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Crafting Annuity Confidence and Clarity Is Hard Work
One passionate analyst says the highly nuanced annuity marketplace does not receive sufficiently careful attention from either the financial services media or potential consumers.
Supreme Court Hears Polarized Arguments in Intel ERISA Case
While not divided across political lines, the parties in Sulyma v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee view the question of what establishes “actual knowledge” of an alleged fiduciary...
Retirement Industry People Moves
Cetera Financial Promotes Former President to CEO; Dimensional Fund Advisors Selects COO; Transamerica Makes Sales Consultant to Retirement VP; and more.
Advisers Warming Slowly to Tech-Based Communications
Well over half of advisers are not communicating with clients via video, and only 7% are utilizing video to connect with clients on a regular basis.
Investment Product and Service Launches
Aegon Asset Management Announces Global Integration; Avantis Investors Launches Additional Mutual Funds; and Vanguard Creates New International Bond Index Fund.
IRS Publishes Required Amendments List for DC Plans
This year’s required amendments list touches on the new hardship withdrawal standards and a new regulation impacting certain hybrid defined benefit plans.
Don’t Overlook Stable Value’s Role as Bull Market Ages
If the Fed continues to cut interest rates, sources say, stable value funds will likely prove to be superior in comparison with money market funds.
Senator Introduces Bill to Encourage Faster Student Debt Payoff
HELPER Act would allow Americans to annually take up to $5,250 from a 401(k), 403(b), 457 plan or IRA—tax and penalty free—to pay for college or pay back...
PIMCO Discovers Error in Fund Fee Waiver
PIMCO is now in the process of reimbursing investors affected by the miscalculation.
John Hancock Reveals Stable Value Guaranteed Income Fund
The Stable Value Guaranteed Income Fund can be a valuable option for the conservative portion of anyone’s portfolio, says Patrick Murphy, CEO, John Hancock Retirement.
Data Mine—December 2019
With each edition of the PLANADVISER Data Mine, we dig for the most actionable findings in the latest retirement plan industry research.
Advisers Giving Back: Innovest’s Culture of Compassion
Innovest Portfolio Solutions deploys its staff as volunteers throughout the year for a wide variety of charities in the Denver area; they also work with economically disadvantaged students...
Massachusetts Steps Closer to Stricter, Uniform Fiduciary Standard
Supporters of the Massachusetts proposal say the state-based regulations will be far more effective in tamping down on brokerage industry conflicts of interest compared with the national Regulation...
ShareBuilder 401(k) Waiving Set-Up Fees Through 12/20
Companies with more than one employee can save up to $995 in set-up costs for a new 401(k) plan.
1st Circuit Reverses Union Pension Liability Decision
As the appellate decision explains, ownership percentages are less important than organizations’ operating structures when determining withdrawal liability from a multiemployer union pension.
Can Dual-Registered Firms Provide More Than One SEC Form CRS?
The SEC tackles this question and others in a new FAQ publication about the Regulation Best Interest rulemaking package, as does Morningstar in a new paper that examines...
The Positive Impact of Claiming Social Security Later
The Center for Retirement Research says the reduction for claiming early is currently too large while the increase for claiming late is about right.
Software Introduced to Attract High-Net-Worth Individuals, Small Business Owners
The software is being offered to financial professionals in three different membership tiers.