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Many Pre-Retirees Misjudge Their Coming Expenses
A survey of the newly retired finds 40% spend more for health care than they’d expected.
The Need to Save More Tops List of Reasons for Limiting Spending
This is especially true for Millennials, Bankrate.com found.
2017 PLANADVISER National Conference Polling Insights
Presented here are the results of several dozen live polling questions fielded at the 2017 PLANADVISER National Conference, gathered during three days of highly detailed discussion of industry...
Court Dismisses Case Challenging Xerox and Financial Engines Fee Arrangement
A judge disagreed with Ford Motor Company retirement plan participants that Xerox is a fiduciary because it had discretion over the amount of compensation it received from Financial...
Plan Sponsors’ Use of Best Practices Continues to Climb
Automatic enrollment, higher initial deferral rates and financial counseling are just a few that more employers are adopting.
Global Best Practices Can Improve U.S. Retirement Outlook
It is clear which countries lead the way in providing sustainable retirement systems with adequate benefits—and what others can learn from them to improve.
Lawton Retirement Joins Firms Making Diversity Push
The firm is partnering with bilingual education expert Rebecca Heaton Juarez to deliver broader-based financial wellness and participant educational services in multiple languages.
Women Projected to Be Significantly Less Affluent Than Men, UBS Finds
The difference owes to the pay gap between men and women, the tendency of many women to take a career break to raise or care for family, and...
Software Partnership Streamlines Distribution Process
Clients of both companies will be able to utilize the new efficiencies at no additional cost.
Retire Ready Now Creates Personalized Participant Reports for Advisers
All retirement plan advisers need to do is provide plan census data.
Advisor Group Launches Succession Plan Platform
The new program supports succession-planning-focused mergers and acquisitions across the various firms that make up Advisor Group; the solution also allows members to consider firms outside the group.
Market Highs Reinforce Importance of Risk Reviews
LPL’s senior market strategist highlights an interesting upcoming equity market performance record—the S&P 500 going 33 consecutive sessions without a 0.5% daily decline.
Americans Carry an Average Debt Load That Impedes Retirement Savings
However, they report they have more in savings than in credit card debt.
PANC 2017: Practical Fiduciary Practices
To help plan committees fulfill their fiduciary role, advisers have some practical strategies to draw from.
Explaining True-Up Matches
DC plan sponsors may want to offer a true-up match to help participants reach their retirement savings goals.
IRS Says Missed DC Plan Loan Repayments Can be Repaid in the Following Quarter
Participants can also refinance a loan and replace it with a new loan.
Mortality Rates Increased 1.2% Between 2014 and 2015
With life expectancies declining slightly, pension plan obligations are reduced between 0.7% and 1.0%, the Society of Actuaries says.
Retirement Industry People Moves
The Standard Hires Officer of Compliance and Ethics; Willis Towers Watson Appoints Head of Investment Solutions; Director of Fund Administration Joins Triloma; and more.