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Publisher’s Note
On Our 15th Year
Our mission to help you—and us, too—better understand the issues you face, and give you strategies to help resolve them, continues.
Managing Relationships | Participants
How to Optimize Connections
If you want to cross-sell to participants, first sit down with the sponsor and sort out the rules.
Managing Relationships | Financial Wellness
Different Strokes
Great wellness strategies require much analysis on the part of advisers and clients.
Compliance Consult
Provider Recommendations
Does relying on certain ‘go-to’ providers have implications under ERISA?
Managing Provider Relationships | Q&A
Kathleen Kelly
On Marsh McLennan acquiring Compass Financial Partners.
Managing Relationships | Strategic Partnerships
Building Strategic Partnerships
What advisers should look for in a potential referral source.
Trends
Before Adding ESG Investments
How advisers can help employers make their lineup more sustainable.
Data Points
A Balanced Fund or a TDF?
Weighing their relative merits is an important task for advisers and clients.
Trends
The Bond ‘Misclassification’ Debate
Accusations about overblown bond ratings, by Morningstar, still need to be proved, advisers say. But, if true, this could affect investor capital flows and the amount of risk...
Trends
How Green Is My Bond Fund?
Are some investments being painted as more ‘sustainable’ than they are?
Cover Story
Masterminds of the Plan
How advisers can use RFIs to ensure they match clients with the best providers.
Trends
Talking Points
Plain Speak Advisers might keep in mind that when asked to choose the term that fits each definition given below, this is what plan participants said: Adviser Firms...
Feature
PLANADVISER’s 2021 Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers
Noteworthy retirement plan specialists, based on number of plans and total assets under advisement.
Managing Relationships | Plan Management
Defining Roles
How to take the lead in adviser/recordkeeper relationships.
Only 31% of Hispanic Workers Participate in a Workplace Retirement Plan
Morningstar says there are several factors besides lower income that could contribute to the lower savings relative to other demographic groups.
Retirement Industry People Moves
SageView adds Bloomfield Hills wealth practice; ExamFX acquires Training Consultants; BNY Mellon launches Pershing X; and more.
Plaintiffs Claim Deloitte Breached ERISA Prudence Duties
Arguments in the new case closely resemble previous lawsuits filed against other firms citing the ERISA fiduciary duties of prudence and of monitoring fiduciaries.