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New York Trial Court Endorses Fiduciary Standard for Insurance Sales
New York’s expanded “best interest” standard took effect on August 1st for annuity contracts and will take effect February 1, 2020, for life insurance policies. In a new...
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Worry Forecast What advisers predict will be clients’ 3 greatest worries for the next 12 months, and what clients say those actually are: Source: Nationwide Advisory Solutions, “Advisor...
Court Denies Dismissal of Kaleida Health Excessive Fee Suit
Among other things, a federal court judge found the director of benefits at Kaleida Health and the retirement plan committee of its 403(b) and 401(k) plans were fiduciaries.
U.S.-China Trade War Fears, Volatility Spark 401(k) Trading Spike
“We just had an asset-allocation meeting and we spent probably half of it talking about global trade tensions and the China-U.S. relationship,” says Bob Brown, CIO at Northern...
Club Vita Issues Report About How ZIP Codes Affect Longevity
Club Vita teamed up with Mercer to develop a proprietary model, VitaCurves, that uses the nine-digit ZIP code to help defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors more accurately make...
Former House Speaker Boehner and Rep. Crowley Talk Union Pension Crisis
The influential former lawmakers are using their combined bipartisan stature to advocate for progress on the union multiemployer pension funding crisis.
Global Assets Will Keep Growing, But So Will Fee Compression
To combat the squeeze, asset managers will seek out new markets, product offerings and investment capabilities, says Cerulli.
PBGC Reports Dire Situation for Multiemployer Program
The single-employer program, however, has continued to improve since its emergence from a deficit.
Schlichter-Counseled ERISA Plaintiffs Reach $14M Settlement
John Hopkins University will settle a long-standing ERISA lawsuit—one of a number of virtually identical cases filed in district courts across the country by Schlichter, Bogard and Denton.
Competitors PCS and Aspire Combine in Latest Recordkeeper Acquisition
PCS and Aspire, both founded nearly two decades ago with the common goal of providing specialized services to investment fiduciaries, will join together to achieve the benefits of...
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