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Coronavirus Rocks Long-View Capital Market Assumptions
Comparing asset managers’ five-year capital market assumptions published in late 2019 and early 2020 with the newly updated versions being circulated today is an eye-opening exercise that underscores...
Advisers Expect Retirement Plan Coverage to Expand Due to SECURE Act
Leading defined contribution (DC) consultants also expect participants will increase their savings rates.
Investment Product and Service Launches
MATC releases portfolio gallery with global asset managers; Ascensus adds advice and managed accounts services; New York Life partners with Visual Capitalist on data visualization platform; and more.
DOL Proposal Likely to Dampen Proxy Voting, Shareholder Engagement
As with its guidance related to environmental, social and governance investing, the Department of Labor’s stance on proxy voting and other forms of retirement plan investor shareholder rights...
People of Color Report Limited Retirement Investments
They also say they are not making headway on their retirement goals.
CAPTRUST Acquires Retirement Planning Practice From Plante Moran Financial Advisors
The ‘carve-out’ acquisition brings CAPTRUST’s assets under advisement to $400 billion and represents the continuation of an important retirement plan industry trend involving large, diversified financial services firms.
MassMutual Cites Scale in Agreeing to Empower Deal
The recordkeeper also notes that fee compression is largely driving the ongoing industry consolidation.
Important Details About SECURE Act Birth and Adoption Distributions
Under the SECURE Act, more flexibility has been granted to participants who want to draw on retirement savings to help offset the cost of childbirth or adoption—though care...
Envestnet Offers Retirement Analytics Solution for Enterprise Home Offices
It is designed to help broker/dealers make strategic decisions about their books of business.
Investors Expect Advisers to Connect Their Financial Plan to Their Values
Research finds that if this goal is met, advisers’ share of wallet increases.
Empower Acquires MassMutual Retirement Plan Business
The transaction will increase Empower’s participant base to more than 12.2 million people and its retirement services recordkeeping assets to approximately $834 billion administered in approximately 67,000 workplace...
Retirement Industry People Moves
Securian Financial hires regional sales VP; Robeco adds to supervisory board; IRS names associate chief counsel for EEE; and more.
IRS Issues Supplemental SECURE Act Guidance
Though many in the industry remain focused on addressing the challenges of the pandemic, major changes to the U.S. retirement planning landscape continue to unfold, thanks to the...
Proxy Voting Rule a Clear Sign of DOL’s Stance
Along with the rule about ESG investing in retirement plans, attorneys say, the DOL is making it clear it doesn't want plan fiduciaries spending time on things it...
Investment Product and Service Launches
Transamerica announces management fee reductions and J.P. Morgan AM reduces fees in two series.
Decade of Debate Continues at DOL Fiduciary Rule Hearing
If the fiduciary rule saga has made one thing clear, it is that creating consensus about conflict of interest regulations is hard work. Even supporters of the new...
Biogen Faced With Lawsuit About Use of Active TDF Suite
The lawsuit is one of many filed recently claiming that the use of an index suite of Fidelity TDFs is more prudent.
ERISA Excessive Fee Suit Filed Against NVIDIA Corp.
Allegations in the lawsuit mirror those of the many excessive fee suits filed against retirement plan sponsors.
Market Observers Mixed on Where Stocks Go From Here
While the S&P 500 has recovered all its losses from the first quarter plunge, the comeback hasn’t been equal across all sectors. What comes next is anyone's guess.
IRS Requesting Comments on Form 5500
There are two proposed changes and the IRS also wants comments about the obligation of filing.