Tackling Cumbersome ‘Bac(k)’ Office Tasks
Former recordkeeper executive Shane Hanson launches Freedom 360 suite aimed at streamlining retirement services and boosting participant engagement.
Tag: 3(38) fiduciary
KeyBank Advisory Division Launches PEP
Institutional Advisory debuts 401(k) pooled employer plan, with Transamerica Corp. the recordkeeper and Pentegra the pooled plan administrator.
Designing a Plan Investment Menu in Unprecedented Times
Historic rises in inflation and matching interest rate hikes have meant a heightened focus for the often staid world of...
Why More Advisers Are Assuming 3(38) Role, Responsibility
The fiduciary model that puts plan investment decisions in advisers’ hands offers expertise and streamlining, industry experts say.
DCIIA Publishes Guide to Fiduciary Models
The report educates plan sponsors on distinctions between 3(16), 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciaries.
New Retirement Firm Aims to Partner with Generalist Advisers
Freedom Fiduciaries seeks to manage plan fiduciary duties so smaller financial advisories can focus on client relationships, wealth management.
Investment Product & Service Launches
FuturePlan/Ascensus and Voya launch employer-aggregated plan; Broadridge and Paychex partner on small 401(k) retirement plan solution; Savvy Wealth launches direct...
Pitching Value: Advisers Discuss How to Approach Client Fees
The modern plan adviser can use multiple options to meet plan sponsors’ personalized needs.
Morningstar, PAi Follow DOL Rule with ESG-Driven Pooled Employer Plan
Third-party administrator PAi has teamed up with Morningstar to offer small and medium-sized businesses an employer retirement plan with an...
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Hidden Positives
A 3(38) fiduciary can benefit retirement plans in more ways than the obvious.
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How 3(38) Advising Profits Clients
Investment management turns up inefficiencies, takes on some risk, and more.
Equitable Retirement Vision Platform Includes Fiduciary Support for Plan Sponsors
The retirement platform is also open architecture, offering a choice from more than 16,000 mutual funds and CITs.
Practice Management: Areas of Success
A look at what worked particularly well in 2020 and that could keep propelling growth in 2021.
Vestwell Partners With Envestnet on 3(38) Services
The services will now be available to Vestwell advisers.
More DC Plans Are Using OCIOs
Sponsors are looking for institutional-quality investment lineups and to reduce their fiduciary risk.
Be Stronger in the Recovery
Todd Kading, president and co-founder of LeafHouse Financial, discusses the importance of flexibility and innovation when the tough times arrive.
Practice Management
Investment Oversight Partners
How advisers benefit from asset management assistance
Mesirow Offers Fiduciary Automation Technology Service
The Mesirow Financial Fiduciary Automation Service Technology provides broker-dealers the same automation and compliance engine that Mesirow uses to service its own 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciary service clients.
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Advisers’ Future Trajectory
Firms confront a convergence of retirement plan and wealth consulting