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DeNoyior named head of Hub’s wealth management business
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
DeNoyior named head of Hub’s wealth management business

The former CEO of Washington Financial Group succeeds the late David Reich in the role of national president of Hub Retirement and Private Wealth.

By InvestmentNews
Franklin Templeton’s managed account product could be future for DCIOs
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
Franklin Templeton’s managed account product could be future for DCIOs

Managed accounts offer DCIOs the opportunity to be a more active and important part of the DC ecosystem. It moves them from being dependent on record keepers, advisers and plan sponsors to create the strategy to help participants, to being an advice provider of customized investment solutions.

By Fred Barstein
Captrust acquires $3.13 billion wealth management firm
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2021
Captrust acquires $3.13 billion wealth management firm

Sacramento, California-based Genovese Burford was founded in 1987 and has nearly 1,500 clients.

By InvestmentNews
NextCapital gets managed-accounts deal with Prudential
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 02, 2021
NextCapital gets managed-accounts deal with Prudential

Prudential Retirement plans to launch the service, Advice and Income Engines, sometime during the first quarter of 2021. It will provide retirement planning and personalized portfolio management to Prudential’s defined-contribution plan participants.

By Emile Hallez
Virginia presses on with auto-IRA bill
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
Virginia presses on with auto-IRA bill

The VirginiaSaves program would be similar to automatic IRAs used in several states, including Oregon, Illinois and California. Virginia’s House of Delegates passed the measure last week by a vote of 56 to 44.

By Emile Hallez
INmail: Social Security rules for divorced spouses
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
INmail: Social Security rules for divorced spouses

Can a divorced person still collect Social Security benefits on an ex’s earnings record?

By Mary Beth Franklin
NFP acquires retirement consultant
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
NFP acquires retirement consultant

The Insurance broker is buying Cleveland, Ohio-based Pension Solutions Inc., parent of AdviseMe National Advisors, which advises on about $1.1 billion in assets for 150 retirement plans.

By InvestmentNews
Beware: Enrolling in Medicare can nix contributing to an HSA
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
Beware: Enrolling in Medicare can nix contributing to an HSA

HSAs have no annual use-it-or-lose-it requirements, and balances can be carried forward from year to year and withdrawn tax-free in retirement to pay for medical expenses, such as Medicare and long-term care premiums — but not Medigap premiums.

By Mary Beth Franklin
No excuse not to find missing plan participants
OPINION FEB 01, 2021
No excuse not to find missing plan participants

The Labor Department has stepped up its audits of plans that have lost track of participants, and noted last month that in 2020 alone, investigators had helped reunite missing participants with plan benefits “with a present value in excess of $1.4 billion.”

By InvestmentNews
HSAs, an adviser favorite, just don't get much love
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 01, 2021
HSAs, an adviser favorite, just don't get much love

Health savings accounts, often confused with flexible spending accounts, are prized for their tax leniency. But many things hold them back, including the high-deductible health plans to which they are tethered.

Student loan debt linked to lower 401(k) balances
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 29, 2021
Student loan debt linked to lower 401(k) balances

Across age, income and education levels, people who are still paying down college debt on average had much smaller defined-contribution plan balances and in some cases were less likely to own a home, according to a study from the Employee Benefit Research Group.

By Emile Hallez
Fidelity launched a PEP — here's why that matters
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2021
Fidelity launched a PEP — here's why that matters

The company was far from being the first to register with the Department of Labor as a pooled plan provider. But its fully bundled service, which includes administration, fiduciary oversight and the plan’s investments, indicates that Fidelity is confident that it will not run afoul of the regulator.

By Emile Hallez
OneDigital acquires benefits consultant and adviser
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2021
OneDigital acquires benefits consultant and adviser

The deal for Florida-based Fulcrum Partners will expand the footprint of the giant insurance broker’s registered investment adviser.

By InvestmentNews
MassMutual to buy Great American Life Insurance
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 28, 2021
MassMutual to buy Great American Life Insurance

The deal will reinforce MassMutual’s focus on its retail annuities business. Last year, the company sold its defined-contribution record-keeping business to Empower Retirement via a reinsurance transaction with a ceding commission of $2.35 billion.

By Emile Hallez
Delaying RMDs would have minimal tax impact, study finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2021
Delaying RMDs would have minimal tax impact, study finds

TIAA Institute research paper finds that even eliminating RMDs would have little effect on government revenues and says the effect on retirees depends on whether they have a bequest motive.

By InvestmentNews
Labor rule on ESG already trimming fund options for retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2021
Labor rule on ESG already trimming fund options for retirement plans

Some retirement plan advisers have cut green investing options from 401(k) plans following Trump's last-minute rule change.

By Bloomberg
Annuity sales spike as investors sought protection in Q4
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 26, 2021
Annuity sales spike as investors sought protection in Q4

Total U.S. annuity sales hit $58.7 billion in the last three months of the year, up 2% from the $57.6 billion during the same timeframe in 2019, according to data published by Limra’s Secure Retirement Institute. But sales were down for the full year.

By Emile Hallez
Alight Solutions to go public by merging with SPAC
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 26, 2021
Alight Solutions to go public by merging with SPAC

The deal with Foley Trasimene values Blackstone Group's benefits administrator at about $7.3 billion including debt. Blackstone bought the unit from Aon in 2017.

By Bloomberg
Banks can provide an opportunity for RPAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2021
Banks can provide an opportunity for RPAs

As several recent deals show, such as OneDigital's purchase of Truist's RPA business, banks offer retirement plan advisers a chance to grow their business.

By Fred Barstein
INmail: Nonworking spouse must wait for husband
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2021
INmail: Nonworking spouse must wait for husband

A nonworking wife with no Social Security benefits of her own cannot collect on her husband’s earnings record until he files for his Social Security benefit.

By Mary Beth Franklin