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2017 RPAY – Pension Consultants, Inc.
PLANADVISER: Tell us about your practice and how you and your team members got into advising retirement plans. Pension Consultants, Inc.: We started Pension Consultants in 1994 after realizing...
2017 RPAY – Shepherd Financial
PLANADVISER: Tell us about your practice and how you and your team members got into advising retirement plans. Shepherd Financial: Shepherd Financial is an independent firm, utilizing a...
2017 RPAY – The Parks Group at Graystone Consulting
PLANADVISER: Tell us about your practice and how you and your team members got into advising retirement plans. The Parks Group at Graystone Consulting: I have focused my...
2017 RPAY – Cate Brunton Luc Group
PLANADVISER: What is your mission statement? Cate Brunton Luc Group at Merrill Lynch: Our mission is to improve the financial outcomes of our retirement plan clients by incorporating...
Covisum Rolls Out Portfolio Risk Tool
The platform will allow advisers to help their clients visualize the risk levels of their portfolios in order to navigate the fluctuating market.
Hospital Reaches Settlement With Pension Plan Participants
The case is among a number filed that challenge the “church plan” status of a health care entity’s retirement plan.
Understanding Fiduciary Liability Insurance
In a world of heightened fiduciary scrutiny, plan sponsors need to pay close attention to the language of fiduciary insurance policies.
SEC’s New Form ADV Expands Scrutiny on Registered Advisers
Additional information RIAs must now disclose on the Form ADV may help the SEC develop an automated system to single out firms for examination.
ERISA Suit Against John Hopkins Partially Tossed
The plaintiffs’ allegations regarding what they allege to be an excessive amount of investment options was summarily tossed by the court, which cites a number of important recent...
Retirement Industry People Moves
Envestnet to Acquire FolioDynamix; Nuveen Expands DCIO Sales Team; Kovack Securities Partners With Capital Guardian; and more.
Individualism Defines Millennials’ Financial Future
With one-quarter of a century until the first of them turn 65, Millennials very much view themselves as "on their own" with regard to retirement income, according to...
Sponsored by Charles Schwab Investment Management
A Decade of Results
The Past, Present and Future of Fundamental Index Strategies
Sponsored by Charles Schwab
Investment Products and Services Launches
Hartford Funds Expands Fixed Income ETF Suite; Sage Releases ESG Intermediate Credit Index; ICMA-RC Opening Investments to Private Sector.
Data from Cerulli Shows Boutique Consultants Focused on Mid-Market
“The midsized plan asset segment is representative of the DC market segment in which the boutique DC consultant is most prevalent and growing its marketshare,” Cerulli reports.
SEI Launches ReferralBuilder Program
Through a series of newly released resources, SEI aims to help advisers enhance their referral generating initiatives.
IRS Released New Versions of VCP Forms
Plan sponsors of tax favored retirement plans can use these forms to make an IRS Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) submission.
IRS Says 403(b) Plans May Use Effective Date Addendums
Some sponsors that want to use a pre-approved plan have certain provisions that were not in effect for the plan for the entire restatement period or options that...
2017 PLANSONSOR Target-Date Fund Buyer’s Guide
Our guide to the size, scope and design of target-date options
Education on Lifetime Income Needed in Not-for-Profit Sector
In-plan lifetime income options can secure certain benefits participants may not find in retail solutions, suggests a new study by TIAA.
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2017 PLANADVISER Retirement Plan Adviser Survey
When choosing recordkeepers and investment managers, advisers focus on their preferred firm