Tag: Practice Mgmt

The Principal Financial Group created an online resource to help plan sponsors understand the new retirement plan disclosure regulations.  

 LPL Financial launched the Rollover Results Program, a platform for retirement plan advisers, plan sponsors and plan participants.   

 The Board Institute Inc. introduced an evaluation and education tool in collaboration with fi360, CEFEX and Cambridge Fiduciary Services LLC.   

Fiduciary Plan Governance LLC released a product to help assist with the burden and risk of new fee disclosure requirements.

Mercer introduced “My Retirement Workshop,” an online retirement planning and education campaign for employees whose 401(k) plans it administers 

A workplace investor education program field tested in three states increased employee participation in workplace savings and investing programs, its creators claim.

 Amp, an interactive marketing tool, was introduced by Boulevard R for advisers to use with prospects and clients on an iPad.   

 A majority of women act as chief financial officers of their households, making most of the financial decisions or sharing responsibility.   

Advisers and plan participants can learn from the experiences of current retirees.

FiPath for Advisors introduced ReferMyAdvisor, which generates prospective clients through an automated e-mail marketing platform that contacts an adviser’s existing clients.  

“Overly complex” and “overwhelmed” are two of the feelings expressed by investors in the MFS Investing Sentiment Survey.  

 Service members who work with an adviser cited financial know-how and moral fiber as the top attributes they look for, a survey found.   

More than half of high-net-worth Americans (59%) lack confidence in their advisers’ ability to help manage health care costs in retirement.

A certification program for ERISA 3(38) for advisers was initiated by Rosenbaum Law Firm and DALBAR Inc.

 Primerica began an on-demand, online training program developed by Integrated Retirement.    

Advisers can help retirement plan sponsors with the task of creating the most effective plan for participants and maintaining a plan compliant with various regulations.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is hosting “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” in Dallas on May 22.

 The attorneys and securities compliance consultants at Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, a Michigan law firm, started a blog for broker/dealers, advisers and private investment funds.   

A majority of advisers (93%) surveyed said they felt the need for more education on retirement income planning.  

Cambridge Investment Research Inc. selected Fiduciary Benchmarks to meet ERISA’s 408(b)2 disclosure regulations, slated to go into effect July 1.