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401(k) panic: Americans confront retirement reckoning amid market mayhem
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2025
401(k) panic: Americans confront retirement reckoning amid market mayhem

The latest market swings are exposing a truth advisors have long known: the 401(k) alone isn’t a silver bullet.

By Chris Davis
First COLA prediction since tariffs is out; is it time to claim Social Security?
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2025
First COLA prediction since tariffs is out; is it time to claim Social Security?

InvestmentNews gets insights from Johnson Investment Counsel’s Tony Kure.

By Steve Randall
Schwab, State Street unveil new retail private-market offerings
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2025
Schwab, State Street unveil new retail private-market offerings

The trend to democratize alternative investments is heating up with a new high-net-worth offering from Schwab and State Street's latest twist on target-date funds.

By Leo Almazora
Retirees are wired to not touch their nest eggs, research suggests
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 08, 2025
Retirees are wired to not touch their nest eggs, research suggests

New data show retirees reluctant to draw from savings, opting instead to spend predictable income streams like Social Security and pensions.

By Leo Almazora
Bessent claims retirees not worried market rout will decimate their savings
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2025
Bessent claims retirees not worried market rout will decimate their savings

But they were worried even before equities dropped sharply

By Steve Randall
As estate planning demand grows, many advisors lack plans themselves
RIA NEWS APR 04, 2025
As estate planning demand grows, many advisors lack plans themselves

Gap in their own financial planning risks harming clients.

By Andrew Cohen
Two-thirds of investors worried they'll outlive their assets
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 31, 2025
Two-thirds of investors worried they'll outlive their assets

Study of mass affluent and high-net-worth individuals reveals concerns around retirement income, Social Security, and safeguarding wealth.

By Leo Almazora
Motherhood has implications for women's financial well-being, EBRI suggests
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2025
Motherhood has implications for women's financial well-being, EBRI suggests

Analysis of census data reveals disparities in income, retirement assets, and homeownership between fathers, mothers, and unmarried women.

By Leo Almazora
What pre-retirees don't know about Social Security could be hurting them, says T. Rowe Price
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 27, 2025
What pre-retirees don't know about Social Security could be hurting them, says T. Rowe Price

Survey research reveals gaps in retirement savers' knowledge, pessimism around receiving benefits, and a lack of good options to solve looming solvency crisis.

By Leo Almazora
Bisignano pledges to protect Social Security from privatization amid senate scrutiny
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2025
Bisignano pledges to protect Social Security from privatization amid senate scrutiny

Partisan tensions, reducing inefficiencies and a 'guarantee' to senators.

By Matthew Sellers
Trump's Social Security pick vows to protect agency from DOGE
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2025
Trump's Social Security pick vows to protect agency from DOGE

Fintech exec and JPMorgan alum Frank Bisignano dismisses privatization talk, commits to "meet beneficiaries where they want to be met."

By Bloomberg
Majority of polled financial pros agree annuities make client relationships stickier
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2025
Majority of polled financial pros agree annuities make client relationships stickier

Market volatility, product complexity, and rampant misinformation all drive the case for advisors helping clients get much-needed lifetime income.

By Leo Almazora
Don't sell your winners, donate them to charity instead
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2025
Don't sell your winners, donate them to charity instead

If you are going to let your winners run, let them run for a good cause while lowering your tax bill.

By Gregg Greenberg
More workers dipped into their retirement savings last year, Vanguard finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2025
More workers dipped into their retirement savings last year, Vanguard finds

Sneak peek into annual defined contribution plan report shows average participant balances reached an all-time high amid rising equity markets.

By Leo Almazora
Social Security Administration sets record straight on dead people getting benefits
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2025
Social Security Administration sets record straight on dead people getting benefits

Of millions of deaths reported yearly, just a fraction of a percent are "erroneously reported" cases that need to be corrected, the agency said.

By Leo Almazora
Financial advisors respond to the rise in recession talk
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2025
Financial advisors respond to the rise in recession talk

Recession fears are rising, or at least more people are talking about the potential one. Here's what financial advisors are saying - and doing - about it.

By Gregg Greenberg
Social Security services at risk as DOGE bulldozer continues
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 13, 2025
Social Security services at risk as DOGE bulldozer continues

Reports of cuts to phone support add to broader concerns about reverberations from mass layoffs amid continued efficiency efforts.

By Leo Almazora
Limra projects strong annuity sales through 2027 despite expected declines
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2025
Limra projects strong annuity sales through 2027 despite expected declines

Latest figures confirm record sales in 2024, including four straight quarters exceeding $100 billion, with most of the wins going to the largest players.

By Leo Almazora
Survey reveals generation gaps in retirement, with a reality check for pre-retirees
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 11, 2025
Survey reveals generation gaps in retirement, with a reality check for pre-retirees

Gen X emerges as the least confident in their future, while many retirees are navigating financial shocks from inflation and healthcare costs.

By Leo Almazora
Scale of Trump ‘buyout’ plan means opportunity for advisors
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 10, 2025
Scale of Trump ‘buyout’ plan means opportunity for advisors

Who’s ready to step up and provide the expert federal retirement advice needed?

By Chris Davis