401(k) Equity Allocations Edged Higher in October
While trading during the month favored fixed-income funds, with the positive stock market movements, average asset allocation in equities increased from 67.1% in September to 67.3% in October.
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New Tactics Needed for a Low-Rate World
Investors must rethink “safe havens” in their portfolio now that bonds simply can’t offer the same combination of portfolio protection and positive income.
The Business Cycle, Geopolitics and Retirement Investing
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have dominated financial news headlines, but investors have a lot more to think about, including “Brexit,” an aging workforce and a new normal for interest rates.
Correlating Market Share and Quality in the TDF Marketplace
The largest funds tend to have the highest ratings from objective third parties, while the smallest funds generally fail to receive positive marks.
Adviser M&A Acceleration Evident in Q3 Transaction Numbers
Registered investment adviser-focused deal volume for the first three quarters of 2019 has already surpassed last year’s total activity for the channel, according to Fidelity Clearing and Custody Solutions.
How Home Equity Can Fuel Retirement Income
The illiquidity of home equity can make retirement income planning difficult for those with much of their wealth concentrated in residential real estate.
A Real Estate Equity Investing Model for Young People
Unison says its equity investing services can help working individuals leverage the residential real estate market to generate short-term financial stability and long-term wealth.
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PANC 2019: The Pillars of Asset Allocation
Managed accounts, target-date funds, hybrid funds and risk-based models are all prevalent in today’s defined contribution retirement plan marketplace.
Guiding Anxious Participants Through Rocky Markets
For advisers helping participants understand risk and volatility, offering a little reassurance can be more effective than teaching complex lessons in finance or economics.
A New Normal? Time To Recheck Interest Rate Assumptions
Among the remarkable characteristics of today’s global fixed-income marketplace is the $15 trillion invested in negatively yielding bonds.
U.S.-China Trade War Fears, Volatility Spark 401(k) Trading Spike
“We just had an asset-allocation meeting and we spent probably half of it talking about global trade tensions and the China-U.S. relationship,” says Bob Brown, CIO at Northern Trust. “This is a big deal for the markets. The two largest economies in the world have changed the nature of their relationship.”
Advisers Should Check Individual Investors’ Unfounded Optimism
Individual investors expect roughly twice the yearly returns forecast by their advisers and investment managers.
All Age Groups Display Economic Irrationality
A new academic paper published by the TIAA Institute shows little difference in behavior among undergraduate students, young adults, middle-aged people and older subjects when it comes to rationally navigating uncertain conditions.
Advisers Can Help Solve the Economics of Aging
The existing retirement system was conceptualized at a time when there were just 15 to 20 people living in retirement for every 100 workers.
Will Retail ETF Popularity Ever Translate to Retirement Plans?
Among the hurdles to offering exchange-traded funds in a retirement plan is the fact that excessive ETF trading can be difficult to manage.
Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts Fell 10.6% in Value in 4Q18
Account values fell sharply from the previous quarter and were 6.3% lower than the previous year, according to Charles Schwab’s SDBA Indicators Report.
Massachusetts Secretary Galvin Forms FinTech Working Group
The Secretary of the Commonwealth says the FinTech Working Group is the first dedicated team established by a state securities regulator specifically to provide support to, and receive advice from, fintech businesses.
PGIM Fixed Income Experts Promote LDI Strategies for Pension Protection
Liability-driven investing is growing more important as pension plans broadly move into a phase where they are not growing but instead need to be focused on meeting their benefit obligations.
Gen Xers Should Consider Sequence of Returns Risk
The recent bouts of equity market volatility highlight the importance of balancing portfolio growth aspirations with the need to protect what has already been accumulated; Generation X faces a difficult task in balancing short- and long-term financial priorities.
Former SEC Enforcer Reviews Regulator’s 2019 Agenda
During a webcast hosted by ACA Compliance Group, Allison Charley, a former SEC examinations office leader, explained the regulator’s internal process for picking audit targets; other speakers noted the SEC’s increased focus on suitability issues and cybersecurity.