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401(k) plan savings challenge has been solved
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2020
401(k) plan savings challenge has been solved

It's clear auto enrollment and auto escalation help employees save. Why aren't more smaller plan sponsors using them?

By Fred Barstein
Latest 401(k) lawsuit filed in an avalanche of COVID-19 litigation
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2020
Latest 401(k) lawsuit filed in an avalanche of COVID-19 litigation

The law firm Capozzi Adler has brought numerous cases this year on behalf of plan participants

By Emile Hallez
Health savings account assets now top $73.5 billion
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 01, 2020
Health savings account assets now top $73.5 billion

The number of accounts has grown to more than 29 million in the past year

By InvestmentNews
Ascensus TPA president leaves company
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 01, 2020
Ascensus TPA president leaves company

Jerry Bramlett helped build FuturePlan into the country’s largest third-party administrator, according to the firm

By Emile Hallez
Fund industry opposes DOL's proposed ESG rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 01, 2020
Fund industry opposes DOL's proposed ESG rule

Asset managers including Fidelity, BlackRock and State Street submitted comment letters criticizing the proposed rule

By Bloomberg
INmail: Navigating Social Security benefits and public employee offsets
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2020
INmail: Navigating Social Security benefits and public employee offsets

Public employees in about a dozen states, as well as federal employees under the old Civil Service Retirement System, do not participate in Social Security and are not subject to payroll taxes.

By Mary Beth Franklin
GAO wants better benefits information for divorced spouses
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2020
GAO wants better benefits information for divorced spouses

Report says the Labor Department's information about claiming retirement benefits may be insufficient

By InvestmentNews
The race for small-business 401(k)s
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 28, 2020
The race for small-business 401(k)s

More companies are pursuing small businesses for 401(k) plans, with technology enabling an abundance of new services

By Emile Hallez
In a bad year for annuities, these products are selling best
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 27, 2020
In a bad year for annuities, these products are selling best

Some types of annuities are getting a lot of attention even though sales are down overall

By Emile Hallez
Prescribing retirement plans for doctors
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 26, 2020
Prescribing retirement plans for doctors

Physicians enter the workforce behind on retirement saving, and advisers can help triage their financial priorities

By Emile Hallez
Clients are tapping HSAs amid COVID-19
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 25, 2020
Clients are tapping HSAs amid COVID-19

The accounts are frequently being used to cover pandemic-related expenses, and employers are increasingly playing up their benefits to workers

By Emile Hallez
INmail: Bad information on survivor benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2020
INmail: Bad information on survivor benefits

If a client has remarried after a divorce, they may still be eligible for divorced widow benefits when the first spouse dies.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Advisers can shine a light on the darkness of 2020
OPINION AUG 23, 2020
Advisers can shine a light on the darkness of 2020

Financial advisers are ideally situated to help clients talk through the unforeseen challenges a global pandemic brings

By InvestmentNews
Don’t let COVID-19 distract you from retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2020
Don’t let COVID-19 distract you from retirement

The key to success for clients planning for retirement is a regular cadence for questions to be asked and new information to be shared

By George Moriarty
DOL schedules hearing on investment advice proposal
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 21, 2020
DOL schedules hearing on investment advice proposal

The session is slated for Sept. 3 following pressure from Democratic lawmakers and investor advocates

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Labor Department's ESG proposal likely to advance amid overwhelming opposition
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 21, 2020
Labor Department's ESG proposal likely to advance amid overwhelming opposition

More than 95% of nearly 8,700 comment letters opposed the rule, according to a recent study by US SIF

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Betterment rolls out 401(k) plans for advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 20, 2020
Betterment rolls out 401(k) plans for advisers

The robo-adviser aims to help advisers attract additional assets while fostering the growth of both its advisory and retirement plan business lines

By Nicole Casperson
Why the payroll tax holiday is a bad idea
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2020
Why the payroll tax holiday is a bad idea

Squeezing Social Security’s funding source could accelerate the depletion of the trust fund

By Mary Beth Franklin
Why private equity just invested $84 million in Guideline
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2020
Why private equity just invested $84 million in Guideline

What investors see in the low-margin DC record-keeping business

By Fred Barstein
Here's how COVID-19 could test the value of ESOPs
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2020
Here's how COVID-19 could test the value of ESOPs

Employee ownership plans correlate with higher income and better retention, and companies with such plans are likely doing better than others right now, according to an ESOP group

By Emile Hallez