Data & Research April 1st, 2024 Vanguard Surpasses BlackRock for Top Spot in Asset Management Brand Ranking The Broadridge Fund Brand 50 report shows the influence of brand on third-party fund selection.
Client Service April 1st, 2024 Tackling Cumbersome ‘Bac(k)’ Office Tasks Former recordkeeper executive Shane Hanson launches Freedom 360 suite aimed at streamlining retirement services and boosting participant engagement.
Products & Services April 1st, 2024 Father of the 401(k) Is Planting a New Workplace Savings Idea Ted Benna has designed a new tax-advantaged workplace incentive program in which workers automatically earn ‘grains of wheat’ that can...
Client Service April 1st, 2024 DEI Efforts Help Industry Serve Shifting Demographics, Client Needs Experts say diverse teams can help improve client service and business needs.
Practice Management April 1st, 2024 Moving the Needle on DEI in Financial Services Mitigating the wealth gap and recruiting diverse talent go hand in hand when promoting inclusion in the retirement advisory industry.
Practice Management April 1st, 2024 WIPN Connects Women in Retirement Sector With Male Sponsors The retirement group launched an ally program after finding that active connections and recommendations had a bigger impact on women’s...
Client Service March 29th, 2024 IRA Rollovers Set to Grow, but by How Much? Experts expect the IRA asset pool of more than $12 trillion to increase from rollovers, but the shift may be...
Deals & People March 29th, 2024 Retirement Industry People Moves – 3/29/24 Nicolet National Bank brings on new wealth, private client services head; Standard appoints new corporate actuary and chief risk officer;...
Compliance March 28th, 2024 SEC Requires Internet Advisers to Be 100% Online In order to register using the internet adviser exception, advisers must provide all their services through a website and not...
Products & Services March 28th, 2024 Product & Service Launches – 3/28/24 Guardian Life adds new RILAs; Voyant offers advisers retirement planning analysis for clients; ADP partners with Summer on SECURE 2.0...
Compliance March 28th, 2024 Cambridge Expects $500,000 Fine for Promised Fee Waiver Failures The firm offered certain fee waivers which were not honored, per a recent regulatory filing.
Compliance March 27th, 2024 BlackRock’s Non-ESG Funds Are Still ESG, Mississippi Order Says Mississippi alleges that BlackRock misled investors and should be fined millions.
Deals & People March 27th, 2024 Ascensus to Acquire Mutual of Omaha’s 401(k) Business Retirement services provider will add $3.9B in assets after providing outsourced recordkeeping to retirement division for years.
Products & Services March 27th, 2024 Empower to Launch Startup 401(k) Plan Solution The recordkeeper announcement comes as Cerulli forecasts almost 1M plans will be created by 2030.
Deals & People March 27th, 2024 Private Equity’s Role Continues, With Shifts, in Retirement/Wealth Convergence The impact of PE capital looks set to continue, but with evolutions that may be important for plan advisers to...
Practice Management March 27th, 2024 Managing a Team Through Transition Business planning expert Cynthia Turoski shares considerations business owners should prioritize.
Deals & People March 27th, 2024 SageView Names New CFO, Adds Chief Growth Officer The advisory announced two C-suite hires to prepare for the “next stage of growth strategy.”
Compliance March 26th, 2024 SPARK Elects New Governing Board Officers The SPARK Institute will seat a new a chair, vice chair and treasurer.
Compliance March 26th, 2024 Key SECURE 2.0 Provisions to Look Out for Right Now Experts shared the provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 that are generating the most buzz in a PLANADVISER...
Products & Services March 26th, 2024 Merrill Advisers Offering BofA Clients Retirement Income Management Bank of America’s Merrill division announced income-focused portfolios for retirees using tactics including “stable income” investing and recurring distributions.