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Florida Takes Top Spots in Retirement Friendliness
A look at the affordability, activities, quality of life and health care in major U.S. citie
What's Important to Clients When Selecting Stable Value Funds
Creditworthiness of the provider and fees topped the list.
Advice to Slow Leakage Critical Point in Fiduciary Fight
“A phone consultation, an illustration of lost future value, or an example of net take-home after taxes can effectively dissuade participants from accessing retirement funds prematurely,” according to...
Help For Advisers That Want to Grow
Practice Management University from Kaleido aims to teach advisories to break through growth barriers.
Beware the Retirement ‘Red Zone’
Prudential Investments DCIO executive Michael Rosenberg warns investors not to leave their portfolios exposed to “bad luck” in the five or 10 years before retirement.
Retirement Industry People Moves
This week: Amundi Smith Breeden’s new hire, and TPA United Retirement Plan Consultants partners with a data and tech recordkeeping provider.
Plan Participants Puzzle Over Investing
The three types of investor persona can help retirement plans boost the knowledge and confidence of their workforce.
Global Thinking Can Help U.S. Retirement System in 2016
Hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles and dozens of client meetings across several continents will give a DC industry pro some interesting perspective on cross-border financial planning...
How to Dynamite the Sluggish Plan Sponsor
Inertia is a term usually reserved for retirement plan participant behavior, but plan sponsors can also drag their heels.
Discontent with DOL Proposal Still Simmering
A congressional subcommittee heard testimony on the proposed bipartisan principles that go head to head with the fiduciary proposal.
Talking Industry Trends With SunTrust Solutions Director
Mark Jones worked for some 30 years in the 401(k) industry before retiring from Invesco; now he’s back in the business, helping run employee benefit solutions sales for...
Prudential 2016 Outlook Highlights Market Evolution
Prudential Investment Management experts are focused on an aging global investing population that will continue to dampen economic growth and keep interest rates low globally—rivaling the impact of...
Managed Accounts Go High Tech
How ‘robo’ methods turned the investment strategy into a viable default for 401(k) plans.
Who Says Retirement System Is Imbalanced?
A forthcoming book by Peter Brady at the Investment Company Institute suggests Americans across the income spectrum get a pretty even shake when it comes to retirement benefits.
PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution Survey
Each year our sister publication PLANSPONSOR releases a much-anticipated update to its Defined Contribution Survey, acknowledged as one of the leading retirement planning industry snapshots.
Asset International Announces Hiring of Nine Executives and Staff
The parent company of PLANADVISER says the appointments were made in support of an expansion plan.
Student Loans Wreck Retirement Savings
Student loans, when prioritized over retirement savings, can rob retirement investors of huge sums by age 65, a LIMRA study finds.
Many Investors Focus on Wrong Performance Factors
No way around it—new research from TIAA-CREF into the way U.S. retirement savers think about their investments is downright troubling.
Helping Employees See the Value of HSAs
Even if employees are convinced to sign up for a high-deductible health plan with an HSA, they may experience disappointment when they use the plan, so ongoing communications...
Investment Product and Service Launches for the Week
Nationwide beefs up investment solution builder program; Acuitas establishes new long/short equity option designed for retirement plans; LGIMA touts new liability-based funds for small and mid-sized pensions.