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Alto CEO's IRA advice: Forget 60/40 and add alternatives
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2022
Alto CEO's IRA advice: Forget 60/40 and add alternatives

Eric Satz, founder and CEO of Alto, says investors need to add alternatives to their retirement accounts, especially in the wake of the market’s carnage.

By Gregg Greenberg
Choosing between survivor and divorced spouse's benefits
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2022
Choosing between survivor and divorced spouse's benefits

Age, work status and benefit amounts dictate which Social Security benefit to claim first.

By Mary Beth Franklin
'Boomerang' kids putting parents' retirement at risk
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2022
'Boomerang' kids putting parents' retirement at risk

Thirty-five percent of parents with adult children living at home have compromised their own savings or long-term goals, like retirement or housing, to financially help their kids, a Thrivent study shows.

By Gregg Greenberg
Milliman adds emergency savings program to offering
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2022
Milliman adds emergency savings program to offering

Through SecureSave’s platform, employees can receive matched contributions from their employer.

By InvestmentNews
Surveys show Americans prefer retirement planners, lack plans
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 25, 2022
Surveys show Americans prefer retirement planners, lack plans

Retirement income planning is the service most sought after by both older and younger consumers, according to a survey by the Granum Center for Financial Security.

By Gregg Greenberg
Empower teams with Rockefeller to create turnkey retirement plan
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 24, 2022
Empower teams with Rockefeller to create turnkey retirement plan

Rockefeller will serve as a plan’s ERISA section (3(38)) investment manager.

By InvestmentNews
Court orders Maryland company to restore $148,000 to 401(k) plan
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 24, 2022
Court orders Maryland company to restore $148,000 to 401(k) plan

Department of Labor investigation found employer failed to forward employees’ contributions.

By InvestmentNews
Fiduciary-only advice rule would harm investors, ACLI warns
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2022
Fiduciary-only advice rule would harm investors, ACLI warns

As the DOL prepares another rule related to fiduciaries, an insurance trade association says access to commission-based advisers is at stake, while an investor advocate criticizes the trade group's poll.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
A 'purple' retirement issue everyone can agree on
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2022
A 'purple' retirement issue everyone can agree on

Auto-IRAs are the perfect solution for states to help private sector workers save for retirement. Even better, they're bipartisan.

By Gregg Greenberg
Strategic Retirement Partners picks Securian for its PEP
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2022
Strategic Retirement Partners picks Securian for its PEP

Securian will serve as the pooled plan provider and ERISA 3(16) fiduciary, while Strategic Retirement will provide ERISA 3(38) investment management and consulting services.

By InvestmentNews
IMA Wealth offers small-plan retirement program
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 20, 2022
IMA Wealth offers small-plan retirement program

Alerus serves as the designated 3(16) plan administrator and T. Rowe Price serves as record keeper.

By InvestmentNews
Convergence of health care costs and retirement planning
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
Convergence of health care costs and retirement planning

Software helps advisers incorporate clients' Medicare expenses into their retirement plans.

By Mary Beth Franklin
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product

DOL acting assistant secretary Ali Khawar isn't reassured by the consumer safeguards included in Fidelity's Bitcoin offering for retirement plans.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Retirement savings up in a down market, says Fidelity
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
Retirement savings up in a down market, says Fidelity

More people were saving for retirement in Q1, data show. Unfortunately, the market's sell-off caused them to lose money.

By Gregg Greenberg
State auto-IRA initiatives flowering in May
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2022
State auto-IRA initiatives flowering in May

California is looking to expand its auto-IRA program, while Missouri, Arizona and Hawaii are considering joining the club.

By Gregg Greenberg
Fidelity study shows retirees way off on health care cost estimates
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2022
Fidelity study shows retirees way off on health care cost estimates

Fidelity estimates a 65-year-old couple retiring this year will spend $315,000 on health care and medical costs throughout their retirement, which is up 5% from its estimate last year.

By Gregg Greenberg
Transamerica adds emergency savings accounts
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2022
Transamerica adds emergency savings accounts

The insurance company is now offering its own line of rainy day funds for employees.

By Gregg Greenberg
Steeled by crises, millennials ready for retirement challenges
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 13, 2022
Steeled by crises, millennials ready for retirement challenges

A pair of studies proves that millennials are better prepared financially than people realize.

By Gregg Greenberg
Cryptic crypto doesn't square with qualified retirement plan fundamentals
RETIREMENT OPINION MAY 13, 2022
Cryptic crypto doesn't square with qualified retirement plan fundamentals

Crypto assets have not provided audits and other standard modes of verification, which disqualifies them as prudent investments.

By Mitchell Shames
Kestra adds Envestnet’s retirement solutions
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2022
Kestra adds Envestnet’s retirement solutions

Plan advisers will be able to use Envestnet's retirement plan tools on the Kestra platform.

By InvestmentNews