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  • April 17, 2024

Ascensus buying Vanguard small-business retirement offerings

The company is acquiring the Individual 401(k), Multi-SEP, and SIMPLE IRA plan businesses from Vanguard.

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  • April 5, 2024

Ascensus hits $1B mark in state auto-IRAs

The number of programs across the country has been rising, expanding retirement account coverage to many workers.

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  • April 4, 2024

Watch your step, advisors! It’s your job to ‘mind’ the retirement gap

'Regularly reviewing your finances with a financial professional can help increase the chances of meeting retirement goals,' an advisor says.

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  • March 28, 2024

Ascensus seals deal for beefy $3.9B 401(k) business

The third-party administrator will take over 2,300 plans from its long-time partner, Mutual of Omaha.

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  • February 2, 2024

A pooled employer plan with personalized TDFs is landing soon

American Funds, which has been the top seller of target-date mutual funds for two years, says it has something new for the PEPs space.

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  • July 14, 2023

Retirement provider Ascensus taps Good as new president

Nick Good takes over the role from Ascensus CEO and Chair David Musto, who will now devote more of his time to overall leadership of the organization.

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  • June 15, 2023

Betterment adds 529 plans to workplace benefits offering

The new partnership with Ascensus is the robo-advisor's second foray into college savings plans.

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  • April 3, 2023

FuturePlan by Ascensus and Voya roll out new retirement offering

FuturePlan EAP is intended to enhance plan onboarding and administration, while offering plans with less than 10 participants the ability to deal with fewer decision points.

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Thank you, SECURE 2.0, for 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers

While the legislation provides an attractive option for families who end up not needing the money in a 529 plan, it's not clear how many will be eligible to use it.

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Retirement plan reviews: Ignore the noise and carry the tune

As plan sponsors and plan advisors do their annual reviews of company retirement plans, they’ll spend a significant chunk of their time and energy coming to terms with 2022 before seriously looking ahead to the opportunity that is 2023.

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  • September 30, 2022

RBC to offer small-business pooled retirement plan

Transamerica will serve as the plan's record keeper and Ascensus' FuturePlan will be the third-party administrator.

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  • July 22, 2022

Is the shortfall in retirement savings in America being greatly exaggerated?

InvestmentNews talks with David Musto, CEO of Ascensus, about whether Americans are being overly negative in their assessment of their retirement savings.

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  • January 28, 2022

Franklin Templeton picks Ascensus for its managed account offering

Fund firm will use tools to increase personalization of its retirement accounts.

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What Creative Planning’s deal for Lockton’s retirement unit means for RPAs

The transaction marks the first time a top-five RIA has acquired a top-five retirement plan adviser firm, which could send Creative Planning's rivals scrambling to find larger RPAs.

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What Ascensus purchase of Newport Group means for advisers

Last week’s announced purchase of Newport Group by Ascensus comes on the heels of Empower’s purchases of MassMutual’s and Prudential’s record-keeping divisions.

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  • November 3, 2021

Goldman Sachs, Ascensus create small-business retirement plan

The Goldman Sachs Workplace Retirement Solution uses the Ascensus platform to provide an integrated 401(k) or 403(b) plan that includes digital advice and digital financial wellness support.

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  • October 6, 2021

Ascensus to hire almost 400 employees

The hiring will occur by the end of 2022 and will involve all four of the company's lines of business.

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  • August 4, 2021

OneDigital and Ascensus offering managed-account, financial wellness package

The insurance broker and the record keeper team up to create a product for small retirement plans.

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  • April 26, 2021

Stone Point, GIC near $3B deal for Ascensus

The investment firms are buying the company from backers including Genstar Capital, Aquiline Capital and Atlas Merchant Capital.

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  • September 1, 2020

Ascensus TPA president leaves company

Jerry Bramlett helped build FuturePlan into the country’s largest third-party administrator, according to the firm