOL Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Changes to PTE Procedures
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- Are We Worrying About the ‘Right’ Retirement Risks?
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- ‘Damned’ (Even) if You Do
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- Actual and Expected Retirement Ages Continue to Rise
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- The IRS Extended the Deadline to Adopt Amendments — Do We Need to Tell Participants?
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- EBSA Seeks Nominations for Advisory Council
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- Judge Slams Plaintiffs’ Attorneys with $1.5 Million Judgment for ‘Reckless’ Suit
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- Delaware Joins States that Cover Employees Whose Employers Don’t
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- Inflation Chipping Away at Workers’ Ability to Save for Retirement
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- Retirement Savers Stay Focused on Long-Term, Despite 2Q Drop in Balances
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- Modest Deferral Rate Increases Could Have a Big Impact on Retirement Readiness
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- A Look at CalSavers’ Service Operations
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- CalSavers Expansion Now Up to Newsom
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- Excessive Fee Suit Targets RK, Managed Account Fees
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- Bath & Body Works Parent Strikes Excessive Fee Suit Settlement
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- Most Remain Financially Confident, But Goals Are Shifting
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- Limits on Wealthy Retirement Accounts Not in Inflation Reduction Act
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- Retiree Assets: To Keep or Not to Keep?
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- Inflation Chipping Away at Workers’ Ability to Save for Retirement
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- Cardin: The Time for Action on SECURE 2.0 Is Now
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- Congress Seeks to Restore Delphi Pension Benefits
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- Senators Press Fidelity Again on Bitcoin Exposure to Retirement Funds
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- Morningstar Urges DOL to Revisit TDF Guidance
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