In Practice December 14th, 2022 Fintech SMB Plan Providers Saw Growth in ’22 On Low-Fees, State Mandates Firms offering low-cost smaller company retirement plans say business is booming despite market volatility, but opinions are mixed on how...
In Practice December 6th, 2022 Plan Advisers May Help Boost Employee 401(k) Participation Of plan sponsors with full employee participation, 80% work with an adviser to help design and manage their 401(k) benefit,...
Deals & People December 2nd, 2022 401(k) Robo-Adviser Blooom Shuts Services, Sells Tech to Morgan Stanley A 401(k) robo-adviser with more than $5 billion in assets under management stopped servicing clients in November and has sold...
Compliance November 23rd, 2022 DOL Rule Greenlights ESG, But Questions Remain The new final rule seeks to make ESG permissible for ERISA plans, but specific use will still need to play...
The Markets November 11th, 2022 FTX Bankruptcy Has Chilling Effect on Crypto Use in Retirement Plans The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange and related plummet in the crypto market has increased concern about including the asset...
Products November 10th, 2022 Retirement FinTech Startup Lilly to Push Credit Card Rewards to IRAs Venture-capital backed startup Lilly Funds recently launched a savings app to ship cash rewards from purchases to retirement accounts.
Compliance November 8th, 2022 IRS to Permit Determination and Termination Letters for 403(b) Plans Beginning in June 2023, the IRS will allow 403(b) plans to apply for determination and termination letters, similar to 401(a)...
Compliance November 4th, 2022 SEC Proposes Controversial Rule on Swing Pricing and Liquidity The SEC proposed a new rule Wednesday that would require all open-ended funds, except money market funds and exchange-traded funds,...
Deals & People November 3rd, 2022 OneDigital, CAPTRUST, Continue Wealth Management Acquisition Binge OneDigital’s buying spree adds up to $10 billion in additional assets under advisement this year, while CAPTRUST adds fourth deal...
Compliance November 1st, 2022 Adviser CEO Faces Up to 45 Years for Fraud, Keeping Employee 401(k) Contributions Maddox Group’s Adam Belardino faces up to 45 years in prison for wire fraud and making false statements to the...
Data & Research September 28th, 2022 Workers Worried About Inflation Are Delaying Retirement A Nationwide Retirement Institute report shows a spike in workers who are feeling on ‘the wrong track’ for retirement.
Products September 21st, 2022 Wilmington Trust Introduces Digital CIT Onboarding Tool Plan adviser users of the tool can automatically pull key data for the plan they are advising into the system...
Compliance September 16th, 2022 Janus Henderson Sued for Allegedly Favoring Its Own Funds in Its Retirement Plan Class action lawsuit claims firm loaded its 401(k) plan with high-fee, underperforming proprietary funds.
Deals & People September 15th, 2022 Lori Lucas to Depart EBRI CEO Role After 5 Years at the Helm Lucas will continue in her current role through the end of 2022 and will help the research organization search for and transition to a new leader.
Data & Research September 14th, 2022 Social Security Concerns Drive Early Benefit Claims Almost half of workers surveyed (48%) have no strategy to generate retirement income, Schroders finds.
Data & Research August 16th, 2022 Workers Remain Worried About Inflation’s Impact on Retirement High inflation is among the top concerns of retirement savers, but a new survey suggests financial advice can help boost...
In Practice August 10th, 2022 PRACTICE PROGRESS Webinar Series: CITs and More The 2022 PLANADVISER Practice Progress Webinar Series continues August 16 with a timely session on collective investment trusts and other...
In Practice August 2nd, 2022 Meet Dave Barry, Professional Humorist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Among his accomplishments, Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, although he misplaced it for several years, which is why his wife...
The Markets July 29th, 2022 Learn From Income Innovators at PANC 2022 Hear UCLA Professor Emeritus Shlomo Benartzi speak about practical solutions for creating an income plan, based on his groundbreaking research...
Data & Research July 19th, 2022 Americans’ Retirement Expectations Remain Fluid Survey results from WTW show the pandemic has changed the way different age groups set retirement expectations.