Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2017
New RIA aggregator enters 401(k) market

Hub International jumped in two months ago, and already has acquired a shop with $2.5 billion in plan assets.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2017
State of the long-term care insurance industry

The future is brighter than the storm clouds of the past

By David O'Leary
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 29, 2017
Morningstar: Small-employer retirement plans need legislative fixes

Using 'open MEPs' and auto-IRAs might close the coverage gap and reduce plan costs.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 28, 2017
Trump boosts tax plan with Obamacare assist

Legislation would restore Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies, which Trump said last month he would cut off.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 28, 2017
401(k) managed account push rife with conflicts of interest

Some providers are paying incentive compensation to representatives to promote their managed accounts to participants.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 22, 2017
CIT interest rising among 401(k) sponsors

Use of collective investment trusts by defined contribution plans has been hovering around 20% for three years, but momentum is building.

By Vanessa Drucker
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 22, 2017
Do specialized retirement plan advisers even need a broker-dealer?

The reasons for affiliating with a brokerage have changed as compensation has evolved.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 22, 2017
These 401(k) lawsuits show the value of investment policy statements

Abiding a well-crafted IPS can help minimize legal trouble for plan fiduciaries.

By Blaine F. Aikin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 22, 2017
Filial laws put kids on the hook for parents' health-care costs

The laws underscore the need for advisers to have clients consider a long-term-care planning strategy

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT OPINION NOV 22, 2017
Retirement plan sponsors' top criteria for choosing an adviser

Trust is the most important quality vetted in the selection process, but other factors go into the decision.

By Warren Cormier
RETIREMENT OPINION NOV 22, 2017
401(k) plan sponsors are taking RFPs more seriously — advisers should, too

A request for proposal can uncover exactly what fees and services a plan can get in the marketplace.

By Ariana Amplo
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 22, 2017
Excessive-fee litigation in retirement plan market moving downstream

What small-plan advisers can do to minimize fiduciary liability risk.

By Marcia S. Wagner
RETIREMENT OPINION NOV 22, 2017
Retirement plan advisers need to start planning for their own succession

Many expect to sell their business to fund retirement, yet aren't preparing properly to do so

By Fred Barstein
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2017
Medicare premiums and Social Security COLAs: Here's why retirees will pay up in 2018

Blame higher Medicare costs on a provision designed to protect Social Security benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2017
Wells Fargo sued, again, for using in-house funds in 401(k) plan

The firm earlier this year won dismissal of a lawsuit alleging self-dealing through use of its target-date funds.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2017
Medicare premiums and Social Security COLAs: Here's why retirees will pay up in 2018

Blame higher Medicare costs on a provision designed to protect Social Security benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 21, 2017
DOL fiduciary rule limiting DCIO support to plan advisers in unexpected ways

Absent commissions, asset managers are having a tough time seeing how much business 401(k) advisers are giving them.

By Fred Barstein
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 20, 2017
Wells Fargo sees big TDF outflows from mutual funds

The Wells Fargo Target 2020 Fund (WFOBX) ranks in the bottom 15% among peers when looking at five-year total returns.

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 20, 2017
403(b) advisers disappointed with TIAA, but say other providers are 'way worse'

Financial incentives and poor products run rampant in the non-ERISA 403(b) realm, especially for educators teaching kindergarten through 12th grade, according to advisers

By Greg Iacurci
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2017
Tax reform: Retirement industry dodges bullet as Senate and House bills advance

Concerns over strict limits on pre-tax 401(k) savings and the upending of non-qualified deferred compensation plans are receding.

By Greg Iacurci