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Investment Product and Service Launches
Stadion's managed account service offered on TRG platform; Apex builds ESG rating service and adds global development head; Northern Trust Forms Options Trading Desk in Chicago; and more.
The Retirement Crisis Is a Coverage Crisis
For those workers who are offered a retirement savings plan at work, the U.S. retirement system functions pretty well; solutions are needed, however, to extend coverage to millions...
The RIA M&A Party Rolls On
An interest in consolidating wealth management and institutional businesses drove many advisory industry M&A deals in the second quarter.
Researchers Make Case for Default Annuities in 401(k) Plans
A research report provides an analysis of how including a default deferred income annuity (DIA) can improve retirement income for retirees and offers suggestions advisers can give 401(k)...
LifeYield Offers Social Security Advantage through Allianz
Financial professionals who do business with Allianz can soon provide information surrounding what may be optimal timing to take Social Security benefits, as well as how to file...
10 Retirement Planning Tips for the Self-Employed
The self-employed think about and plan differently for retirement compared with their counterparts working for companies and corporations; they also have double the emergency savings.
Watching Interest Rates Can Save Clients Money on PRTs
The higher the annuity credited rate (interest rate) for a pension risk transfer (PRT), the more interest an insurer would earn and the less money it needs today...
Women Investors Less Financially Prepared than Men
They are also less optimistic about the U.S. stock market and economy, according to a Nationwide survey.
MyBlocks Digital Tool Covers Various Financial Wellness Topics
It enables advisers to engage prospects and clients of all ages and financial backgrounds and to use the registration information to turn prospects into clients.
Lawsuit Challenges Use of Money Market Fund, Actively Managed Funds in 401(k)
The complaint accuses BBVA Compass of mismanaging a $100 million money market fund “that was the investment equivalent of stuffing cash into a mattress” and failing to properly...
Advisers Need to Create Exceptional Client Experiences: Cerulli
Investors compare the service they receive from wealth management firms to the type of service they get from consumer goods and technology behemoths.
Sponsored by PIMCO
Rationality and Retirement: Mutually Exclusive?
Behavioral finance may help to overcome cognitive biases.
Sponsored by PIMCO
Like Their Clients, Advisers Display Many Biases
Advisers are used to addressing their clients’ behavioral biases when it comes to market risks and returns, but a new white paper suggests they need to do more...
Advocates Hope Stalled SECURE Act Folds into Budget Negotiations
As Congress and the Trump Administration turn their attention to a budget deal and debt ceiling negotiations, industry stakeholders hope the bipartisan SECURE Act could become part of...
Retirement Industry People Moves
Milliman adds regional manager for benefits sales; American Century Investments adds hires for Avantis Investors; RiskFirst builds NYC software development office; and more.
Debt Inhibits Workers from Saving
Fifty-seven percent of workers would like to make their own financial decisions but have someone validate those decisions, and 31% want specific advice, PwC found.
Trump Announces Nomination for Secretary of Labor
Eugene Scalia, son of late Assistant Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, was part of the team that defended the Chamber of Commerce in its lawsuit against the previous...
GoalPath Offers Suite of Tools to Help With Retirement Outcomes
The program from GoalPath offers target-date funds that consider not just a participant’s age but other data, and it emphasizes retirement income over account balances.
Retirement Readiness From a Global Perspective
Advisers across the developed world adhere to similar philosophies and policies when it comes to helping people plan for retirement.
FINRA Share Class Sweep Highlights Importance of Cooperation
The regulator granted significant credit for “extraordinary cooperation” to those firms which were proactive in identifying and fixing issues related to fee waivers for certain mutual fund share...