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| PLANADVISER Adviser Value Survey |
| Why do plan sponsors hire retirement plan advisers? Is it to help them improve their plans? To improve plan governance? To bring expertise the plan sponsor does not have? Arguably, often for more than one of those reasons, and likely for others, as well.
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| Consumer Trust in Advisers Shaped By Memberships, Experience |
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Thirty-five percent of Americans surveyed by Million Dollar Round Table say their trust would increase in financial professionals if they can demonstrate they are active members of industry associations.
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| Clashing Financial Priorities Can Derail Participants |
| The experts noted that the “end-to-end journey for a single participant experience with a given provider will have between 100 and 200 points of inflection across the consumer lifecycle.” By focusing on delivering the right educational content at the right time to the right people, plan providers and employers have a tremendous opportunity to improve overall outcomes, experts agree.
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| Planning for Medicare Premiums and Drug Costs Is a Difficult Fact of Life |
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A new EBRI analysis suggests some couples retiring in the near future could need as much as $370,000 in dedicated savings just for medical care; small wonder to see workers are hungry for advice on managing Medicare premiums and drug costs.
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| Participants May Evolve, But Some Things Remain the Same |
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Both retirees and workers still say the best piece of guidance in helping them prepare financially for retirement is knowing how much money they will need to be financially secure.
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| Divorce and Failing Health Amid Overlooked Retirement Roadblocks |
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Clients and advisers alike often overlook the possibility of divorce or losing a spouse in their financial planning.
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| The Value of Transparency in Participant-Level 401(k) Data |
| The technology conversation is no longer simply about the amount of data available, but rather how it is used and, more specifically, how granular it is, as to the view it affords advisers.
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