The program, which was launched in 2017, represented nearly $85 million in assets among 88,000 funded accounts at the end of 2020, according to figures from the state. It was the first of several automatic IRA systems that states have rolled out for private-sector workers who otherwise would not have access to a workplace retirement plan.
The case for emergency savings accounts has always been compelling. When low- to moderate-income workers run into problems, they either take out loans or make hardship withdrawals, contributing to plan leakage. The pandemic only highlighted the issue.
Last year’s market plunge and quick recovery appear to have changed the way people feel about the value of guaranteed lifetime income, Cannex found. In February 2020, 71% of people said they found guaranteed lifetime income highly valuable, but that figure had dropped to 63% by August.
The company said that year that it would separate the life and retirement unit from its sprawling property-casualty operation, furthering the dismantling of the insurance giant.
The changes, which take effect May 1, mark the second time in a year that the company has significantly altered its insurance-series funds to make them match their better-known retail counterparts.
With the deal for Atlanta Plan Partners, which oversees more than 130 retirement plans, OneDigital Investment Advisers will serve approximately 5,000 retirement plans.
The retirement plan aggregator's national footprint grows to more than $600 billion with the addition of Cammack Retirement Group, which serves more than 170 plan sponsors.
The application for benefits was submitted more than seven weeks earlier; persistence pays off in tracking down why the response took so long.
If the goal is to collect the largest possible survivor benefit, wait until full retirement age to claim it.
It’s widely accepted, because it’s true, that retirement planning lags significantly for most American workers. Musk and Tesla chose the wrong history to buck.
Some people could benefit from filing quickly this tax season, as Congress works on another round of stimulus checks, while others may benefit from holding off.
The RISE accounts Edelman is proposing would be funded initially by $5,884, and people would be able to begin receiving retirement income checks starting at age 70.
The banking giant, which was convicted of wire fraud in connection with a Libor-rigging scheme, currently enjoys key rule exemption.
The rule, which was proposed last year and goes into effect next Tuesday, essentially replaces the defunct Obama-era version that regulated investment advice for 401(k)s and rollover IRAs. It provides an exemption for investment advice fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
The new world of working from the comfort of home has made employment a touch more tolerable, leading many to stay in their current jobs indefinitely, or accept new offers for part-time or temporary work.
The legislation would allow an inflation adjustment for stock or business property held by people 59 ½ or older who have held the assets for more than three years. The inflation adjustments would be made according to the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
Short-term mutual fund trades and variable annuity switching is generally regarded in the retail securities industry as a way for brokers and advisers to increase commissions at the expense of clients.
While the Labor Department has ended its support for the suit seeking to invalidate California's auto-IRA, the analysis in its amicus brief is still part of the record before the court.
The company is among a slim minority of defined-contribution plan sponsors. According to Vanguard’s 2020 How America Saves report, only 4% of its record-keeping clients did not make contributions of any kind to the company retirement plans.
Though retirement planning seems so critical to those of us in the defined-contribution industry, just as copy machines seem to their salespeople, plan sponsors may not feel the same.
