After learning about the work of Head Start, George P. Fraser decided to provide financial education to parents of students in the program and build a scholarship fund for the teachers employed there.
The illiquidity of home equity can make retirement income planning difficult for those with much of their wealth concentrated in residential real estate.
Unison says its equity investing services can help working individuals leverage the residential real estate market to generate short-term financial stability and long-term wealth.
Since its founding in 2011, the SageView Foundation has raised more than $1.5 million to help meet the health care and education needs of women and children in crisis and to provide community development micro-loans.
The SECURE Act is stalled in the U.S. Senate due in part to several lawmakers’ concerns that it does away with so-called “stretch IRAs,” but tax and inheritance experts say other effective tax mitigation strategies are available.
The Dorman vs. Charles Schwab Corp. decision out of the 9th Circuit is significant, but it leaves at least one “glaring unresolved question,” attorneys say.
For advisers helping participants understand risk and volatility, offering a little reassurance can be more effective than teaching complex lessons in finance or economics.
Sources view state-run retirement savings plans as useful for improving retirement readiness, as well as a potential business opportunity for advisers.