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Robinhood, Schwab to match $1,000 for employees’ Trump Accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 24, 2025
Robinhood, Schwab to match $1,000 for employees’ Trump Accounts

Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said matching federal Trump Account contributions reflects a push to get more Americans invested early, as Robinhood echoed its mission to “democratize finance.”

By Andrew Cohen
Despite financial and health pressures, many retirees report purpose and contentment
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 18, 2025
Despite financial and health pressures, many retirees report purpose and contentment

New comprehensive survey data shows retirees balancing joy, well-being and economic concern.

By Steve Randall
Turbulent finances clouds Americans’ outlook for 2026, retirement confidence weakens
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2025
Turbulent finances clouds Americans’ outlook for 2026, retirement confidence weakens

What’s driving heightened financial anxiety and how is this affecting long-term goals?

By Steve Randall
Nearly half of workers peg retirement target at $1M as anxiety climbs
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 15, 2025
Nearly half of workers peg retirement target at $1M as anxiety climbs

Confidence in long-term security persists even as day-to-day financial stress hits record levels.

By Steve Randall
Americans want a different kind of retirement — and they’re willing to pay for time and health
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 12, 2025
Americans want a different kind of retirement — and they’re willing to pay for time and health

Nearly half of people surveyed by Edelman Financial Engines want to reinvent retirement even as money, inflation, and Social Security fears weigh on their plans.

By Leo Almazora
IRS issues guidance for wider HSA access as lawmakers spar over ACA aid
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 11, 2025
IRS issues guidance for wider HSA access as lawmakers spar over ACA aid

Permanent telehealth relief takes effect for 2025 plan years, with bronze and catastrophic marketplace plans becoming HSA‑compatible in 2026.

By Leo Almazora
Healthcare, housing strains often driving use of 401(k) loans, report reveals
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 11, 2025
Healthcare, housing strains often driving use of 401(k) loans, report reveals

Retirement funds are being depleted by essential costs, but is that worse than other borrowing?

By Steve Randall
Q3 annuity sales hit record $121.2B as advisors lean into VA and RILA contracts
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2025
Q3 annuity sales hit record $121.2B as advisors lean into VA and RILA contracts

LIMRA projects full-year 2025 annuity sales projected to top $450 billion, with independent broker-dealers driving more than half of third-quarter sales in registered annuity products.

By Leo Almazora
One third of retirement savers expect to keep working, T. Rowe Price finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 09, 2025
One third of retirement savers expect to keep working, T. Rowe Price finds

New survey reveals doubts about financial readiness and fading excitement for retirement

By Steve Randall
Advisors weigh 'Trump Accounts' with existing UTMA, 529 account options
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2025
Advisors weigh 'Trump Accounts' with existing UTMA, 529 account options

Advisors urge new parents to sign up for the $1,000 Treasury bonus, but note that brokerage accounts, UTMAs and 529 plans remain more flexible and tax-efficient with larger contribution caps.

By Andrew Cohen
Billionaires, 'moderate millionaires' multiply amid soaring markets
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2025
Billionaires, 'moderate millionaires' multiply amid soaring markets

Thanks to splashy IPOs, fabulous inheritances, and slow-and-steady 401(k) saving, it seems being an affluent or ultra-rich individual doesn't carry the same elite status as it once did.

By Leo Almazora
Caught wrong-footed, most Gen Xers now feel uneasy on retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 08, 2025
Caught wrong-footed, most Gen Xers now feel uneasy on retirement

Six in 10 non-retired Gen Xers are just now realizing the urgency to get ready, with an even more overwhelming majority seeing soaring living costs as a barrier to a comfortable retirement.

By Leo Almazora
Retirement investors say wealth isn't the key to happiness, new survey finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 04, 2025
Retirement investors say wealth isn't the key to happiness, new survey finds

Most retirees feel financially steady, but health and relationships drive happiness more than money.

By Steve Randall
Vanguard adds TIAA-backed annuity option to flagship target-date lineup
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 03, 2025
Vanguard adds TIAA-backed annuity option to flagship target-date lineup

Marking its first new target-date addition in two decades, Vanguard’s new CITs offer 401(k) participants another option in the growing market of in-plan annuities.

By Leo Almazora
Centibillionaire Michael Dell and wife Susan make $6.25B pledge to seed Trump accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2025
Centibillionaire Michael Dell and wife Susan make $6.25B pledge to seed Trump accounts

The philanthropic pledge to give young Americans an investing headstart raises fresh questions around tax-advantaged saving for RIAs.

By Leo Almazora
How private stock planning can unlock opportunities with next-gen clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2025
How private stock planning can unlock opportunities with next-gen clients

Quotient Wealth Partners' co-CEO speaks out on his RIA firm's pivot into private equity comp planning, how investments by Schwab and Morgan Stanley mark a turning point, and why advisors diving in should prepare to play the long game.

By Leo Almazora
Annuity owners lead in retirement confidence as more investors seek guarantees
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 01, 2025
Annuity owners lead in retirement confidence as more investors seek guarantees

Surveys show annuity owners feel more secure about retirement timing as interest rises among non-owners

By Steve Randall
NYC’s Lander recommends dropping $42B BlackRock mandate
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2025
NYC’s Lander recommends dropping $42B BlackRock mandate

The world's largest asset manager, which manages three of the city's pension funds, is on thin ice after allegedly falling short in its climate engagement efforts.

By Bloomberg
US consumer confidence slides to seven month low amid economic jitters, especially among older Americans
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2025
US consumer confidence slides to seven month low amid economic jitters, especially among older Americans

Conference Board index sinks in November, signaling growing anxiety over jobs, prices, and politics.

By Steve Randall
A failure to communicate: Could employers be fueling a stranded-asset crisis in 401(k)s?
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 25, 2025
A failure to communicate: Could employers be fueling a stranded-asset crisis in 401(k)s?

Lack of awareness among departing employees has left $28 billion in retirement savings languishing in safe-harbor IRAs, suggests a new survey.

By Leo Almazora