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Auto-IRA bill awaits governor's signature in Colorado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2020
Auto-IRA bill awaits governor's signature in Colorado

It will become the latest state to move forward with a retirement savings program for private-sector workers

By Emile Hallez
INmail: Claiming strategy for nonworking spouse
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2020
INmail: Claiming strategy for nonworking spouse

What’s the best Social Security claiming strategy for a married couple where the husband is 67 and the wife, who has no earnings history of her own, is 65?

By Mary Beth Franklin
Social Security underpays more than 15,000 survivors
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2020
Social Security underpays more than 15,000 survivors

An audit shows many retired widows and widowers are due higher survivor benefits

By Mary Beth Franklin
Tax refunds for IRAs? How about groceries instead?
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2020
Tax refunds for IRAs? How about groceries instead?

If the CARES Act stimulus checks are any indication, more people will need the money for basic expenses

By Emile Hallez
Taming your inner bear
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 14, 2020
Taming your inner bear

Behavioral economics explains a lot about investors’ jitters over the pandemic, and advisers who employ its insights can help clients avoid irrational decisions

By Emile Hallez
401(k) lawsuits keep piling up
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2020
401(k) lawsuits keep piling up

At least four lawsuits involving plans with more than $1 billion have been filed over the past few weeks

By Emile Hallez
401(k) savers pull back on account trading
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 11, 2020
401(k) savers pull back on account trading

After seeing median returns of -20% during the first quarter, participants did not make many trades in May, according to two reports

By Emile Hallez
Women taking bigger role in family finances, despite men: Report
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2020
Women taking bigger role in family finances, despite men: Report

Nearly a third of women said they had primary responsibility for household saving and investing decisions, but only 5% of men agreed

By Emile Hallez
The online evolution of retirement plan practices
OPINION JUN 10, 2020
The online evolution of retirement plan practices

There are opportunities in the defined-contribution world in the wake of the pandemic

By Fred Barstein
Few use CARES Act to tap retirement savings
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2020
Few use CARES Act to tap retirement savings

Even though plan sponsors are offering easy access to retirement accounts, few workers have taken advantage of that

By Mary Beth Franklin
More companies may cut 401(k) matches
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2020
More companies may cut 401(k) matches

As of late April, 12% of companies surveyed had suspended their matching contributions and another 23% said they might halt them

By Bloomberg
Advisers misjudge client interest in annuities: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 09, 2020
Advisers misjudge client interest in annuities: Survey

Consumers are interested in guaranteed income products, but not when they're called annuities

By Emile Hallez
Pru is one contender for MassMutual's retirement business
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2020
Pru is one contender for MassMutual's retirement business

There's considerable overlap in the types of defined-contribution plans the two companies serve, particularly in the Taft-Hartley, government and nonprofit areas

By Emile Hallez
INmail: Switching between retirement and survivor benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2020
INmail: Switching between retirement and survivor benefits

Could I stop collecting my retirement benefit, switch to my survivors benefit and then switch back to my retirement benefit at age 70?

By Mary Beth Franklin
MassMutual looks to sell retirement biz: report
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2020
MassMutual looks to sell retirement biz: report

The financial services firm sold its OppenheimerFunds business a couple of years ago

By InvestmentNews
Retirement worries rise most for women during pandemic
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 05, 2020
Retirement worries rise most for women during pandemic

Already facing greater retirement-security challenges, women said the crisis has put them farther behind, according to a recent survey

By Emile Hallez
Private equity in 401(k)s? Not anytime soon
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2020
Private equity in 401(k)s? Not anytime soon

Very few plans include investments that use PE, and guidance this week from the Labor Department might not change that.

By Emile Hallez
DOL encourages use of private equity funds in retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 03, 2020
DOL encourages use of private equity funds in retirement plans

Investor advocates warn high-risk, high-fee investments could harm savers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
DOL sends revised fiduciary rule to Office of Management and Budget
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2020
DOL sends revised fiduciary rule to Office of Management and Budget

After being stalled for months, the proposal has finally advanced and could be heading toward public release

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
How history lessons can help calm anxious investors
OPINION JUN 01, 2020
How history lessons can help calm anxious investors

Encouraging clients to stay invested through the worst and best days is the most likely to result in a successful retirement outcome

By Katherine Roy