Firm Launches TPA Focused on Public Plans
It plans to offer a centrally managed platform for education and participant support.
Tag: Education
Financial Wellness Is Really About Financial Priorities
Retirement industry researchers say the pandemic will have a lasting impact on the way people rank and pursue their financial priorities, influencing their vision of ‘financial wellness’ and redefining what success with money really means.
Refining the Language of Retirement
Though the use of confusing jargon remains prevalent, new Invesco survey data suggests the financial services industry has made progress in improving understanding of the defined contribution plan system.
Lessons in Building Talented Teams
In a dialogue with PLANADVISER, Dominique Henderson, founder of an adviser mentorship program called JumpStart, reflected on his own entrance into this industry and helping others find their ‘why, who and how.’
New York Life Program Aids Advice Across Gender Lines
Coinciding with the publication of a new survey showing women regularly feel patronized by financial advisers, New York Life Investments has launched a program to help advisers better serve women in their client base.
DC Plan Jargon Stymies Participant Success
The term “glide path” resonated with only 4% of participants surveyed by Invesco, despite being the most common term used by advisers, providers and plan sponsors when talking about target-date funds; survey data shows numerous other areas where industry jargon holds back participant understanding.
PANC 2018: Plan Committee Excellence
To this day, one of the most common reasons plan sponsors turn to advisers is to get assistance with governance, including items such as putting in processes that help avoid litigation and running an efficient committee meeting.
Relatively Few Parents Fill Out FAFSA, Leaving Crucial Dollars on the Table
While college savings and student loan debt aren’t typically an area of focus for retirement plan advisers, new survey data suggests a few simple reminders can be a big help to clients; this is especially true when it comes to filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
How to Organize Sustainable Retirement Distributions
Each individual’s retirement income plan should be tailored specifically to their needs by coordinating DC plan distributions with decisions about when to take Social Security.
FiduciaryFirst Revamps Website to Offer Financial Wellness
It also includes behavioral finance, educational and video sections.
DISRUPTION: AssetMark Executive on Outsourcing and Practice Growth
Matt Matrisian, SVP of strategic initiatives at AssetMark, is passionate about the topic of advisory practice management, enough so that he wrote a 300 page book on the subject; chatting off-the-cuff with PLANADVISER, he argues outsourcing is the way of the future.
Employers Turn to Providers for Financial Wellness Program Offerings
When assessing a program, they first look at cost, and then ease of implementation and expertise, Prudential found.
Resources Investment Advisors Reveals Financial Elements Literacy Program
The financial wellness and literacy program is meant to help employers address the hard costs of high-turnover, absenteeism and financial hardship of their employees.
Tax Time Is Over, But It’s Still a Great Time to Talk Taxes
An analysis from the American Institute of CPAs shows how clients can use their recently filed tax returns to map out a more efficient budget and investing plan for 2018.
Employees Voice Some Optimism About Automation Trends
A new analysis published by MetLife examines employers’ and employees’ attitudes towards automation and its role in the workplace—including how changes in technology could impact compensation and the basic definition of what it means to work.
Broad-Based Financial Education Found to Be Ineffective
Instead, programs need to be tailored to each individual’s specific financial goals.
HSA Knowledge Gap Offers Clear Adviser Service Role
Health savings accounts are often described as the 401(k) of health care—so it is only natural that retirement specialist advisers can play an important role in educating the public about these important savings vehicles; survey data shows more education and advice is desperately needed.
Register Now for the 2018 PLANADVISER National Conference
Annually, the top tier of retirement plan advisers from across the U.S., including the PLANADVISER Top 100 and the PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Advisers of the Year, gather in Orlando, Florida, for three days of discussion and debate; reserve your spot today for the 2018 event.
Social Security Optimization Can Extend Retirement Portfolios by a Decade
In an exclusive interview with Bill Meyer, founder and managing principal of Social Security Solutions in Leawood, Kansas, PLANADVISER hears about some serious shortcomings in the conventional thinking on Social Security claiming strategies—and a failure to coordinate these effectively with the drawdown of DC plan assets.
2018 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year Finalists Announced
PLANADVISER is pleased to announce the finalists for the annual PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards.