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Financial Wellness
Demand Performance
With increasing costs, financial wellness programs should prove their worth.
Case sensitive
Are They Legally Binding?
Circuit courts are mixed on arbitration clauses in plan documents.
Publisher’s Note
A Shift Toward Annuities
If you won the lottery, would you take the lump sum, or the monthly payments? I’ve heard that most people say they’d take the lump sum, so I...
Roundtable
The Talent Pipeline
For our latest PLANADVISER roundtable, Alex Ortolani, editor of PLANADVISER, digital, talked with (from left, above) Sara Matlock, vice president – consulting, SWBC Retirement Plan Services; Julie Ragatz, vice president,...
Cover Story
At the Core
The adviser’s essential role is to help clients meet their fiduciary obligations.
Nuts and bolts
How to Stand Out in an RFP
Do you want “a seat at the table for the finals,” as Greg Middleton puts it? Increasingly, advisers are being asked to answer requests for proposals. “We’re living...
Viewpoint
From Managing to Leading
A look in the mirror can be a healthy 1st step in any transition.
Compliance Analysis
The SEC on Cybersecurity
Review your policies and procedures—it’s a fiduciary duty
Viewpoint
Can You Predict Client Stress?
How to gauge, and assuage, that ‘fight or flight’ response.
Feature
A Need to Show Value
How advisers can justify their fees and help sponsors find other ways to cut costs.
On the Move
On the Move
Long Moves to Board Chairman SageView Advisory Group CEO and founder Randy Long stepped into the role of board chairman, September 1, as the firm continues expanding from...
DOL Fiduciary Proposal Expected by End of October
The proposal is expected to redefine fiduciary in the context of retirement investment advice.
Bipartisan Support Shown for Federal IRA in Re-Introduced Bill
Members of Congress from both parties have been pushing for a federal auto-IRA program through the Retirement Savings for American Act.
Most Retirees Would Change Retirement Strategy, Lincoln Financial Finds
Separately, Hartford Funds’ Mike Lynch says employers should consider a program for retirees to mentor pre-retirees to improve retirement readiness.
Alera Adds More Retirement Benefit Specialists, Capabilities
Firm adds Brio Benefits and a retirement plan consultant joins its Waterford Group company.
Retirement Industry People Moves – 10/20/23
SageView enhances wealth management leadership team; Marasco to lead new protected retirement team; Northern Trust Asset Management names new co-head of wealth client group; and more.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of ERISA Class Action Waiver Cases
Two cases ruling that mandatory individual arbitration clauses are unenforceable are effectively upheld, at least for now.
Mentorship Can Provide Clear Benefits for Women in Retirement Sector
OneAmerica experts said women in the retirement profession can find valuable relationships with both female and male mentors.