In Practice June 12th, 2023 Top Retirement Plan Advisers Weigh In on Potential, Pitfalls of SECURE 2.0 PLANADVISER’s top retirement adviser pulse survey finds optimism about the legislation, alongside a healthy dose of questions and advice for...
Deals & People June 12th, 2023 Advisory M&A Creative Planning acquires BerganKDV; Boston Hill Advisors joins Hightower; Kestra Private Wealth Services launches Destination Wealth Advisors.
Compliance June 12th, 2023 Could Health Care Regulation Go the Way of Retirement Plans? Regulation from CAA ’21 is pushing employer-sponsored health care programs toward fiduciary rules that will look familiar to retirement plan...
The Markets June 12th, 2023 The PLANADVISER Interview: Miles Cole, Follow Co-Founder and CEO 24-year-old tech entrepreneur Cole discusses how his Follow app is allowing investors to copy the money moves of the internet’s...
Data & Research June 12th, 2023 Prudential Research Finds Gen X Particularly Unprepared for Retirement A survey from Unbiased shows similar findings, with only 30% of U.S. adults reporting high levels of confidence about their...
Deals & People June 9th, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves Voya selects Armstrong to lead Midwest Wealth Solutions sales; Triterras announces Narganes as head of distribution and sales strategy; Mercer names...
Compliance June 9th, 2023 SEC Broadens Adviser Marketing Rule Compliance Exams The regulator has added three new areas of review to the adviser marketing rule that has been in effect since...
Deals & People June 8th, 2023 Putnam CEO Reynolds to Stay at Great-West After Franklin Deal The CEO won’t go to Franklin Templeton in Putnam acquisition but will be “in part focused” on the strategic partnership...
Compliance June 8th, 2023 ERIC Highlights Key Areas of Confusion on SECURE 2.0 Roth catch-ups, Roth matches and student loan matches are all high on plan sponsors’ agenda.
Deals & People June 8th, 2023 Hub Grows in Michigan with Purchase of 7-Firm Collective The company also acquires an insurance lead-generation platform as it grows across insurance, benefits, retirement and wealth management.
Products June 8th, 2023 Investment Product and Service Launches Principal debuts registered index-linked annuity solution; Jackson enhances RILA suite; Prudential Advisors introduces fee-based annuities; and more.
Compliance June 7th, 2023 SEC Cyber Proposals Receive Mixed Feedback From Industry Many comments offered tepid support for the SEC’s goal and asked for greater flexibility in reporting and rule harmonization.
Products June 7th, 2023 Adviser Product Partnerships Potomac makes model strategies available at American Trust Custody; Central Pension Fund partners with V3locity; Lumen Advisors and Sparo announce...
Compliance June 7th, 2023 State Auto-IRAs Set for Vermont, Nevada, As Pennsylvania Awaits Vote More states are set to offer state-facilitated retirement plans as the AARP calls for the Pennsylvania state legislature to vote...
Deals & People June 7th, 2023 NFP Acquires ACG, Expanding Retirement, Wealth Capabilities NFP and its Wealthspire Advisors division bring on a Virginia-based corporate retirement advisory, TPA and wealth manager.
The Markets June 6th, 2023 ESG Congressional Hearings Show Partisanship Intensifying Republicans and Democrats are mostly speaking past each other on ESG, which could create regulatory risk and uncertainty going forward.
Products June 6th, 2023 Marsh McLennan Agency Adds IRA Offering for ‘Main Street’ Retirement and wealth head discusses the firm’s IRALogix-backed offering to extend further into wealth management solutions for participants.
Deals & People June 6th, 2023 Hub Acquires Horan Employee Benefits Division Renamed, Hub Heartland will be led by Valerie Bogdan-Powers, Horan’s former division president.
Deals & People June 6th, 2023 Ameritas Names New CEO, New President to start in 2024 Bill Lester will retire next year, with Bob Jurgensmeier set to succeed him as CEO and Susan Wilkinson as president...
Deals & People June 6th, 2023 Cetera Holdings Acquires Retirement Planning Group The parent of the Cetera Financial broker/dealer network adds $1.4B RIA; meanwhile, another PE-backed advisory, Mercer Advisors, gets new backing...