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- Fiduciary Best Practices for Healthcare Plans
- Economic Uncertainty Causes Financial Stress, Moves People To Take Action
- A Side Gig Retirement Plan
- Nasdaq-100 Underrepresented in 401(k) Plans
- Moody’s and MSCI Partner for Private Credit Risk Modelling Tool
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/25/2025
- Retirement Confidence Remains High, As Does Interest in Income Options
- Product and Service Launches – 4/25/25
- Questions About Service Provider Selection Stem From Pentegra MEP Case
- Senator Cassidy Proposes Workplace Benefits for Independent Workers
- DOL Reconsidering Biden-Era ESG Considerations Rule
- Inflows Into TIAA Traditional Hit 5-Year High
- MEP Plan Participants Win in Jury Trial Against Pentegra
- Human Interest Launches Platform to Streamline 401(k) Management
- Concern About More Litigation Follows Supreme Court’s Cornell Decision
- House Bill Would Protect Retirees From Financial Fraud
- Nomura to Acquire Macquarie’s US and European Asset Management Business
- Comparing Insured and Non-Insured Payout Options
- What to Know About Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- Supreme Court Wants Solicitor General Opinion on Excessive Fee 401(k) Case
- Trump Issues Executive Order About PBM Compensation
- Despite April Funding Downturn, Opportunities for Pension Derisking Remain
- Supreme Court Rules For Workers in Cornell 403(b) Plan Lawsuit
- Product and Service Launches – 4/17/25
- Plan Sponsors Remain Focused on Workforce Retirement Benefits
- Investors’ Bad Behavior Led to Sharp Underperformance in 2024
- American Worker Retirement Plan Act Reintroduced in House
- Employers With PEPs Have Higher Adviser and Plan Satisfaction
- Debt Delaying Retirement for Generation X, Baby Boomers
- Electronic Disclosure Bill Reintroduced in House
- DOL Gets 60 More Days to Decide Next Steps in Fiduciary Rule Lawsuit
- Todd Lacey Joins Financial Finesse As President
- Financial Firms Investment in Gen AI Surges, Cybersecurity Remains Priority
- Amid Some Confusion, Social Security Begins Use of New Anti-Fraud Measures
- Private Credit Matures Into Mainstream Asset Among RIAs
- Investment Fees, Plan Governance Drive Fiduciary Liability Insurance Pricing
- Consumers Worry That Income Isn’t Keeping Up With Inflation
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/11/2025
- Hub Names EVP of U.S. Employee Benefits and Retirement and Private Wealth
- Health Plan Fiduciary Duties Related to Data and Documents
- Social Security Administration Changes Course on Plans to End Phone Services
- Product and Service Launches – 4/10/25
- Chime Introduces Financial Wellness Suite
- Senate Confirms Paul Atkins as SEC Chairman
- Former Acting Labor Secretary Su Outlines “Risks” From a Weakened DOL Under Trump
- Milken Institute Supports Steps to Increase Adoption of In-Plan Lifetime Income Solutions
- Envestnet Announces Model Portfolios, Direct Indexing Offerings
- John Hancock Adds Manulife Name to Investment and Retirement Brands
- DOL Provides Guidance About DB Funding Notice Requirements
- Janus Henderson and Guardian Life Announce Strategic Partnership
- US Recession Talks Get Louder
- Broadridge Introduces Global Digital Assets Solutions
- Senate Bill Seeks to Reverse Retirement Plan Crypto Warning
- First Quarter of 2025 Sees High 401(k) Participant Trading Activity
- Cetera Introduces Emergency Planning and Communications Kit for Advisers
- Understanding the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
- Investment Strategists Predict Which Sectors Will Perform in a Trade War
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/4/25
- Elimination of ACA Tax Credits Could Cause Millions to Lose Health Coverage
- Product and Service Launches – 4/4/25
- Financial Professional Usage Increasing, Digital Advice Leveling Off
- Analysts, Institutional Investors React to Trump Tariffs
- Workers Show Social Security Knowledge Gaps
- T. Rowe Price Introduces Adviser Social Security Analyzer Tool
- HSA Assets Grow to Nearly $147B in 2024
- Annuities Can Make Client Relationships ‘Sticky,’ but Misunderstandings Persist
- PRT Lawsuits Get Split Rulings in District Courts
- Popularity of No-Load Mutual Funds Whittles Down Fees
- Larry Fink Touts Importance of Private Assets in Annual Letter
- Lawsuits Call Attention To ESOP Cash Holdings
- SPARK Institute Announces Financial Literacy Initiatives
- CFP Board Survey Examines Implications of TCJA Expiration
- LPL Financial Acquiring Commonwealth Financial Network
- PGIM Research Examines Deglobalization’s Portfolio Implications
- Changes to Federal Student Loan Repayment Forgiveness Increasing Financial Stress
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/28/25
- Less Than Half of Americans Satisfied With Their Financial Advice
- Workers Concerned About Retirement Savings, Want Support
- Product and Service Launches – 3/28/25
- Social Security Administration Extends Identity Proofing Requirements
- 401GO Expands 3(38) Services Through Mesirow Partnership
- Academics Receive Awards for Research Advancing Financial Planning
- Stress and Burnout Causing Lost Workplace Productivity
- Traditional IRAs the Destination for Rollover Dollars, Roth IRAs Capture Conversions and Contributions
- JPMorgan Introduces 2025 College Planning Essentials Guide
- Tech Issues at Forefront of Wealth Managers’ Focus, Says Wipfli Report
- Wells Fargo Health Plan Lawsuit Dismissed
- Caregiving Responsibilities Challenge Women’s Financial Health
- In the Rush to Hire AI Talent, Companies are Rushing Too Fast, Survey Finds
- Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program Improvements Take Effect
- DOGE Prohibited from Obtaining Social Security Data, Judge Rules
- OneDigital Expands Access to Impact Studio Platform
- CFP Board Initiative Seeks to Increase and Strengthen Women CFP Professionals
- Social Security Administration Changes Process to Prove Identity
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/21/25
- Product and Service Launches – 3/21/25
- PGIM Talks Deglobalization’s Portfolio Implications In New Report
- Lockheed Martin Sued for In-House Management of 401(k) Plan
- Younger, Do-It-Yourself Investors Interested in Human Financial Advice
- New AssetMark Program Educates Advisers About Succession Planning
- 401(k)s Not the Place for Private Equity, Says Johns Hopkins Study
- John Hancock Retirement Announces Suite of Adviser-Centric Plan Solutions
- Pension Risk Transfer Just Shy of Record Year in 2024
- JPMorgan Sued Over Stable Value Fund in 401(k) Menu
- Americans Want Support With Tax-Smart Strategies
- Financial Advisers Home In on Private Infrastructure Investments
- Access Gaps Remain as State-Facilitated Retirement Plans Near $2B
- Employees Take Action After Financial Wellness Engagement
- Weak Market Returns Sink Corporate Funding Ratios
- JPMorgan Sued Over Health Plan’s Generic Drug Costs
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/14/25
- Finances a Top Source of Stress for Most Women
- FinTech, AI Tools to Ease Administration and Expand Financial Planning Access
- Deadline for Retirees Taking Their First RMDs is April 1
- Product and Service Launches – 3/13/25
- Edward Jones Launches Private Client Services for High-Net-Worth Clients
- Milken Institute Research Explores Federal Accounts for Newborns
- CFA Institute Renames Certificate in ESG Investing
- SSGA Scraps Gender Diversity Efforts
- The Importance of Leveraging Technology to Improve Financial Wellness
- Trump Nominates Dhillon to Lead PBGC
- Georgia Bill Aims to Create State-Run Retirement Plan
- Gen Z Total Income Reaches $1.1T
- Money Market Fund Assets Hit Record $7T
- Chavez-DeRemer Confirmed as Secretary of Labor
- TIAA Expands Annuity Availability to Its IRAs
- Americans Plan to Increase Savings Amid Concerns About Affordability
- Fired Probationary Workers Reinstated at EBSA
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/7/25
- The Standard Touts $2 Billion Milestone in PEP Assets
- 403(b) Plans Have Special Considerations When Complying with SECURE 2.0
- Product and Service Launches – 3/6/25
- Vanguard Credits Strong Plan Design and Markets for Improved Account Balances
- PPL Corp. Agrees to Settle Participant Lawsuit Over TDFs for $8.2M
- OCIO Market Totals Nearly $4.8T, Says Chestnut Advisory
- Social Security Administration Announces Staff Downsizing Plans
- Many Plan Sponsors Don’t Feel Responsibility for Participant Retirement Goals
- Treasury Secretary Bessent Announces JR Gibbens as Sovereign Wealth Fund Adviser
- Participant Data at Community Colleges, Public Schools Exposed in Breach at TPA
- Private Equity on Comeback Trail for 2025, Says McKinsey
- What DOL Layoffs Could Portend for EBSA’s Future
- ERISA Advisory Council Status Unclear
- Prime Capital Financial Acquires SineCera Capital
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/28/25
- Chavez-DeRemer’s Secretary of Labor Nomination Advances to Full Senate
- Principal Asset Management Appoints Brant Wong Head of Retirement Solutions
- Product and Service Launches – 2/27/25
- Money Market Funds Damaged by ‘Flawed’ SEC Amendments
- Expedited Payments From Social Security Fairness Act Coming Soon
- Legislation Reintroducing CITs to 403(b) Plans Gains Momentum
- Judge Approves DOL’s Appeal to Pause Fiduciary Rule Litigation
- CFP Board Releases Technology Standard Guide for CFPs
- Private Equity Dominates Wealth Management M&A Activity
- Public Pension Plans Reach 5-Year High of 83.1% Funded
- Call Center Rep Accessed Data of More Than 2,000 Customers at Inspira Financial
- Great Gray Expands Retirement Business With RPAG Acquisition
- SEC Announces Unit to Protect Investors From Crypto, AI Scams
- Advisory M&A News – 2/24/25
- Adviser Industry Faces Significant Shortage, per McKinsey Report
- Lawsuit Alleges Empower Misused Participant Data for Cross-Selling
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/21/25
- Morningstar IDs Best Robo-Advisers of 2025
- Lower Fees Could Drive Greater Managed Account Adoption Among Plan Sponsors
- Product & Service Launches – 2/20/25
- CFP Board Launches Hall of Fame
- The Pension Specialists Breach Exposes Data of 71,000 Participants
- Public Sector Employees More Likely to Stick with Default Retirement Investments
- Candidly Claims $1.8B in Student Debt Impact
- District Court Again Backs Biden-Era ESG Rule, but Its Future Remains Unclear
- Mercer to Acquire Investment Consultant SECOR Asset Management
- Women’s Growing Financial Power Could Reshape Wealth Management, CFP Reports
- Advisory M&A News – 2/18/25
- Generative AI, Email Scams Lead Cyber Fraud in 2024
- DC Retirement Plan Balances and Contributions Rising, Fidelity Reports
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/14/25
- Answering Questions About SECURE 2.0 Catch-Up Provisions
- Insurers Seek Private Market Exposure, Take More Risk in Portfolios
- Corporate Pensions Continue Funding Surplus Rise in January
- Product and Service Launches – 2/13/25
- Income Target-Funds Reach $22B in Assets in 2024
- ERISA Industry Committee Outlines Latest Employer Priorities
- American Benefits Council Advocates for Tax Preferences for Next 5 Years
- Daniel Aronowitz Nominated to Head EBSA
- DOL Files to Pause Appeal of Fiduciary Rule
- Most Advisers Say Bitcoin and Digital Assets Misaligned With Fiduciary Duty
- Larry Restieri to Succeed Bob Oros as CEO of Hightower Advisors
- Schlichter Joins the 401(k) Forfeiture Suit Fray
- Unions’ Motion for Restraining Order Against DOL Blocked
- DC Asset Growth Leads Global Retirement Assets to Reach $58.5T
- Advisory M&A News – 2/11/25
- Legal & General to Sell 20% Stake in PRT Business
- 2024 Sees Net Inflows of $3.1B to 529 Tuition Savings Plans
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/7/25
- Most Workers Acknowledge the Importance of DC Plans
- House and Senate Reintroduce Bills to Permit CITs in 403(b) Plans
- Product and Service Launches – 2/6/25
- Will Trump DOL Move Away From Biden Independent Contractor Classification Rule?
- Industry Groups File Amicus Brief Urging 11th Circuit to ‘Preserve Integrity of ERISA’
- Department of Labor Secretary Nominee Gets Confirmation Hearing Date
- Potential Implementation Delays Face Social Security Fairness Act
- Advisers Planning to Increase Technology, AI Usage and Spend
- Empower Expands Benefits Services with Consumer Directed Healthcare Offering
- Trader Joe’s 401(k) Plan Accused of Overinvesting in Balanced Fund
- Vanguard Announces the Largest Fee Cut in Firm’s History
- Trump Issues Executive Order to Create Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Advisers Increasingly Considering Crypto in Financial Plans
- Study Finds Most Corporate Retirement Plans Have Regulatory or Fiduciary Violations
- Saver’s Match Could Significantly Decrease Wealth Gaps, Morningstar Says
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/31/25
- FINRA Flags Shortcomings in Firms’ Anti-Money Laundering Efforts
- Southwest Airlines Faces Lawsuit Over ‘Chronically Underperforming’ 401(k) Funds
- Product and Service Launches – 1/29/25
- Equitable Introduces 401(k) PEP
- Johnson & Johnson Lawsuit Over Health Plan Partially Dismissed
- AI-Enhanced Fraud: A Growing Threat to Retirement Plans
- KKR Names Kivett 1st Head of Defined Contribution
- Carson Group Acquires Carson Wealth Chicago
- Industry Groups Push to Dismiss PRT Lawsuit Against Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Education and Workforce Committee Renews Call to Probe EBSA for Alleged ‘Power Abuse’
- Advisory M&A News – 1/27/25
- What Is a Proper Cybersecurity Policy for a Retirement Plan?
- Holistic Planning is Key to Navigating Retirement Income Challenges
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/24/25
- Insurance Brokerage M&A Continues to Surge in 2024
- IRI, Cannex Introduce Baseline Values Tool for Annuities
- JPMorgan Faces 401(k) Forfeiture Lawsuit
- The Retirement Advantage Announces New 401(k) PEP
- Product and Service Launches – 1/23/25
- Proposed ESOP Rules Scrapped Following Trump’s Regulatory Freeze
- Supreme Court Hears Cornell Pleading Standards Case in Oral Arguments
- Total Number of Advisers Has Stagnated, Cerulli Reports
- TIAA and Nuveen’s Target-Date Annuity Strategies Reach 1 Million Accounts
- Trump Names Acting Secretary for Department of Labor
- Advisory M&A News – 1/21/25
- 2025 Retirement Outlook: Tax Changes, Cryptocurrency Trends and Litigation Reforms
- ERISA Group’s Lawsuit Seeks to Upend Final Federal Mental Health Parity Rules
- SEC Fines Vanguard for Misleading Retail Target Date Fund Investors
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/17/25
- Strategies for Enhancing Portfolio Management
- DOL Proposes Rule to Clarify “Adequate Consideration” for ESOP Transactions
- Product & Service Launches – 1/16/25
- Bechtel Managed Account QDIA Lawsuit Dismissed
- Prudential, Dimensional Fund Advisors, FIDx Announce Product Partnership
- OneDigital Acquires Nonprofit HR Solutions, Fueling Expansion
- Employers Expand Mental Health Support to Combat ‘Burnout’
- IRS Offers Assistance to Those Affected by California Wildfires
- Advisers Giving Back: Kristi Baker
- SEC Fines 12 Firms $63M for Failing to Maintain Proper Electronic Records
- John Hancock Retirement Announces Partnership With Vestwell
- Q&A: Seeking a More Perfect TDF
- Transamerica Introduces New Logo
- Corporate Pension Funding Status Rose in December, Ending Strong in 2024
- Advisory M&A News – 1/13/24
- IRS, Treasury Release Proposed Regulations on SECURE 2.0 Provisions
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Litigation Spiked to ‘Near Record Pace’ in ’24
- Court Rules American Airlines Breached Fiduciary Duty in ESG Case
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/9/25
- Jay Kaduson Joins Voya Financial as CEO of Workplace Solutions
- Retirement Plan Investors Remain Cautious in December Amid Market Volatility
- Micro-401(k) Plan Market Ripe for Non-Specialist Adviser Growth
- Alts Manager Ares Raises $2.3B for Life Insurance and Annuity Division
- Product & Service Launches
- Groups Call On Supreme Court to Uphold Cornell University Decision to Stem Frivolous Lawsuits
- DCIIA Announces Executive Committee for 2025-2026
- Paychex Acquisition of Paycor Will Expand Client Base
- 2025 PLANADVISER Top Retirement Plan Advisers Entry Period Is Open
- 401(k) Connector Pontera Partners With Hightower Advisors
- Pension Income Accounted for $1.5T of US Economic Output in 2022
- Miller Starts CFP Board Chair Leadership
- Retirement Plan Advisors Announces Staff Promotions
- Advisory M&A News – 1/4/25
- JP Morgan Bolsters Retirement Unit With Hires From Vestwell, Smart
- Some Optional SECURE 2.0 Provisions Seeing Minimal Traction
- Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act
- Nuts & Bolts: Requests for Proposal
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/3/25
- Amazon Employees File 401(k) Plan Forfeiture Complaint in Federal Court
- Crossmark’s Doll Projects Fewer Tailwinds and More ‘Tail Risks’ in 2025
- Product and Services Launches – 1/2/25
- Verizon, SSGA Face Complaint About $5.9B PRT Transaction
- IRS Issues Covered Compensation Tables for 2025 Plan Year
- Vision Financial Merger Creates $2B Financial Integrators
- Advisory M&A News – 12/31/24
- Allianz Life Survey Reveals Financial Stress but Optimism for 2025 Among Americans
- DOL’s Retirement Savings Lost and Found Database Goes Live
- DOL Announces New Appointees to 2025 ERISA Advisory Council
- Advisory M&A News – 12/23/24
- DOL’s Khawar, Among Architects of New Retirement Fiduciary Rule, To Step Down
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/13/24
- “Shadow SEC” Group Aims to Shape Discussions on Federal Securities Laws
- What to Know About the 10-Year Inherited IRA Rule
- Product & Service Launches – 12/19/24
- Concurrent Hires David Montgomery from OneDigital to Head Retirement Plan Division
- CAPTRUST Adds Advisories Overseeing $1.97B
- Compliance Year in Review
- RIA Succession Planning Drops to New Low
- ESG Goals Still Prevalent in Executive Incentive Plans, WTW Reports
- WIPN Names 2025 Board of Directors
- Pooled Employer Plans Top $10B in Assets
- BlackRock Makes TDF With Annuity Option Its Plan QDIA
- Former WAMCO Exec Leech Pleads Not Guilty to Cherry-Picking Allegations
- Advisory M&A News – 12/16/24
- Advisers Giving Back: Theresa Conti
- UnitedHealth Group Settles 401(k) Fund Complaint for $69 Million
- ERISA Advisory Council Approves 3 New QDIA Recommendations
- RIAs Face Talent Crunch, Schwab Reports
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/13/24
- SECURE 2.0: What’s Next?
- 5 Marketing Tips for 401(k) Advisers in 2025
- 2024 PLANADVISER 360 On Demand
- Product & Service Launches – 12/12/24
- Americans Looking Ahead to Year of ‘Living Practically’
- Why Women Are Navigating a New Financial Landscape
- Morningstar Drops Recommended Safe Withdrawal Rate to 3.7%
- EBRI Panel: DC Plans, Social Security Can Create Strong Retirement Security Net
- Many 401(k) Investors Made Knee-Jerk Decisions on Short-Term News in November
- Gallagher Expands Insurance, Benefits Footprint With $13.5B Deal
- CFP Board Reports Record CFP Exam Participation in 2024
- IRS Reminds Retirees to Take RMDs Before Year-End
- Corporate Pension Funds Near Year-End on Strong Note
- LPL Settles With Ex-CEO Arnold for $12M in Stock Options
- Hub Projects Compliance, Due Diligence, Well-Being Will Be Essential to Plan Success in 2025
- Advisory M&A News – 12/9/24
- Vanguard Plans $900B Advice and Wealth Management Division
- DC Advisers Interested in Retirement Income Solutions, but Still Hesitant
- Trump Taps Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano for Social Security Administration Commissioner
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/6/24
- Carson Group President, Financial Planning Head Move On
- Firefighter Pension Complaint Alleges Insider Trading by United Health Execs, Including Slain CEO
- How to Assess Workforce Priorities Amid Regulatory and Economic Shifts
- Auto-Portability Reaches 2.2M Fidelity Participants in Attempt to Limit Cash-Outs
- Product and Services Launches – 12/5/24
- Empower to Offer Income Products From Allianz, Putnam and TIAA
- Retail Investing AUM Will Likely Slow in Next 5 Years, But Sales Will Rebound
- Veteran Plan Advisers Advocate for DB Expertise
- SageView Advisory Group Acquires $400M OnTrack 401(k)
- DPL, Offering Commission-Free Annuities, Gets $23M in Funding
- Transamerica Introduces 2 New Pooled Plans
- Trump Picks SEC Alum to Chair Regulator
- Prudential Promotes Global Investment Leader Sullivan to CEO
- 1 Year in, PSN Covers 15,000 Retirement Plans
- WAMCO Names New CEO as Former CIO Faces SEC Fraud Charges
- Financial Insecurity Weighs Heavily on Gen X
- Kevin Hassett Announced as Trump’s Pick to Head National Economic Council
- Cerulli Finds Growing Dominance in Fee-Based Advisory Programs
- Nearly Half of Retirees Have No Formal Decumulation Strategy
- Advisory M&A News – 12/2/24
- 11 Republican AGs Sue BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard in ESG Case
- MEPs and PEPs in the Pooled Marketplace
- Retirees Prioritize Community and Affordability in Post-Pandemic Housing Choices
- Product and Service Launches – 11/27/24
- Survey Finds More Parents Willing to Chat With Kids About Finances
- Video: Lisa Gomez Discusses Her Exit Strategy
- Deadline Nears for Plan Sponsors to Sign Attestations for Access to Health Plan Data
- Mapping State Retirement Programs
- Great Gray Presses Senators to Allow 403(b) Plans to Use CITs
- SEC Charges Former WAMCO co-CIO With Fraud
- Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Has More Health Than Retirement History
- Cerrado Group Names Theresa Conti Executive Director
- Advisory M&A News – 11/25/24
- DOL Releases Informational Copies of 2024 Form 5500s
- Trump Picks Union Supporter for Secretary of Labor
- Nevada Joins NAIC Best Interest Annuity Rule, Making 48 States
- SEC’s $8.2B in Financial Remedies Highest in History
- Dalbar Releases Top 10 Plan Participant Websites
- Mercer: Trump, New Congress Will Likely Continue Bipartisan Work to Expand 401(k) Coverage
- TPA Strongpoint Partners Acquires Pension Consultancy Karel-Gordon & Associates
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 11/22/24
- Product & Service Launches – 11/21/24
- SEC Chair Gensler Announces January 20 Departure
- Rhode Island To Start Auto-IRA Program in 2025
- Robinhood to Acquire TradePMR, Expanding Into RIA Wealth Management
- HSA Growth Continues, With Plan Sponsors Calling for More Education
- Respondents Recommend Simplicity, Data Sharing for Saver’s Match
- Principal Launches Workplace Personal Investing Program for Mass Affluent
- Correcting 401(k) Auto-Enrollment Failures
- Capital One Facing 401(k) Plan Forfeiture Suit
- ICI Calls On SEC to Reassess Regulatory Agenda Amid Presidential Transition
- Navigating Client Relationships: Attraction and Breakup
- DOL Launches Data Collection to Reunite Workers with ‘Lost’ Retirement Savings
- Manulife President, CEO Roy Gori to Retire in May 2025
- Advisory M&A News – 11/18/24
- How Advisories Can Build Better, More Inclusive Cultures
- Consumer Advocacy Groups Push Back On CIT Use by 403(b)s
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 11/15/24
- IRS Raises Limit on Tax-Free Charitable Donations From IRAs to $105,000 for 2024
- New AI Retirement Planning Tool Aims to Transform How Americans View Their Futures
- How to Establish Better Decumulation Options for Future DC Plans
- Advocates Push for Financial Wellness Programs to Support Employees
- Product & Service Launches – 11/14/24
- October Sees Gain in Corporate Pension Funded Status
- Alera Group Continues M&A Run With SRPC Acquisition
- Morgan Stanley Partners To Provide Equity, Retirement Services To Newly Public Companies
- Advisers Urged to Enter Health Plan Advising
- US Retirement Market Evolves Amid Growth, Challenges
- Retirement, Wealth Convergence Still in ‘Early Innings’
- Strategies for Navigating Retirement Income for Participants
- Lisa Gomez Expects Fiduciary and ESG Rules to Face Reversals Under New Administration
- Principal’s Deanna Strable to Take Over as CEO in 2025
- Recordkeepers Talk Collaboration, Challenges in Adviser Relationships
- Principal CEO Says Recordkeepers Must Go Beyond Scale, Innovate to Expand Services
- Carson’s Financial Planning Head Brings Together 401(k), Wealth Advisement
- DOL Extends Disaster Relief Timeline for Plans Impacted By Hurricanes
- Advisory M&A News – 11/11/24
- Stout Discusses Draw of National Role at Prime Capital
- BMO Financial Next Up in Plan Forfeiture Legal Complaints
- IRS Provides Flexible Spending Information That Plan Advisers Can Share With Clients
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 11/8/24
- Morningstar Researchers Weigh In on Hypothetical Federal Retirement Plan
- Empower’s Q3 Earnings Surge 35% Year-Over-Year to Record Highs
- Product & Service Launches – 11/7/24
- Cetera CEO Antoniades to Retire, Replaced by Durbin
- Voya Remains on Track for OneAmerica Retirement Integration in 2025
- ERISA Experts See Regulation Pullback as Key Theme of Trump Rule
- SEC Inspector General Warns of More Lawsuits After Chevron
- How Advisers Are Reacting to Trump Election Win
- Industry Watchers Point to Fiduciary Rule, ESG, Markets After Trump Win
- RIA Sector Hits Record M&A Activity in October
- Clorox Wins 1st Round in 401(k) Plan Forfeiture Lawsuit
- Maximum Benefit and Contribution Limits Table 2025
- Retirement Benefits Valued by More Workers Than Last Year
- Boeing Labor Contract, Including 401(k) Match Boost, Approved by Workers
- Implicitly Wrong: Hidden Fees in Retirement Income Solutions
- Advisory M&A News – 11/4/24
- Plan Advisers Say Election ‘Noise’ Worth Addressing With Clients
- CAPTRUST, Alera Group Add New Advisers
- Setting the Record Straight on CIT Governance, Regulation
- FINRA Speakers: Corporate Inclusion Needs a New Approach
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 10/31/24
- IRS Increases 2025 401(k) Contribution Limit, Holds IRA Limit
- Stout Joins Prime Capital as National Retirement Practice Leader
- Product & Service Launches – 10/31/24
- Commonwealths Finds Barriers Hinder Student Investors
- 68% of Hybrid RIAs Favor Retirement Fiduciary Standard
- Many Financial Advisers Prioritize ‘Ease of Business’ From Asset Managers
- 2025 Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Nomination Period Is Open
- Financial Finesse Acquires OfColor to Expand ‘Culturally Relevant’ Content
- Mariner Gets Capital Infusion From PE Firm Neuberger Berman
- State Street Lands Guinness Record for Bell-Ringing Outside Nasdaq
- Treasury Launches Financial Inclusion Plan, Stresses SECURE 2.0 Provisions
- 2070 TDFs Are Here for Youngest Workers
- Should US Consider $1,000 Newborn Seed Accounts?
- LeafHouse Expands Personalized Retirement Portfolios in Partnership With BlackRock
- GAO Review Finds Fee Disclosure Helpful, but Still Tricky
- Advisory M&A News – 10/28/24
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 10/25/24
- Q&A: WIPN’s Current President Talks About Its 15th Anniversary, the Future
- Many Plan Sponsors Appear to Be Overpaying DC Plan Fees
- Pfizer Gets 401(k) Plan Fee Lawsuit Tossed
- Interest Still Strong in Retirement Plan Adviser Acquisitions
- US Retirement & Benefits Partners Acquires Pension Planning Consultants
- Product & Service Launches – 10/24/24
- ERISA Advisory Council Homes In on 4 QDIA Recs
- Increased Share of Workers Credit Employers for Efforts to Reduce Financial Stress
- Plan Advisers’ Value in 4 Charts
- AI Can Be Helpful for FAs—but Mostly In-House for Now
- Longevity, Early Retirement Pose Savings Challenge
- Alera Bolsters West Coast Team with Plan Adviser Sorensen
- IRS Announces 2025 Tax Inflation Adjustments
- Steinmeier Named LPL’s CEO, Replacing Ousted Arnold
- Larry Fink Sounds Alarm on US Retirement System
- Advisory M&A News – 10/21/24
- RIA Hightower to Take Majority Stake in NEPC
- SEC’s 2025 Exam Priorities Include Fiduciary Conduct, AI Use
- DOL Publishes 1st List of Firms Using Qualified Plan Exemptions
- Plan Sponsors Seeking ‘Higher-Touch’ Adviser Services
- ERISA Committee Wants More Guidance From IRS on Student Loan Matching
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 10/18/24
- Financial Security First
- Department of Labor Schedules ERISA Advisory Council Meeting
- World Investment Advisors Starts Custodial Relationship With Raymond James
- UC Schools Report Fraudulent Activity in Fidelity Retirement Accounts
- New PEP for Head Start Programs Launches With Oregon-Based Plan Sponsor
- Product and Service Launches – 10/17/24
- John Hancock Retirement Appoints Shannon Stiles as Head of Participant Outcomes
- Elections, Inflation Top Client Concerns for Financial Advisers
- Q&A: WIPN’s 9th President Talks About Navigating 2020
- Wealth Transfer Presents Opportunity for Financial Advisers
- Stable Value Players Meet Amid Recovering Market, Decumulation Push
- T. Rowe Price Enters In-Plan Lifetime Income Market
- Employers Seeking Better NQDC Participant Education
- US Gets C+ Grade for Pension System in Global Ranking
- WIPN to Celebrate 15 Years with NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony
- Advisory M&A News – 10/14/24
- Northern Trust Reaches Tentative Settlement in 401(k) Suit
- September Shows Slight Decline in Funding Status for Most DB Plans
- Why Falling Interest Rates May Help Stable Value’s Play
- Q&A: WIPN’s 3rd President Talks About Formalizing Nonprofit Status
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- CFP Board Receives $150,000 Donation for Women’s Scholarship
- Q&A: WIPN’s 1st President Talks About Origins of the Organization
- Q&A: WIPN’s 1st President Discusses Organization’s Origins
- Product & Service Launches – 10/10/24
- Munnell to Step Down as Head of BC Retirement Research Center
- Social Security COLA Raised by 2.5% for 2025
- Social Security Raises Benefit by 2.5% for 2025
- Fidelity Data Breach Exposed Info of 77,000 Clients
- Cetera to Acquire $16B RIA From Insurer
- Online IRA Rollover Firm PensionBee Enters US Market
- Decline Reported in Financial Inclusion Initiatives
- Asset Managers Exploring Fresh Avenues to Bring Alts Into DC Plans
- Auto-IRAs May Need Better Emergency Withdrawal Comms
- Having a Plan Can Help Employees Navigate Open Enrollment, per Corebridge Study
- 401(k) Traders Shifting to Fixed Income
- Advisory M&A News – 10/7/24
- Supreme Court to Review ERISA Prohibited Transactions
- Who Is Most at Risk for Retirement Savings Shortfall?
- Treasury, IRS Issue Part-Time Eligibility Guidelines for ERISA 403(b) Plans
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 10/4/24
- Private Real Estate Assets in DC Plans Valued at $36.4B
- SEC’s Enforcer Leaves Behind an ‘Aggressive’ Legacy
- Product & Service Launches – 10/3/24
- LPL’s Arnold Has Settlement Chance as Steinmeier Called Worthy Successor
- Apollo, Athene Targeting In-Plan DC Annuity Market
- Quantifying Cybersecurity Risks
- Wealth Enhancement Group Acquires FinTrust Capital Advisors
- TIAA Swept Up in Infosys Breach
- Cheri Belski Joins LPL Financial as Head of Investment Solutions
- Americans Are Calling for Policymaker Action on Social Security
- LPL Terminates CEO Arnold for Violating “Respectful Workplace” Rules
- Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger to Retire
- PGIM, iJoin Partner on Managed Account Distribution
- Creative Planning Secures Minority Investment From TPG Capital
- Advisory M&A News – 9/30/24
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 9/27/24
- Federated Hermes Announces 1st Equity CIT
- 6 Steps to Help Participants Safeguard DC Assets
- Goldman Sachs Identifies ‘Financial Grit,’ Planning as Keys to Improving Retirement Savings
- How Employee Resource Groups Can Make Financial Wellness More Approachable
- NACC Launches PEP Solution for Cannabis Industry
- Product & Service Launches – 9/26/24
- GOP Bill Introduced in Senate to Permit CITs in 403(b) Plans
- Rate Cuts Changing DC Investing Landscape
- Staffing an RIA to Serve Small, Midsize Plans
- Young Plan Participants Expect to Rely on Personal Retirement Accounts
- ‘Expanding ESOPs’ Coalition Aims to Increase Awareness
- California Federal Court Dismisses Thermo Fisher 401(k) Forfeiture Lawsuit
- SEC Charges 12 Financial Firms for Recordkeeping Failures
- Empower Acquires Equity Compensation Platform OptionTrax
- College for Financial Planning Launches Accredited Investment Fiduciary Training Program
- DOL Will Appeal Stay on Fiduciary Rule
- Advisory M&A News – 9/23/24
- Chevron Explained
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 9/20/24
- US Retirement Assets Hit Record $40T
- Product and Service Launches – 9/19/24
- Elections Could Roll Back Corporate DEI Programs
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- Vestwell Partners With Commonwealth, FuturePlan to Launch PEP
- Pontera Partners With Recordkeeper 401GO
- DC Consultant Survey Reveals Stronger Client Opinions on Retirement Income
- Rate Cuts and Retirement Saving
- Cybercriminals Pose Major Threat via Leadership Accounts
- Fidelity to Limit Third-Party Credential-Sharing for 401(k) Access
- Morningstar Will Change Rating Methodology for Managed Investments
- CFP Board Launches Campaign to Attract Young Talent to Financial Planning
- Americans Brace for Election’s Impact on Retirement Planning
- Court Grants Genworth Class Certification Appeal
- More Than Half of Plan Advisers Expect to Use AI
- Advisory M&A News – 9/16/24
- It’s Time to Rethink Retirement, Says T. Rowe Price
- Mixed Results for Corporate Pension Funded Statuses
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 9/13/24
- Enhancing the Retirement Plan Digital Experience
- DC Plans in US Need to Cover More Workers, TIAA Finds
- ERISA Council Signals More Work Needed for Retirement Income Products in QDIA
- Product & Service Launches – 9/12/24
- SEC Committee to Host Investment Advice Discussion
- T. Rowe’s TDF Team Launches Personalized Offering
- How Recordkeepers Can Stay Competitive
- Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment at 2.5% for 2025
- Nuts & Bolts: Solo 401(k)s and SEP IRAs
- New Retirement Income Solutions Developing for QDIA Integration
- Voya to Acquire OneAmerica’s Retirement Plan Business
- GPS PEP Expands User Base in Deal With Investment Advisory Trilogy
- GPS PEP Expands User Base in Deal With Trilogy Financial
- Infosys Breach From 2023 Exposed Personal Data of 6 Million People
- Schroders Announces Richard Oldfield as Group Chief Executive
- SEC Fines 9 Advisories for Marketing Rule Violations
- BAE Beats 401(k) Plan Forfeiture Suit
- Advisory M&A News – 9/9/24
- People May Start Living to 150, Creating Retirement Paradox
- DOL Issues Updated Cybersecurity Guidance
- Capital Group Launches 1st Active/Passive TDF Blend Series
- Retirement Industry People Moves — 9/6/24
- Workers’ ‘Spending Spikes’ Threaten Retirement Security
- Federal Regulators Seek Comments on Saver’s Match Contributions
- Nationwide Shifts Advertising to Highlight Financial, Plan Services
- Social Security Administration Reduces Signature Requirements to Streamline Services
- Product & Service Launches – 9/5/24
- Alera Group Acquires $24B Advanced Capital Group
- More Participants Plan IRA Rollovers in 2024
- 401(k) ‘Millionaires’ Hit Record
- Savings-to-Wealth Convergence: Don’t Forget Banks
- Nuts & Bolts: NAGDCA Explains How to Offer a Self-Directed Brokerage Window
- ARA Urges Congress to Pass SECURE 2.0 Technical Corrections Bill
- Vanguard to Lower Asset Minimum for Digital Adviser Access
- Vestwell Adds TIAA Lifetime Income Offering
- Mercer Global Advisors Announces Acquisition of Benchmark Wealth Management
- PBGC Marks Half Century of Activity
- Do Participant Account Balances Imply Lower Recordkeeping Costs?
- Salesforce Settles 401(k) Suits for $1.35M
- Raymond James Fined Over Mutual Fund Management
- Raymond James Fined Over Mutual Fund Monitoring
- Nevin & Fred: Stop and Go? The Fiduciary Rule and Forfeiture Suits
- What Investors Value in Financial Advisers
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 8/30/24
- CRS Highlights RMD Rules in Light of SECURE Acts
- DOL Recommends Reopening Retirees’ Lawsuit Against IBM
- SPARK Meeting Addresses Roth Catch-Up Preparedness
- Product and Services Launches – 8/28/24
- CalSavers Assets Hit $1 Billion
- SECURE 2.0 Affects Form W-2 Completion, IRS Reminds
- Mutual Fund Managers ‘Dodge Bullet’ on Swing Pricing
- Enhancing Client Engagement and Scalability Within Your Retirement Plan Business
- WEP, GPO Back in Hill Crosshairs
- Agencies Better at Mitigating Conflicts Between Fiduciaries and Investors: GAO
- Advisers Giving Back: Shane Hanson
- Government Watchdog Finds IRA Fiduciary Oversight ‘Lacking’
- Sequoia Adds $1.6B Wealth, Plan Advisory Arm
- Transamerica Reveals Greatest Retirement Dreams and Fears
- Older Workers Step In as Share of Prime-Age Cohort Falls
- ASPPA Annual Business Meeting Coming Soon
- CFP Board Announces $500,000 Gift for College Scholars Program
- Compensation Gap Widens Between Companies, Workers
- ‘Emerging’ Health Plan Litigation Signals Need for Plan Adviser Diligence
- Social Security Administration Simplifies Supplemental Claims
- IRS Issues 2024 Instructions for Forms 1099-R and 5498
- PSCA Opens its Annual Survey of 401(k) Plans
- Accurate Records Key to Serving Plans, Panelists Stress
- TIAA Pens Multi-Year Deal With Accenture to Transform Its Retirement Recordkeeping
- In-Plan Annuity Providers Advised to Lean On ‘Pension Nostalgia’
- Advisory M&A News – 8/26/24
- Alight Names Dave Guilmette as CEO
- How Are Employees Responding to State-Run Retirement Plans?
- The IRS Student Loan Match Guidance Could Use Additional Clarity
- Facts Versus Factoids
- Passive Products Widen Lead on Active in DC Managed Assets
- Unpacking Participant Interest in Guaranteed Lifetime Income: The Executive Interview
- CITs (Finally) Take Their Rightful Place: The Executive Interview with Great Gray’s Rob Barnett
- Unpacking New Use of 529s to Invest in Roth IRAs
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 8/23/24
- Mercer PEP and DC Group of Plans Hit Combined $3.6B AUM
- Pension Risk Transfers Continue to Grow: Reports
- Declining Fees, Employer Contributions Help Boost 401(k) Plan Participants
- Social Security Solvency Fears May Hurt Americans’ Financial Health
- Insurers Collaborate to Digitize Retirement Income Annuities
- State 401(k) Mandates May Cause ‘Crowd-In’ Effect, Boosting Private Plans
- Financial Uncertainty Pushes Americans to Rethink Retirement Plans
- Product & Service Launches – 8/23/24
- Media’s Role in Creating Retirement, Investing Stress
- SEC Charges Transfer Agent Equiniti Trust for Failing to Safeguard Clients From Cyber Attacks
- Principal Promotes Strable to President, COO
- IRS Seeks Comments on Form 1099-R
- Nordstrom Nailed With Massive Allegations in 401(k) Fiduciary Breach Suit
- Federal Judge in Texas Puts Nationwide Block on FTC’s Noncompete Rule
- Wintrust Wins (Again) in BlackRock TDF Suit
- The High Price of Discovery in ERISA Class Action
- Recordkeepers Ascensus, July Make Divisional Hires
- Voya Tops $100B In Multiple Employer Assets
- Commonwealth Gets $7M JPMorgan Funding for Low-Income Worker Program
- Nordstrom Suit, HP Revival Add to 401(k) Forfeiture Cases
- Stepping Out of the Cone of Vulnerability
- Could Default Investments in IRAs Help Retirement Investors?
- Guideline Hits $15B in AUA on Philosophy of Simplicity, Low Fees
- IRS Issues Guidance on Employer Matches of Qualified Student Loan Payments
- Interim IRS Guidance Published on Student Loan Matching Payments
- Judge Grants Class Status in Genworth, BlackRock TDF Suit
- Advisory M&A News – 8/19/24
- Fidelity Reports 81% Plan Sponsor Satisfaction With Advisers
- State Plans: Impetus for…Employer Plans!
- Summer Issue of Plan Consultant Is Now Online!
- Massive Disconnect Seen for Retiree Health Care Cost Estimates
- IRS Launches Public-Private Committee to Guard Against Tax Scams
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 8/16/24
- IRS Updates Info on Catch-up Contribution Eligibility
- Product & Service Launches – 8/15/24
- JP Morgan Launches TDF With Guaranteed Income Annuity
- Projected 2025 Social Security COLA Slips Further
- How 401(k) Plan Participants Have Fared so Far in 2024
- Participants Have Plan Distribution Options During Hurricane Season
- SEC Fines 26 Firms for Off-Channel Client Comms Violations
- Missouri Court Strikes Down Anti-ESG Rules
- Digital Retirement Rollover Firm Capitalize Raises Series B Funding
- PBGC Issues First Yield Curves After Adopting Final Rule
- TDF Assets Continue Climb Through July
- A Compliant Process for Plan to IRA Rollovers
- CITs Topple Mutual Funds as Most Popular Target-Date Vehicle
- Proposed Investment Restrictions on China Could Affect Retirement Plans
- 401(k) Forfeiture Lawsuits Are Seeing Thier Day In Court
- 401(k) Forfeiture Lawsuits Seeing Their Day in Court
- Near Retirees Being Targeted by Imposter Social Security Administrators
- Vanguard Removes Oaktree From $785M Fund
- D.C. Pension Geeks: Entire Tax Code ‘Up for Grabs,’ Here’s What Might Happen
- Cetera Leans Into Wealth Expertise in 401(k) Participant Programming
- Golden State System: Steady Growth
- Advisory M&A News – 8/12/24
- Russell Investments Promotes Ayesha Parra to Global Head of Alternatives
- Social Security Reforms Beyond the Balance Sheet
- Benchmarking Outcomes, Not Fees
- The Biggest 401(k) Rollover Mistake
- Pension Funding in July Mostly Flat, With Some Dips
- Big Growth for OregonSaves
- CITs ‘Inch Past’ Mutual Funds to Become Lead Target-Date Investment Vehicle
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 8/12/24
- ‘Bad’ Comparators Bounce Tyson 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- DOL to Launch Revamped Federal Benefits Website
- Vestwell Takes ‘Rainy Day’ Savings Literally
- Product & Service Launches – 8/8/24
- Foxx, House Continue Push on PBGC Overpayments
- Hub Acquires California-Based 401(k) Advisory
- Judge Dimisses 401(k) Excessive Fee Allegations Against Tyson Foods
- Senate and House Differ on DOL Budget, Retirement Security Rule, ESOP Issues
- Gulf Between Senate and House on DOL Budget, Retirement Security Rule
- Preparing Employers for the New Catch-up Contribution Provision
- Prime Pensions Acquires Pennsylvania-Based TPA, Adds 350 Plans
- Alight CEO Plans to Step Down After Firm Appoints Successor
- Lawsuit Alleges TIAA, Morningstar, Pushed Participants Into Proprietary Annuities
- Another 401(k) Excessive Fee Settlement Struck
- Lincoln Adds to In-Plan Retirement Income Offerings
- Bipartisan Bill Would Extend Retirement Savings Access to Younger Workers
- M&A Activity Among RIAs Remains Strong in Q2
- 11th Circuit Appeals Court Rules With Home Depot on 401(k) Fee Suit
- Private-Sector Pension Plans Cooler in July
- When Are Those SECURE 2.0 Technical Corrections Coming?
- Senate Committee Passes Bill That Would Boost EBSA Funding
- 401(k) Trading Hit Four-Year High on Monday
- Market Sell-Off Highlights Need for Ongoing Participant Education
- NFP Hires Adviser Calvelli to Retirement Group
- Bill Introduced to Incentivize Nonprofits to Offer Retirement Plans
- Advisory M&A News – 8/5/24
- Social Security Reform: Risk and Reward?
- Why Allowing CITs in 403(b) Plans Is Crucial
- Why Plan Participants Want Help with Securing Lifetime Retirement Income
- The 401(k) Match ‘Catch’
- Student Loan Repayment Startup Summer Acquires Vault
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 8/2/24
- US Households Face Significant Financial Advice Gaps
- Parents Deprioritizing Retirement to Save for College
- Social Security: GAO Outlines Ways to Cut Costs, Increase Revenue
- Retirement Plan Tech Firm Turns to AI for Video ‘Hosts’
- Fidelity Reports 20% Growth in Assets to $14.1T
- OneDigital Bolsters Wealth, Retirement Plan Advisement in Western U.S.
- DC Plan Participation ‘Significantly Improves’ Retirement Outcomes
- Bill to Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans Introduced in Senate
- Product & Service Launches – 8/1/24
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Allow CITs in 403(b)s
- Bipartisan Bill Would Allow CITs in 403(b)s
- Welcome to the ASEA Quarterly!
- Too Much of a Good Thing
- Revenue Ruling 2008-45 and Overfunded Pension Plans
- Navigating Ethical Dilemmas
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- Don’t Be Caught by Surprise!
- A Look at the PBGC Missing Participant Program
- Financial Planning Association Names Carol Anderson Annual Award Winner
- Wealth Manager Carnegie Bolsters Qualified Retirement Plan Team
- Franklin Templeton, Pacific Life Join In-Plan Lifetime Income Push
- Over Half of Households Had Retirement Accounts in ’22, CRS Says
- DOL Reviewing Options with Fiduciary Rule
- Khawar: DOL Reviewing Options with Fiduciary Rule
- Morningstar: 45% of Americans Will Run Short of Funds if Retiring at 65
- Retiree Health Care Costs Continue Rising, Milliman Finds
- Budget Scoring Methods Could Lead to More Complicated Roth Policies
- Workplace Advice Use Trending Up, But Age, Assets Matter
- PBGC Issues New Regs on Mortality Tables Used in Figuring Present Value
- IRS Issues New Regs on Mortality Tables Used in Figuring Present Value
- CAPTRUST Tops $1T in Total Assets
- How SECURE 1.0 and 2.0 Impacted Retirement Security Projections
- Lifetime Income Design Firm ARS Elevates Paulsen to CEO
- MissionSquare Retirement Appoints New CEO and President
- Video: Jim O’Shaughnessy Explains Origins of the Kohler Conference
- Video: Jim O’Shaughnessy Talks Origins of the Kohler Conference
- Another Federal Court Slams Fiduciary Rule
- Advisory M&A News – 7/29/24
- Experts Outline Strategies for Investment Menu Design
- Second Texas Court Issues Stay of Retirement Security Rule
- Video: Lew Minsky Discusses DCIIA’s Past, Present and Future
- New Investment Fund Filings Still Strong, ETF-Dominant, According to ISS
- Motivating Saving: Employers and Employee Behavior
- The Plot to Kill the 401(k)…Thickens
- The Notion of DC Lifetime Income as a Participant Investment Choice
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 7/26/24
- Federal Judge Slams Brakes on Fiduciary Rule
- Judge Stays DOL’s Retirement Security Rule
- Retirement Reality Check: Gender & Wellbeing - WiR Third Thursdays
- Vanguard: Auto-Enrollment Has Most Significant Role in Equalizing Savings Access
- Video: Fidelity’s Smith on WIPN’s 15-Year Anniversary
- Workers Expect 401(k) to be Main Source of Retirement Income
- Retirement Confidence Improves as Inflation, Market Volatility Eases
- Retirement Confidence Improves as Inflation, Market Volatility Ease
- Product & Service Launches – 7/25/24
- Pennsylvania Judge Rejects Challenge to FTC’s Noncompete Ban
- Voters Do Agree on Something: Boosting Social Security Funding
- PE Firm KKR to Acquire Janney
- Support for Social Security Broad and Deep
- Wealth Enhancement Group Nearing $5B in Retirement Plan Coverage
- Judge Appears Open to Plaintiffs' Case in Bid to Block Fiduciary Rule
- PensionPro Announces Partnership With Payroll Integrations to Support TPAs
- The Scramble to Make the Saver’s Match Work
- Equity Market Rule Changes Might be Overhauled by SEC This Year
- Case Study: Chime’s New Employee Savings Program
- Expected Drop in Interest Rates Fuels Wealth Management M&A
- Advisory M&A News – 7/22/24
- Small Businesses “Bullishness” Helping to Drive 401(k) Growth
- Small Business “Bullishness” Helping to Drive 401(k) Growth
- Challenge to DOL’s ESG Rule Sent Back to Texas District Court
- PBGC Single-Employer Insurance Fund Tracking for $71.6B Surplus in 2033
- Decades of Solvency Ahead, Says PBGC
- Redefining Retirement: What Does it Mean?
- Another Call to Completely Up-End the Country’s Private Retirement System
- Cool It on the ‘Retirement Crisis’ Talk: PGIM’s David Blanchett
- (Not Just) One Small Step…
- DOL Announces Online Filing for Abandoned 401(k) Plans
- Modern Wealth Surpasses $4B in Less Than 2 Years
- Raymond James Steps Into ETFs, Adds Mo Sparks as Head of Division
- DC Pension Geeks: ERISA’s Massive Impact on the Retirement Plan Space
- EBSA Launches Online Filing System for Abandoned Plan Program
- IRS Proposals Aim to Clarify SECURE 2.0 RMD Reforms
- Delaware Treasurer, EARNS Chief Focus on Program Details
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 7/19/24
- Financial Adviser Turnover Steadies After Post-Pandemic Churn
- Facing Delayed Retirement, Many Americans Wish They Had Started Saving Sooner
- IRS Finalizes 10-Year Rule
- IRI Seeks Input on Annuity Data Standardization
- Product & Service Launches – 7/18/24
- PBGC Updates Instructions for 4010, Missing Participants Program Filing
- Two-Decade Decline in Mutual Fund Fees Helped Boost 401(k) Nest Eggs
- Breaking! IRS Releases Final RMD Regulations Contained in SECURE Acts
- IRS Releases Final RMD Regulations Contained in SECURE Acts
- ARA Offers Suggestions to Improve DOL’s Abandoned Plans Program
- American Trust Retirement Launches WorkSaveRetire Program
- World Investment Advisors Acquires Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors
- Human Interest Aims For Public Listing
- Franklin Templeton Adds Clearwater Stable Value Manager
- Overpayments: Tips for Avoiding and Addressing Them
- PBGC Sheds Light on Permissible Investment of SFA Funds
- Thornburg Investment Management Announces 2 Leadership Additions
- Mutual Fund Fees in 401(k)s Have Dropped by More Than Half This Century
- Craig Hawley Promoted to Lead Nationwide Annuity Practice
- Off-Channel Communication Tops Investment Adviser Compliance Focus
- Insurers Respond to DOL to Forward Fiduciary Rule Lawsuit
- Retirement Law Group Rebrands as Fiduciary Law Center
- Financial Literacy’s Connection to Growing the Adviser Industry
- Osaic Enhances Retirement Income Tool for Financial Advisers
- Form 5330 Can Be Filed on Paper for the 2024 Taxable Year
- TPA-Advocate Group NIPA Names Next Board Members
- Lies and Statistics—What the 401(k) Data Actually Says: DC Pension Geeks
- Advisory M&A News – 7/15/24
- Why Chevron Reversal May Make Retirement’s ‘Most Cautious’ Players More Risk-Averse
- Investment Advisers Have Election Jitters
- Social Security Boost Could Entail Price Tag: CBO Chief
- Challenges, Opportunities for Income Solutions in QDIAs, Advisory Council Told
- Exclusive: A Candid Cybersecurity Conversation with EBSA's Lisa Gomez
- Talking Points: (Writing) A Retirement Reality Check
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 7/12/24
- June Pension Funding Ratios Soar With Interest Rate, Equity Gains
- Product & Service Launches – 7/11/24
- White House Announces Nominee for PBGC Director
- Bain Capital and Partners to Acquire Envestnet for $4.5B
- ASPPA Launches Cash Balance Specialist Credential!
- Deva Kyle Nominated to Be New PBGC Director
- New Jersey State-Run Plan Operational
- Senator Says He’ll Cut 401(k)s to Pay for Federal Retirement Plan
- Prime Capital Rebrands Qualified Plan Advisers Division
- Younger Generations Seek Out Advisers Earlier
- House Committee Advances Bill to Vacate Retirement Security Rule
- Pensionmark is Now World Investment Advisors
- Swing Pricing, Predictive Analytics, Safeguarding SEC Proposals to be Re-Proposed
- Extended Sunshine for Private DB Plans
- Pension Plans Prevail in ESG Divestment Suit
- Gen X, With Retirement “Around the Corner,” Not Confident in Income Replacement
- NPPG Touts SEC Registration for Administering PEPs
- J.D. Power Names Top 5 Firms With Highest Financial Adviser Satisfaction Ratings
- Vanguard Leans Into DC Adviser Outreach
- IRS Updates Info for Small Business Retirement Plan Reporting
- Guaranteed Benefits, Recoupment Proposals on PBGC Agenda
- Lifetime Income QDIAs Receive Increased Attention
- Advisory M&A News – 7/8/24
- Retirement Readiness Confidence Robust
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- 401GO Releases Mobile App in Push for Small, Individual Plan Market Share
- Optimizing Through Retirement Plan Elements
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- DOL’s ESG Rule Challengers Cite Chevron Reversal
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 7/5/24
- Federal Court Issues Temporary Stay on FTC Noncompete Ban
- CalSavers Assets Near $1B in Q2
- SCOTUS Kicks Open Another Door to Future Litigation
- Broadridge Launches Retirement Income, Stable Value Evaluator
- Congress Searches for Ways to Increase Contractor Participation in Plans
- Product & Service Launches – 7/3/24
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- Rhode Island Secure Choice Becomes Law
- Considering the Hot Private Market Space for DC Plans
- BNY Taps Minaya as Global Wealth Head
- GE Hit By Athene PRT Lawsuit
- Advisory M&A News – 7/1/24
- Where is the Disconnect Between Employers and Employees?
- The DOL, the IRS and the Chevron Reversal
- FSI, SIFMA Join Insurance Industry Lawsuit Against Retirement Security Rule
- PBGC Issues First Spreads Under New Rule for Valuation of Benefits
- 10th Anniversary of PenChecks/ASPPA Scholarship Program
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- Could SCOTUS Chevron Decision Undermine Fiduciary Rule?
- Here’s How Much Workers ‘Think’ They Will Need to Retire Comfortably
- Business Owners Concerned About Economy, Delay Retirement
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 6/28/24
- Expert Reaction to the IB 95-1 Report
- Rate of Risk Transfers Slowing, PBGC Says
- Addressing Social Security’s Shortfall a Top Priority for Workers
- Chime Acquires Savings Benefits Startup Salt Labs
- Vermont Saves Joins Interstate Retirement Plan Partnership
- Fidelity Reveals Top 5 Optional Provisions You Clients Most Likely to Adopt
- Fidelity Reveals Top 5 Optional Provisions Plan Sponsors Are Most Likely to Adopt
- SPARK To Host Workshops On SECURE 2.0 Implementation
- Product & Service Launches – 6/27/24
- OneDigital Promotes Bailey to Grow Northeast
- SEC’s ALJ Process Rolled Back by Supreme Court
- SageView Launches First Pooled Plan Solutions With Transamerica
- CFP Board Files Amicus in Support of Retirement Security Rule
- House Republican Appropriations Proposal Would Cut EBSA and Block Fiduciary Rule
- Technology Integration ‘Linchpin’ for In-Plan Retirement Income
- Good News on Individual Retirement Plan Account Ownership, Assets
- Record Retirement Savings Rates (Again) for American Workers
- Conference Board Reveals 6 Key Areas to Drive Productivity
- Judge Dismisses 401(k) Excessive-Fee Lawsuit Against PNC Financial
- American Retirement Association Announces Major Digital Upgrade Initiative
- Retirement Confidence Not Recovered, But Steady, Says EBRI
- Fisher Investments to Spin Off Independent 401(k) Practice
- Preparing for the Retirement Security Rule
- Many Participants With Company Stock Puzzle Over Use
- Hurricane Prep on the Summer ‘To-Do’ List
- DOL Keeps Options Open on Pension Risk Transfer—For Now
- CapGroup Names Top Focus Areas for DC Investment Consultants
- 55-Year-Olds Twice as Likely to Rely on 401(K) Compared to Predecessors
- DOL’s IB 95-1 Report Calls for Further Review of DB Pension De-Risking
- Advisory M&A News – 6/24/24
- Plaintiff Lawyers Can Now Use AI To Identify Potential Plan Issues
- NEPC Looks at ROI of Managed Account Savings Advice
- Vanguard: Roth 401(k) Savings Show Steady Growth
- AssetMark Acquires $12 Billion in Wealth TAMP Assets from Morningstar
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 6/21/24
- DOL Requests Comments on Retirement Savings Lost and Found, ARA Responds
- SECURE 2.0 Lost and Found Proposal Faces Industry Headwinds
- Creative Planning, ‘Crazy’ Bets, and the Need for 401(k) Education
- IRS Clarifies 10% Additional Tax for Certain Emergency Distributions
- By the Numbers: Participant Retirement Saving Strategies & Outcomes
- DOL Files Counter-Brief to Retirement Security Rule Challenge
- DOL Pushes Back on Fiduciary Rule Suit Claims
- MetLife, Micruity Partner on Retirement Income Solutions
- RIA Headcount Continues to Rise
- Product & Service Launches – 6/20/24
- Bill Would Allow Auto Enrollment of NJ State and Local Employees
- How Much Could Contribution Limits Rise in 2025?
- Vanguard Reopens Two Actively Managed Mutual Funds to New Investors
- Younger High-Net-Worth Investors Seek Out Alternative Investments
- Making the Most of a Retirement Plan: Data Accuracy
- Form 5500 Deadline Fast Approaching
- Future Capital Launches Digital 401(k) Asset Management Tool
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- CITs Maintain Dominance in DC Plans But Face Limitations
- Advisory M&A News – 6/17/24
- Taking a ‘Startup’ Job at a Legacy Insurer
- Effect of Automatic Features on Contributions Only Going to Grow
- The Positive Impact of 401(k) Automated Features Explained
- Automated Features: Positive Impact Explained
- Confident Gen Zers Investing at an Earlier Age
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- Mutual Funds Maintain Lead in DC Adviser-Sold Market
- Congress Urges Treasury to Share Unclaimed Bond Data with States
- Many Workers Don’t Realize They Are Not Contributing to Workplace Plans
- DOL Backs Unenforceability of Class Action Waivers
- Nonqualified Compensation Moves Downstream
- Retirement Industry People Moves – 6/14/24
- PBGC Amends Regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans
- Talking Points: Father ‘Time’
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- Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/9/24
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- Advisory M&A News – 2/5/24
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- Alaska May Join Call for Action on Windfall Elimination Provision
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- CUNA KOs BlackRock TDF Suit
- BlackRock Heightens DC-Adviser Focus
- Advisers Hardly Ever Recommend Active TDFs to Retirement Plans, Research Shows
- OneAmerica Announces Rebrand to OneAmerica Financial
- Advisory M&A News – 1/29/24
- Hungry to Recruit for ‘Burrito Season,’ Chipotle Offers New Benefits
- Student Loans and Retirement Plans: Debt that Compounds
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- Retirement Industry People Moves – 1/26/24
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- IRS Updates Listings of Required Modifications
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Finally Dismissed—For Good
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- Delta, Amazon Point to Importance of Emergency Savings For Employees
- Parties Press for Approval of $4.1 Million 401(k) Excessive Fee Settlement
- Product & Service Launches – 1/25/24
- Aon Hit With $1.5M Penalty From SEC
- Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske to Retire at End of ‘24
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- Could the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule Hinder Advisor-Assisted Rollovers?
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- Product Partnerships – 1/24/23
- ARA Presses IRS for Clarifications on Forthcoming Student Loan Repayment Guidance
- American Retirement Association Asks IRS for Guidance on Student Loan Matches
- Retirement, Wealth Expected to Continue Convergence in 2024
- Survey Stakes Out New Grounds in 401(k) Fee Benchmarking
- DOL Finalizes New PTE Filing and Processing Procedures
- DOL Aims to Streamline PTE Application Process With New Rule
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- Retirement Industry People Moves 1/12/24
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- Product & Service Launches – 1/11/24
- Principal Asset Management Names Kamal Bhatia President, CEO
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- Institutional Assets Held Only Slight Edge On Retail in 2023
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- Voya, Goldman Start 2024 With Leadership Moves
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- Big Names Back Latest Proposed Fiduciary Rule
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- Nevin & Fred: Forfeit ‘Sures?’
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- PBGC Updates Premium Filing Instructions, E-Filing Portal
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- Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Criticize Fiduciary Rule
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- 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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- 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
- Survey: New Year’s Resolutions From Top Plan Advisers
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- ARA Submits Comment Letter to DOL on Proposed Fiduciary Rule
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- Advisory M&A News – 1/2/24
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- Advisory M&A News – 12/18/23
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- Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/15/23
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- Natixis, MFS Both Name New CEOs
- Product & Service Launches – 12/14/23
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- Litigation Trends to Watch in 2024: Drop in TDF Suits, More Forfeiture Complaints
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- ARA CEO Brian Graff to Testify at Fiduciary Rule Hearing
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- ARA CEO Brian Graff to Testify at Fiduciary Rule Hearing
- Product & Service Launches – 12/7/23
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- IRS Announces 2024 Benefit, Contribution Limits
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- IRS Announces 2024 Contribution Limits
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- IRS Increases 401(k) Limit to $23,000 for 2024, IRA Limit to $7,000
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- Why ARA Supports DOL’s Proposal to Modernize the Regulatory Definition of Investment Advice
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- Biden Administration Officially Unveils Retirement Security Rule Proposal
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- Money Over Marriage: Younger Generations’ Priorities Present Adviser Opportunity
- A ‘Slam Dunk’: 401(k) Auto-Portability Network Nears Live Date
- Funds’ Portfolios Must Reflect Their Name, SEC Says
- DeVoe: Advisory Dealmaking Outpacing Last Year’s Q3
- Conduent to Transfer $2.7B in HSA Assets to HealthEquity Inc.
- A(nother) Federal Court Backs ‘Meaningful Benchmark’ Standard in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Banking on Disaster: Critical Oversight for ERISA Plans in 2023
- SAFER Act—Retirement Savings Saving Lives: WiR Third Thursdays
- CRS Highlights Proposals for a New Proportional Formula for the WEP
- House GOP Leaders Criticize DOL Investigations for ‘Hurting American Savers’
- Scope of AI Conflicts Proposal Finds New Opponents on the Hill
- Carlyle Makes Minority Growth Investment in CAPTRUST
- Recruiting a New Generation of Advisers
- Democrats Reintroduce Bill to Stop Social Security Benefits from Garnishment
- From Value Statements to Cold Calls, Advisers Talk Client Attraction
- Deadline for Correcting 2022 IRA Contributions Looming
- Plaintiffs Get Past Motion to Dismiss in BlackRock TDF Suit
- Advisory M&A
- Suggestions for Best Plan Participant Service
- Hub Launches 401(k) PEP for Small, Midsize Plan Sponsors
- HUB Unveils New PEP for Small- to Mid-Sized Businesses
- Consumer Researchers Rank Fidelity, American Funds Among Best Digital Experience
- Meeting the Fiduciary Risk Plan Fees Pose
- Why it’s Critical for Employees to Understand Their Benefits Packages
- Mobile Apps Emerge as a Critical Tool for Retirement Plan Providers
- Does TikTok Really Hate the 401(k)?
- AA Calls Out Plaintiff Claims in ESG-Themed 401(k) Suit
- Nationwide: 6 ‘Myths’ and Myth-Busters About In-Plan Retirement Income
- Capital Group Bolsters Employee Engagement Program to Better Reach Hispanic Participants
- U.K. defined contribution sponsors resist ESG, private markets over fees
- Guaranteed Lifetime Income: The Participant’s Point-of-View
- When Attorney-Client Privilege Applies Under ERISA
- Addressing Total Benefits Requires Multiple Perspectives
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- DOL Seeks to Fill ERISA Advisory Council Vacancies
- Industry Groups ‘Friend’ Fiduciaries in Excessive Fee Suit Fray
- The Psychology of Financial Planning
- Suit Finds 401(k) Fiduciary Fault in Bed, Bath & Beyond Bankruptcy
- SEC’s Risk Alert Worth Close Look as ‘Bevy’ of New Rules, Charges, Multiply
- Nevin & Fred: Roth Relief, Fiduciary Filings & Crypto Calls, Oh My!
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Swing Pricing Proposal on Shaky Ground as Bipartisan Opposition Solidifies
- 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
- How Pennies Instead of Percents Can Drive Participant Engagement
- OneDigital Makes 6th Acquisition This Year, Fueling Southeast Expansion
- American Airlines Asks Judge to Toss 401(k) ESG Complaint
- Low Birth Rates Are Not the Main Threat to Social Security Insolvency
- 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
- The Positive Impact of State-Based Auto-IRA Programs: DC Pension Geeks
- Some Wealth Managers See Growth in Branching Out to Retirement Consulting
- Blended TDF Uptake Remains Low, but ‘There’s Clearly Something Shifting’
- Congress, Industry Push Back on SEC’s AI, Safeguarding Rule Proposals
- AT&T Receives Industry Backing in 2017 Excessive Fee Case
- A Closer Look at the Management of CalSavers’ Investments
- PBGC Issues Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits for Q4
- Younger workers more likely to take 401(k) plan loans as their balances grow – study
- Industry Groups ‘Friend’ Fiduciaries in Excessive Fee Suit Fray
- SEC Makes 2nd Marketing Rule Charges Against 9 Investment Advisories
- Does TikTok Really Hate the 401(k)?
- 10 Questions for Advisers To Ask When Building Their Brand
- DOL Sends New Adviser Fiduciary Rule to OMB For Review
- Advisory M&A
- Appetite for Apps: Whose Is Acute?
- Scary, ‘Sensational’ Headlines Mar Retirement Income Good News
- A Day to Remember
- Colorado, Maine retirement savings pact opens pathway for state auto-IRA programs
- Nation's first retirement savings interstate pact opens pathway for more state auto-IRA programs
- Economic Slowdown, Inflation, Top List of Adviser Concerns in PGIM Study
- New Fiduciary Rule Sent to OMB by Department of Labor
- Fiduciaries Fend Off Excessive Fee Claims in 401(k) Suit
- Adviser Opportunities in Serving the K-12 Education Market
- Breaking News: New Fiduciary Rule Sent to OMB By Department of Labor
- 7 Questions Advisers Can Ask Plan Sponsors
- Prudential, Warburg Pincus Partner on Reinsurance Firm
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Employers increasing company-stock DC offerings as taxable benefit – Fidelity
- Running the Race for National 401(k) Day
- Lethargic August for Private Pension Plans
- CalSavers Seeks Investment Consulting Services
- Americans Across Generations Lack Critical Social Security Knowledge
- Plaintiffs Land Excessive Fee Settlement with Cruise Line
- House Republicans Look to Repeal DOL Rule Permitting ESG in Retirement Plans
- Acting Secretary of Labor Su Under Pressure as DOL Prepares Fiduciary Proposal
- Aspen Institute Retirement Experts Look to Saver’s Match to Close Savings Gap
- Can ETFs Work in 401(k)s With Mutual Fund Rebranding?
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- AT&T Files for Rehearing on Prohibited Transaction ‘Call’
- DC Advisers: Managed Accounts Not Yet Default Threat to TDFs
- Most Teens Interested in Investing, Few Have Started, Fidelity Reports
- Plan Advisors Support Greater Diversification and Customization of TD Strategies
- Plan Advisors Support Greater Diversification and Customization of TDF Strategies
- Breaking Barriers: Reimagining How to Attract, Retain Women in Finance
- Alera’s Retirement Unit Adds Financial Wellness Director
- Maine's auto-IRA gears up for launch after delay
- Complementary, Not in Competition—State-Run Plans and Private Plans
- Another Excessive Fee Suit Settlement Struck
- Key Lawmakers Call on DOL to Ditch Further Fiduciary Rulemaking
- Plaintiffs Land Excessive Fee Settlement with Cruise Line
- SEC Charges 5 Advisory Firms for Custody Rule Violations
- Future Capital Inks Deal With Puerto Rico’s Banco Popular
- Advisory M&A
- Employee Fiduciary LLC Calls On DOL to Improve 401(k) Fee Transparency
- Another 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Gets Dismissal Recommendation—with Prejudice
- Republican Leaders Discourage 3(21) Fiduciary Rule Amendment
- IRS Confirms 8955 Filers Need Not Respond to Penalty Notices Dated Before Sept.1
- Transamerica Makes Small Business Retirement Plan Push
- Complying With SEC’s Hypothetical Performance Marketing Rules
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Fifth of DC plan sponsors looking to change advisers – Fidelity
- The Mental Health Benefits Push
- ASPPA Connect Observes Labor Day
- Nominate an Outstanding ASPPA Educator!
- Retirement Savings at Risk Through Abusive QDRO Scheme
- May Climate Funds Be Used in DC Plan Menus?
- Prepare to Keep Vital Records Safe in a Disaster, IRS Reminds
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Why Almost Half the ‘Sandwich Generation’ is Delaying Retirement
- Former American Airlines Pilot Fires Back in Retirement Plan ESG Suit
- Key Lawmakers Call on DOL to Ditch Further Fiduciary Rulemaking
- Nestle Notches (Another) Win in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Dismissal Recommendation
- Nevin & Fred: Suits Strike Polarizing Positions on ESG
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- RiXtrema Launches AI-Driven 401(k) Client Engagement Tool
- TPA Strongpoint Partners Adds Pension Financial Services to Network
- Draft Rule for Maine Retirement Savings Program Issued
- Fiduciary Duty a Factor in Pension Risk Transfers
- DOL Beats ForUsAll Crypto Suit
- 401(k) Crypto Case Crumbles in Federal Court
- Advisers: Roth Catch-Up Extension Welcome, Clarity Still Needed
- Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $35 Million for Overcharging Advisory Accounts
- Smart Widens Fiduciary Services, Including for Pooled Employer Plans
- Fidelity Finds 22% of Plan Sponsors Actively Searching for New Adviser
- New York Life Clients Latest Victims of Massive MOVEit Data Breach
- Plaintiff Pushes Back on ESG Claims in American Airlines 401(k) Suit
- PBGC Updates Info and Rates Relevant to Premiums and Charges
- NQDC Plan Can Improve Retention, but Underutilized by Participants
- IRS Clarifies Erroneous Late-Filing Notices
- Goldman Sachs Sells Personal Financial Management Unit to Creative Planning
- Advisory M&A
- Another Excessive Fee Suit Settlement Struck
- DOL Extending Grace Period for EFAST2 Login Credentials
- Amid Rising Complexities, Plan Sponsors Rely on Advisors More Than Ever
- Why the SAFER Act, and its Retirement Plan Component, Is So Important
- ‘The True Cost of Forgotten 401(k) Accounts’
- IRS delays Roth requirement for some catch-up contributions
- IRS Extends Roth Catch-up Contribution Deadline
- Breaking News! IRS Grants Two-Year Delay in Roth Catch-Up Requirements
- IRS Grants Two-Year Delay in Roth Catch-Up Requirements
- Construction, Farming, Among Sectors with Lowest Retirement Plan Access
- Americans Worry Social Security Will Deplete in Lifetime, Nationwide Finds
- HSA-Eligible Plans Cover Increased Use of Certain Medical Services, EBRI Finds
- Massachusetts’ Fiduciary Rule Revived by State Supreme Court
- What’s Behind the PRT Heat?
- Social Security Misconceptions to Avoid
- Retirement Industry People
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Future Capital and Wealth Advisory TLG Partner On 401(k) Investment Management
- Investors Nearing Retirement Seek Strong Support and Brand Familiarity, Cerulli Reports
- IRS Issues Q4 Update to 2022-2023 Priority Guidance Plan
- Retirement Plans Still Figure in IRS Priority Guidance Plan
- Big Increase in Health Care Costs Projected for Employers in 2024
- U.K. DC plans must state illiquid investment policies for default funds, regulator says
- Plan Sponsors, Advisors Receiving Erroneous IRS Late Filing Notices
- Glitch Blamed for Erroneous Late Filing Form 8955-SSA Notices
- SEC Reopens Comment Period for RIA Investment Custody Rule
- Goldman Looks to Shed RIA Arm, Will Continue Third-Party Custody Push
- Allianz Strikes Another Settlement in Second Excessive Fee Suit
- Pension Risk Transfers Red Hot
- Cool Summer for CalSavers Registrations
- ‘Staggering’ Number of Adults Don’t Know How Long Retirements Last
- The Perception of Conflict Between Service Providers: Image Versus Reality
- Few Americans Report ‘Financial Freedom’ Amid Record High Credit Card Debt
- Why Short-Term Financial Stress Hurts Long-Term Savings
- Litigation Landscape: Schlichter, BlackRock and the New Standard of Plausibility
- Litigation Landscape: Schlichter, BlackRock and the New 'Plausibility Standard'
- Pontera Adds RIA Summit Financial to 401(k) Management Platform
- Goldman, Charelsbank to Invest in PensionMark Parent World Insurance
- Goldman, Charlesbank to Invest in PensionMark Parent World Insurance
- GAO: PBGC Appropriately Using ARPA Funds for SFA
- Retirement Plan Limits to Rise in 2024, Mercer Projects
- American Airlines reaches deal with pilots that includes 401(k) contribution hikes
- IRS Provides Tax Relief for Hawaii Wildfire Victims
- With Roth Use Set to Grow, Vanguard Stresses Participant Education
- Vestwell appoints first chief strategy officer
- Plan Adviser Industry Needs to Adapt to Get Younger, More Diverse
- How Advisers Can Help Close Longevity Literacy Gap
- New York Life Clients Latest Victims of Massive MOVEit Data Breach
- SEC Charges FinTech Firm with First Violation of Amended Marketing Rule
- ASPPA Nation Loses a Legend
- 35% of consultants say DC plan clients don't see retirement income as priority
- Consultants say 35% of DC plan clients don't see retirement income as priority
- SEC Fines Fintech Advisory Titan in 1st Marketing Rule Charge
- Advisory M&A
- Is the Current Retirement Income System ‘Inadequate?’ The Data Has an Answer
- Does Your 401(k) Need ‘Guardrails?’
- 401(k)s Achieve ‘Must Have’ Status for Job Seekers
- Capital Group Piloting Benartzi’s PensionPlus Retirement Income Manager
- The PLANADVISER Interview: David Musto, Chair and CEO, Ascensus
- State-Sponsored Retirement Plans Now Hold More Than $1B
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Keep 2023 EFAST2 Credential Changes in Mind
- PBGC Seeks to Amend Allocation of Assets Regulation
- Plaintiff Finds an Open Ear—and Gets a Trial Date—in Excessive Fee Suit
- CalSavers: Slow but Steady Growth in First Half of ’23
- Gen Zers and Retirement: How Well Do You Know the Next-Gen Workforce?
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- WTW: Employers Ramping Up Nonqualified Plans to Draw Key Execs
- (How) Are Advisors Using Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs)?
- Fidelity: Auto Default Contribution Rate Hits All-Time High of 4.1%
- Voya Adds New Roles, Expanding Wealth Solutions Team
- Millennium Trust Rebranding to Inspira Financial, Plans to Expand Services
- Colorado and Maine retirement savings programs team up to trim costs
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Maine, Colorado Enter Partnership in Offering Automatic Retirement Coverage
- The Plan Participant Journey: Which Are Best for Employees and the Company?
- Plaintiff Finds an Open Ear—and Gets a Trial Date—in Excessive Fee Suit
- Maine and Colorado to Partner On State-Sponsored Auto IRA
- BlackRock TDF Suite Picks Up Fifth ERISA Challenge Dismissal
- Educating Participants on Risk Literacy
- What Is the Dollar Amount of Potential Cuts Without a Social Security ‘Fix?’
- 401(k) participants boost equity allocation to 70.2% – Alight Solutions
- Florida, Georgia, and Rhode Island Rank Lowest for Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans
- Hawaiian Electric shares plummet after Maui wildfire; retirement accounts affected
- ADP, Morningstar Partner on Managed Accounts for Small Business 401(k)s
- American Airlines ESG Lawsuit May Move Ahead, According to Court Filing
- Advisory M&A
- Lawsuit Would Block Missouri’s Anti-ESG Advising Rule
- Advisers Can Levarage Plan Sponsor Openness to Plan, Investment Changes, Research Finds
- SageView CEO Long to Step Aside as Firm Pushes Further into Wealth Management
- Sobering Retirement Prospects for Late Boomers, Study Warns
- Sobering Retirement Prospects for Late Boomers
- How Many People Wait to 70 to Maximize Social Security Benefits?
- A Labor Shortage, the Gig Economy and Benefits: What’s an Employer to Do?
- Employers, Employees on Different Pages When it Comes to Financial Well-Being
- Another BlackRock TDF Suit Dismissed
- Curious but cautious: DC plans and participants weigh target-date funds with embedded annuities
- Target-date fund providers struggle to compete
- The Standard Adds PEPs, Auto Step-Up Savings, Other Recordkeeper Services
- Live Nation 401(k) Plan Escapes Class Suit, Moves to Arbitration
- DOL Seeks Comment on Select SECURE 2.0 Enactments
- DOL Seeks Info on SECURE 2.0 Mandates on ERISA Reporting and Disclosure
- DOL Seeks Info on SECURE 2.0 ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Mandates
- Americans Bracing for Resumption of Student Loan Payments
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Are Plan Sponsors Winning More Fiduciary Breach Dismissal Motions?
- Appellate Court Takes Away AT&T Win in Excessive Fee Suit
- NYC Pension Funds File to Dismiss ESG-Related Lawsuit
- ERISA Complaint Against AT&T Returned for Review by Appeals Court
- New Fiducient Advisors CEO Sees Financial Wellness as Key Focus Area
- Robinhood IRA Nears $1B, Planning Further Retirement Push
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Fewer 401(k) plan lineup changes in 2022 as fee wars quiet down
- Empower Workplace Assets Rise 13% Through Q2, Personal Wealth Jumps 28%
- Vanguard, J.P. Morgan, BlackRock Lead Fund Flows in First Half
- PBGC Grants One-Time 4010 Filing Waiver
- Distribution Choices by the PBGC-Covered
- American Airlines Pushes Back on Participant’s ESG Suit
- Bill Blocks Pensions, Endowments from Investing in ‘Techno-Totalitarian’ China
- 401(k) Balances Bounce Back from 2022, But . . .
- Smaller Plan Sponsors More Likely to Use TDF to Default Managed Accounts
- Schlichter Widens Net for Fiduciary Claims
- New SEC Cybersecurity Rule a ‘Business Problem,’ Not Just IT or Legal, According to Experts
- BofA: Hardship Withdrawals Up 36% As More Prioritize Short-Term Needs
- New 401(k) Litigators Use ‘More Credible’ Tactics in First Half of ‘23
- SEC Charges Wells, BNP, Others With Electronic Communications Misuse
- Helloooo ASEA!
- Deduction Deep Dive Part II: IRC 404(a)(8)
- What Is an Actuary, Actually?
- Appellate Court Takes Away AT&T Win in Excessive Fee Suit
- Does Your 401(k) Need ‘Guardrails?’
- TIAA’s Nuveen Launches TDF With Embedded Guaranteed Income Annuity
- What the DOL Prudence Regulation Actually Does
- Are Plan Sponsors Winning More Fiduciary Breach Dismissal Motions?
- Pension Risk Transfers In No Need of Overhaul, Insurance Industry Says
- State Mandates: How Employers Are Responding
- A Glidepath of/for Life
- Disparities Growing Between Low- and High-Income Retirement Accounts: GAO
- Why Digital Recordkeepers Are Poised to Disrupt Retirement Plan Market
- Why Digital Recordkeepers Are Poised to Disrupt Retirement Plan Market
- How to Best Protect Workers’ Retirement Savings
- Advisory M&A
- American Airlines Files Motion to Dismiss 401(k) ESG Complaint
- PBGC Plan Termination Tips and Updates
- American Airlines Pushes Back on Participant’s ESG Suit
- Pension Funding Heats Up in July
- Sustained Vigor Ahead, Says PBGC
- Vanguard, Retirement Clearinghouse Set Sights on IRAs
- 401(k) Spousal Consent Bills Quietly Reintroduced in House and Senate
- Retirement Consulting Firm Freedom Fiduciaries Launches PEP
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- PBGC Reports Program Solvency and Surplus
- Plaintiff Drops Fidelity, Financial Engines from American Airlines ESG Lawsuit
- Plan sponsors struggling with SECURE 2.0 catch-up contribution provision
- Employee Benefit Experts Forecast More Retirement Plan Options for Gig Workers
- Conference Board: Remote Work Better for Employee Retention
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Reenrollment: If at First You Don’t ‘Succeed’
- De-risking in the Context of 2023
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Vince Morris, President of Retirement and Wealth, OneDigital
- Witnesses Call for State Action on WEP
- Fireworks Erupt at House Financial Services’ Multi-Bill Markup
- Senate HELP Members Introduce Bill Blessing Automatic Reenrollment
- Paychex PEP Doubles in Past Year, Driven by Small Plan Startups
- 73% of 401(k) Savers Would Like Personalized Investment Advice
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- Participant-Plaintiffs Press Proprietary Fund Suit
- Florida Man Buys Massive Black Diamond with Ill-Gotten Crypto Gains, SEC Says
- 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
- Is the Current Retirement Income System ‘Inadequate?’ The Data Has an Answer
- ‘Mission’ Controls
- Advisory M&A
- P&I opens Eddy Awards for entries
- 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?
- (How) Has COVID Changed Retirement Expectations?
- 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
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- Judicial Recommendation Reins in ‘Rollover Rule’
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- Form 5500 Deadline Looming
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- 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
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- Independence Gaze
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- Advisory M&A
- Cracking the Code of Longevity Risk
- Financial Uncertainty Forcing Investors to Rethink Retirement Timing
- Gen X Feeling the Retirement Squeeze
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- BlackRock Changes Up Public Policy Team
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- Vestwell Unveils New MEP and PEP Offerings
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- Median Retirement Plan Value Hits Record Low in 2022
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- Legislation to Quash ESG Use in Retirement Plans Resurfaces
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- Anti-ESG Bill Would Require Only Pecuniary Factors to Be Considered
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- 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
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- MEP Excessive Fee Suit…Dropped
- Advisory M&A
- Suit Says Plan Paid Twice Too Much for ‘Fungible’ Services
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- Ameritas Introduces New Pooled Employer Plan
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- Ameritas Launches PEP
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- PBGC Issues Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits for Q3
- Retirement Advisory NFP Promotes Keeling to CIO
- Vanguard: 401(k) Participation Rate Hits Record High
- Lawmakers reintroduce bill to permit annuities as QDIAs
- Bill Would Ban 401(k)s from Investing in ‘Foreign Adversary’ Firms
- Vanguard reports record 401(k) participation despite inflation, market downturn
- Insecure About SECURE: Your Side-by-Side Comparison
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- DOL Confirms New Fiduciary Rule Release Date
- 7 SECURE 2.0 Errors and Unintended Consequences
- 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
- MEP Excessive Fee Suit…Dropped
- Health Care Regs Are Tightening—Retirement Advisers May Want to Engage
- Pitney Now Heading TIAA’s Lifetime Income Default Unit
- SEC’s Expanded Marketing Rule Risk Alert Rare ‘Pre-emptive’ Warning
- Benefits Aggregator Hub Adds In-House HSA
- Retirement Plan Key to Fixing Teacher Staffing, Says Majority Leader
- 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
- Top Retirement Plan Advisers Weigh In on Potential, Pitfalls of SECURE 2.0
- Advisory M&A
- Suit Says Plan Paid Twice Too Much for ‘Fungible’ Services
- Could Health Care Regulation Go the Way of Retirement Plans?
- Virtual Education Hits New Heights
- The Need to ‘Know’
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- Prudential Research Finds Gen X Particularly Unprepared for Retirement
- Social Security's woes highlight need for holistic plan
- Schlichter Exclusive: Does A New Wave of Fiduciary Litigation Loom?
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- SEC Broadens Adviser Marketing Rule Compliance Exams
- Human Interest Offers ‘Cash Back’ Incentive to Retirement Savers
- Plaintiffs Prevail in Persuading Judge to Dismiss Motion to Dismiss
- Putnam CEO Reynolds to Stay at Great-West After Franklin Deal
- 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
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- State Auto-IRAs Set for Vermont, Nevada, As Pennsylvania Awaits Vote
- NFP Acquires ACG, Expanding Retirement, Wealth Capabilities
- The Politics of Financial Regulation: DC Pension Geeks Podcast
- 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
- Human Interest Offers 3% Cash Back for New Retirement Savers
- Green Mountain State Joins Retirement Plan Club
- Nevada State-Run Retirement Savings Program on Governor’s Desk
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- Debt Ceiling Suspended Until 2025
- Suit Says ESG Options, Focus Put 401(k) Balances at Risk
- Pilot Sues American Airlines Due to ESG 401(k) Investing Strategy
- Pennsylvania's auto-IRA bill faces uncertain fate in state Senate
- Snapshot: The Effect of the DB to DC Shift in Alaska
- Survey Says—Or Does it?
- TSP Transition Troubles Trigger Lawsuit
- SECURE 2.0—So, About that Employer Roth Contribution…
- Plan Sponsors Should 'Definitely' Have Cyber Liability Insurance: Lisa Gomez
- Retirement Industry People Moves
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- Senate Committee Urges DOL to Implement 6 Specific SECURE Provisions
- U.S. Senate Clears Debt Limit Legislation for Biden, Averting Default
- There Isn’t a Retirement Plan Coverage Gap Between Men and Women, But …
- 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
- Employer Contributions Reach Record-High Levels: Fidelity
- Senate HELP Committee Urges DOL to Prioritize Certain Secure 2.0 Provisions
- ABC Could Mean Automatic BERS Coverage with Albany’s Nod
- IRS Provides Interim Guidance for EPCRS Changes
- Mariner Announces Financial Wellness Platform Following Spring Acquisition
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Fraudster’s 401(k) Can Be Used for Restitution
- Debt Limit Catastrophe One Step Closer to Being Averted
- Debt Ceiling Bill Passed by U.S. House
- CAPTRUST Acquires Omega Wealth Partners
- Edelman Financial Engines names next CEO
- House Passes Small Entity Update Act to Evaluate Size Cutoff for Advisories
- Edelman Financial Names Former Personal Capital Head Jay Shah as CEO
- Fraudster’s 401(k) Can Be Used for Restitution
- What Could Happen to Retirement Savings if a Debt Deal Isn’t Reached
- Franklin Templeton to Acquire Putnam for $925 Million
- Smart Acquires Managed Account Provider ProManage
- Democrats Trade Budget Cuts for Debt Ceiling Extension
- Silver State Senate Smiles on Savings Program
- Pressure from States to Address Effects of GPO, WEP
- Pressure from States to Address Effects of WEP, GPO
- Retirement Clearinghouse Alerts Individuals to Data Breach
- Advisor Group Issues Alert for 2021 Vendor Data Breach Affecting Clients
- MassMutual Names New Financial Advisory, Annuity Leaders
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- FINRA Fines Vanguard for Overstating Money Market Projections
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- What Could Happen to Retirement Savings if a Debt Deal Isn’t Reached
- Gensler Defends Swing Pricing Proposal at ICI Conference
- Court Dismisses O’Reilly Auto Excessive Fee Lawsuit
- Recordkeeper “House” Plan Options Worth a Look, But Carefully, Advisers Say
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Most of Gen Z Respects Financial Professionals, Not Ready to Hire Them
- ASPPA Connect Observes Memorial Day
- ‘Close Question’ Commodity Claims Clear 401(k) Excessive Fee Dismissal
- Fear Not, Auto-Escalation Not Likely to Reduce Participation
- IRS Issues Guidance on Expansion of EPCRS
- NFP, Nationwide Name New Retirement Leaders
- CITs: Coming Soon to 403(b) Plans?
- Labor Demand Outweighing Recession Fears for SMBs
- Employer Contributions Hit Record High Among Fidelity Savers
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- House committee advances bill allowing 403(b) plans to offer CITs
- Retirement Clearinghouse Alerts Individuals to Data Breach
- PA House Passes Keystone Saves Bill
- Congress Says It Will Fix at Least 4 Errors in SECURE 2.0
- SS&C Adds Allianz Retirement Income Annuity to DC Plan Platform
- Adviser Product Partnership
- Bills in CT, ME Would Adjust State Coverage for Private Sector Employees
- Registration Open for ASPPA Annual
- Congress Tells Treasury SECURE 2.0 Corrections Are Coming
- Bipartisan Gig Worker Portable Benefit Pilot Program Reintroduced
- Another 403(b) Excessive Fee Settlement Announced
- Custom Programs Can Reduce Black, Hispanic Employees’ Financial Stress
- Retirement Clearinghouse Issues Alert of IRA Data Breach
- ChatGPT Sentiment Analysis Significantly Outperforms Stock Market Average
- CFP Board Outlines Best Practices to Retain Diverse Talent
- As States Add Retirement Programs, Private Providers See Growth
- Knowledge Isn’t ‘Actual Knowledge’
- EBRI Study: Inflation, Weak Stock Market Slashed Retirement Confidence
- Service Sector Employees Lead DC Plan Contributions
- Broadridge Brings Retirement, Workplace Services Under One Roof
- Advisory M&A
- It’s Official, Minnesota Gov Signs Secure Choice Auto-IRA into Law
- Commencement Address
- Lifetime Income’s QPDA and the IQPA
- Half of Households at Risk of Lower Living Standards in Retirement
- ‘Close Question’ Commodity Claims Clear 401(k) Excessive Fee Dismissal
- DOL, trade groups clash over ERISA prohibited transactions
- Retirement tiers emerge from hiding in DC plans
- Retirement People Moves
- SEC’s Gensler Confirms AI is Regulatory Priority
- Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman To Step Down Within 12 Months
- SEC’s New Stock Buyback Rules Come Under Legal Challenge
- Giving Older Workers the Choice to Work or Retire with Dignity
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- ESG-Related Divestment Triggers Public Pension Participant Suit
- CalSavers Assets Hit Half Billion
- Social Security: Suggestions for the Safety Net
- 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
- Cetera Taps Former Fidelity Exec Durbin as Parent Firm CEO
- Inflation Drives IRS to Raise HSA Contribution Limits in 2024
- Common Pitfalls in Reg BE, BI, According to FINRA, SEC
- 24% of Participants May Cut 401(k) Contributions
- Advisers, Participants Skeptical of ESG Investments, but not Asset Managers
- 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
- CalSavers: Growth in Assets Outstrips New Registrations
- Two-Thirds of Small Businesses Do Not Offer Retirement Benefits: Fidelity
- Near-Retirees Blow Basic Quiz on Social Security Benefits
- NAGDCA: Roth Catch-Ups Will Be Major Issue for Government Plans
- Plaintiffs Punt Appeal in Two BlackRock TDF Suits
- SEC Head Gensler Says Reg BI Not ‘Check the Box’ Exercise
- ASA: DOL Drops Appeal to 401(k) Rollover Advice Ruling
- Advisers Managing Heightened Retirement Plan Committee Turnover
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- UBS, Credit Suisse Retirement Asset Exemptions Will Likely Continue Post-Merger
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- Department of Labor Drops Florida 401(k) Fiduciary Appeal
- Department of Labor 'Drops' Florida 401(k) Fiduciary Appeal, ASA Claims
- ESG-Related Divestment Triggers Public Pension Participant Suit
- A New Fiduciary Standard?
- New Fiduciary Rule, SECURE 2.0 Guidance Top Priorities: EBSA’s Gomez
- How Auto Enrollment Closes the Retirement Savings Gap for Communities of Color
- Financial Advisers Rank American Funds, Vanguard as Top Asset Managers
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- FINRA Expels Brokerage SW Financial for Misrepresenting Fees
- House Republicans Propose Exempting Social Security Benefits From Income Tax
- Former Congressman Lee Zeldin Slams Federal Retirement Plan Takeover Bill
- Minnesota Secure Choice Passes, Heads to Governor’s Desk
- (Small) Settlement Struck in Excessive Fee Suit
- Small Plan Stats: Will SECURE 2.0 Move the Needle?
- 401(k) Contributions up in Q1, But Mixed Bag for Other Stats
- Another 403(b) Plan Slapped with Excessive Fee Suit
- Asst. Labor Secretary Gomez Says DOL Studying SECURE 2.0 Implementations
- What Are Your Top Focus Areas in 2023?
- How Advisers Can Push for Emergency Savings, Student Loan Debt
- Advisers Can Help Educate on Emergency Savings, Student Loan Debt Matching
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- New Fiduciary Rule, SECURE 2.0 Guidance Top Priorities: EBSA’s Gomez
- House Republicans Eye SEC Regulatory, Enforcement Budget
- Digital 401(k) Provider Vestwell Now Available to JP Morgan Advisers
- Vestwell Partners with JP Morgan on Small Business 401(k) Plans
- 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
- What Does Innovation Mean to You?
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- Nominations Now Being Accepted for the 2024 ASPPA Leadership Council
- In-Person Client Meetings Return as Pandemic Dims, Volatility Remains
- 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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- Contribution Options for Small Cash Balance and Defined Benefit Plans
- 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
- A Plan for the Plan
- A Tale of a (Wobbly) Seat at the Table
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- SEC Safeguarding Rule Would Expand Investment Oversight to Crypto, Artwork
- 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?
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- Challenges and Opportunities in 2023
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- 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
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- Expert Excoriated in Excessive Fee Dismissal
- 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
- A Look at DOL Guidance, Regs and Plans’ Exercise of Shareholder Rights
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- Transamerica Teams With Smart on PEP Recordkeeping Service
- EBRI Finds Inflation Eroding Retirement Confidence
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- Retirement Plan Auto Features Delivered (Serious) Results in 2022
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- Investment Product and Services Launch
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- How Auto Enrollment Closes the Retirement Savings Gap for Communities of Color
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- Quick Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
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- 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
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- Quick Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
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- 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
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- Execution Quality Disclosure, Tick-Size SEC Proposals Enjoy Industry Support
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- 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
- Investment Product Launches
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- Acting Secretary of Labor Su Discusses SECURE 2.0, Independent Contractors at Confirmation Hearing
- 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
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- $15 Million Settlement Proposed in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Amendments to Maine Retirement Savings Program Proposed
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- Proprietary Fund Suit Settles for Cash and Change(s)
- 65% of Financial Advisers Braced for Recession
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- Considerable Committee Consideration of Minnesota Secure Choice
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- 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
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- IRS Details Determination Letters Sent in FY 2022
- Social Security: Maybe All Is Not Lost
- Benartzi Makes a Call for Smart Defaults
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- Advisory M&A
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- Commenters Urge SEC to Implement Market Proposals Sequentially
- Proposed Bill Would Tie $150 Million RIA Registration Threshold to Inflation
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- A Mild Winter for DB Plans
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- DC plan participants doing less extreme equity investing – Vanguard
- Another 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit Falls Short
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- IRS Plans to Deliver ‘World-Class Service’ While Reducing Deficit
- Vermont Close to Passing Mandatory State Auto-IRA Program
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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
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- OneDigital buys Huntington National Bank's 401(k) advisory, plan servicing business
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- Catching Up With …Director of Editorial Content Joey Santos-Jones
- An Update on the ASEA Google Group
- Terminated 401(k) Plans and the ‘12-Month Rule’
- Sue Diehl Honored with NTSA 2023 Richard Ford Volunteer Service Award
- A Closer Look at Employer Matching
- Why Employers Can’t Afford to Overlook Employee ‘Care’
- Small Market Retirement Plan Coverage Predicted to Surge
- Advisory M&A
- Two BlackRock TDF Suits Seek to Appeal Federal Court Losses
- Could the 401(k) System See a Public Takeover of Private Sector Plans?
- Retirement Now a “Transition” For Many Americans, According to Smart
- Proprietary Fund Suit Strikes Quick Settlement
- Calls Grow Louder for Biden to Boot Labor Nominee
- IRS Updates Info on Reporting Contributions to IRAs
- IRS Updates Info on Tax Treatment of Pension and Annuity Income
- Latest Court Decision in Northwestern Case Opens Door to More ERISA Litigation
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Investment Product Launches
- Investment Product Launches
- What Does Treasury Have on Tap for SECURE 2.0? DC Pension Geeks Podcast
- Gig Workers Uncertain if They Will Retire, Likely to Self-Fund if They Do
- University 403(b) Wins Excessive Fee Suit — Again
- Morningstar: Pandemic Caused Plan Closures, Creation Slowdown
- Wilmington Trust’s Pending CEO Focused on CIT Education Push
- Wilmington Trust Focused on CIT Education Push
- Recent Proposals to Reform Social Security
- 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
- What is MarylandSaves, and What Does it Do?
- Missouri State-Run Multiple-Employer Retirement Savings Plan Progresses in House
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Victor Drops Fee Recovery Motion
- Voya Launches Advisory Services Solution
- DOL Takes On Lawsuit Challenging Its ESG Rule
- Managed Accounts vs. TDFs: Is the MA Cost to Participants Worth It?
- Pensionmark Appoints New M&A Head to Push Growth
- Adviser Satisfaction Dips Amid Big Market Drop
- Younger workers stashing more in retirement plans, Vanguard study says
- Has the Litigation Pendulum Swung Back to Plan Sponsors?: NAPA 401(k) Summit
- Coca-Cola Settles ERISA Lawsuit Against MEP
- 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
- Advisory M&A
- Advisory M&A
- Graff: Battles Ahead Over Future of America’s Retirement System
- Implement Social Security Changes ‘Sooner Rather than Later,’ Say Trustees
- Adulting and Retirement Readiness
- Why it Pays to Be a Consistent Retirement Saver
- SECURE 2.0’s Disappointments
- 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
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- 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
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- 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
- Latino-Owned Businesses May Be Poised for 401(k) Plan Growth
- 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
- EBRI Selects Barb Mercer’s Marder of Mercer to be as New CEO
- Retirement Advisers See Increased Scrutiny on Fees, Services
- Government Plans Face Unique Challenges With SECURE 2.0 Implementation
- Retirement Figures in DOL Budget’s SECURE 2.0 Implementation Plans
- ABLE Accounts Could Be New Option for Oregon Employees
- John Hancock Names Former Personal Finance Exec to Lead Retirement Business
- The Spring Issue of PC Magazine Is Now Online!
- How Will a New Age of Austerity Affect Retirement Plans?
- Game Changers
- 3 Things to Include in SECURE ‘3.0’: Shlomo Benartzi
- Northwestern Excessive Fee Defendants Win Some, Lose Some
- John Hancock Retirement names new CEO
- Pros and Cons of the SEC Market Structure Proposals
- Why 529 Education Savings Plans Are More Valuable Than Ever
- DOL Seeks Funds for New Efforts on Lost Benefits
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- IRS Issues New IRA Reporting Info, RMD Reminder
- ASPPA asap: Form 5500 Relief for Retroactively Adopted Plans
- Nevada Could Join State Plan Club
- Penalties for Maine Retirement Savings Program Enrollment Failures Could Change
- DOL Says it Might Appeal Rollover Ruling
- Could Social Security COLA Be Cut in 2024?
- Non-Immediate Vesting Does Not Help Companies Retain Employees
- Experts Predict Major Growth in Retirement Coverage, Benefits
- DOL Says It Might Appeal Rollover Ruling
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- Powell Says Lowering Inflation to 2% Is ‘Likely to Be Bumpy’
- EBSA Provides More Time for QPAM Exemption Proposal Comments
- Americans less prepared for retirement amid financial uncertainty – Fidelity
- 401(k) Excessive Fee Victor Drops Fee Recovery Motion
- Warning! The Federal Government Could be Coming for Your 401(k)
- $5 Million Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Retirement Income Selection Remains a ‘Pain Point’ for Many DC Plans
- Americans Appear Committed to Preserving Retirement Savings Despite Market Volatility
- Edelman Financial Engines Announces Neil Gilfedder as CIO
- In Face of Volatility, Diversity Rules in Retirement Plan Menus
- Proposed SEC Cybersecurity Rule Requires Prompt Notice to Prevent Contagion
- Ascensus Ugift Program Exceeds $3 Billion in Contributions
- Advisers Recommend Fiduciary Outsourcing Services, Mostly for Small Plans
- Advisory M&A
- SEC Looks to Overhaul Regs SCI, SP
- Biden’s First Veto Keeps DOL’s ESG Rule in Place
- Jerry Schlichter and Tom Clark Fiduciary Litigation Debate: DC Pension Geeks Podcast
- Live Nation Lambasted in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- The PLANADVISER Interview: Aaron Schumm, Vestwell Founder and CEO
- The Financial Wellness Side of SECURE 2.0
- Principal Continues Focus on Asset Management, ‘Jet Fuel’ of the Business
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Complying With the Custody Rule and the New Custody Proposal
- Plan sponsors, managers mull merits of SECURE 2.0 provisions
- Some employers not contributing to DC plans despite tight labor market – Vanguard
- Anti-ESG States Continue Organizing
- Investment Product and Service Launches
- With SECURE 2.0, the Cash Balance DB Plan May Be Back
- Women of Color Taking More Confident Approach to Financial Future
- $6 Million ‘Mien’: Capozzi Adler Snags a Big Settlement
- SVB Collapse Likely to Discourage Rate Hikes
- Labor Tightness Drives More Immediate Eligibility for Retirement Deferrals
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Cybersecurity Rules
- $5 Million Settlement Struck in 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Grocery Chain’s Excessive Fee Suit Sacked
- SVB, other bank 401(k) plans taking big hit on company stock portfolios
- Social Network Settles 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Excessive Fee Case Clears ‘Plausible’ Threshold
- ‘Plausible’ Denials — New Twists & Turns in ERISA Litigation
- Transamerica, Cetera Roll Out New Group Retirement Plan Offering
- ‘Stuck’ in the Muddle?
- 529 College Savings Plans Reach Record Amid Student Loan Forgiveness Debate
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- Senators Propose Repealing Social Security Cuts to Public Pensioners
- John Hancock Promotes Brooks Tingle to Replace Marianne Harrison as CEO
- U.K. bill would increase DC retirement savings
- Why the New ESG Rule — And Why Now? Exclusive Hauser Clip
- Good News in PBGC Pension Insurance Data Tables
- Retiree Health Care Cost Estimates Still Induce Sticker Shock
- 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
- 401(k)s Increasingly Under Attack in Wake of SECURE 2.0 Passage
- Senate Joins House in Refuting DOL’s ESG Rule
- Court Finds Plaintiffs Are SOL on Fiduciary Breach Claims
- What Resumption of Student Loan Payments Would Mean for Employers
- Adviser Product Partnerships
- BlackRock Sells Direct-to-Consumer Robo-Advisory Business to Ritholtz
- Despite Plaintiff Rotations, Excessive Fee Suit Settles
- What Does the ESG Rule Say About Participant Preferences? Tim Hauser
- House Approves Resolution Blocking Biden ESG Rule
- Su to Be Nominated as Next Labor Secretary
- If at First You Don’t Succeed—The Case for 401(k) Re-enrollment
- 2023 PLANADVISER Adviser Choice Awards
- Legislative Landscape: SECURE 2.0 and More
- House Passes Resolution to Repeal DOL 401(k) ESG Rule
- Inflation Hitting Millennials Hardest as They Seek to Meet Needs
- Biden To Nominate Su for Secretary of Labor
- EBSA Head Says Disclosure, SECURE 2.0, ESG Are Key Priorities
- IRS Proposes Rules That Require Retirement Forfeitures Be Used in 12 Months
- Long-Standing 403(b) Excessive Fee Suit Settles for $13 Million—and Change(s)
- 401(k) Plan Fees Continue Decline on CITs, Lower-Cost Funds
- 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
- Withdrawal Symptoms?
- A Simple (Sorta) Social Security Solvency Fix
- The Many Flavors of Retirement Savers: Improving Readiness
- Things to Ponder
- IRS Offers Tips on Plan Offsets
- Plan Fiduciaries Sue to Recover Costs of Defending 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
- Retirement Industry People Moves
- 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
- 401(k) Plan Fees Decline (Again)
- 401(k) plan fees drop in 2022 – '401k Averages Book'
- Top Economist: Recession Coming, But Boomer Retirees to Mitigate Job Cuts
- Fidelity: Gen Z Savers Pour Into IRAs
- https://www.planadviser.com/?p=84923
- 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
- CAPTRUST Survey Shows Nonprofits Ignore Benefits of Select Investments
- WTW Announces PEP With Eye Toward Increased Plan Outsourcing
- Willis Towers Watson dives into U.S. market for pooled employer plans
- Struck Down DOL Rollover Rule Likely to Be Appealed, Attorneys Say
- Connecticut Retirement Security Program Could Be Fine-Tuned as Deadline Looms
- 401(k) Plan Participants Remained Resilient Through 2022: Vanguard
- Inaugural DC Pension Geeks Podcast: Brian Graff & EBSA Chief Lisa Gomez
- Retirement Saving Hardest Financial Habit for Homes to Adopt
- 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
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- 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
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- Investment Service and Product Launches
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- Aon Hewitt Carves Out Settlement in Fiduciary Suit
- CRA Move Seeks to Erase ESG Regulation
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- CBO Says Social Security Trust Funds May Be Depleted by 2033
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- Retirement Industry People Moves
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- Investment Service and Product Launches
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