In Practice December 16th, 2022 Investment Adviser M&A Activity Expected to Mellow in ’23 Expectations for RIA valuations and M&A activity reach lowest levels in five years of annual surveying by DeVoe & Company.
In Practice December 16th, 2022 Experts: Employers Can Help with Student Loan Management There are numerous student loan debt assistance and benefit options that advisers can bring to employers, according to a panel...
In Practice December 15th, 2022 When Merging Retirement Planning and Wealth Management, Participants Must ‘Come First’ As retirement planning and wealth management begin to overlap, a dividing line must be drawn between them for both business...
In Practice December 14th, 2022 Fintech SMB Plan Providers Saw Growth in ’22 On Low-Fees, State Mandates Firms offering low-cost smaller company retirement plans say business is booming despite market volatility, but opinions are mixed on how...
In Practice December 8th, 2022 Small and Medium Businesses Driving NQDC Plan Growth Small-to-medium-sized businesses are increasingly turning to nonqualified deferred compensation plans amid a competitive market, according to data and industry players.
In Practice December 7th, 2022 Voya’s New Workplace Head Thinking About the Employee Experience in More “Bundled” Fashion Rob Grubka of Voya has had his role expanded to oversee workplace solutions, encompassing all benefits and savings businesses. He...
In Practice December 6th, 2022 Plan Advisers May Help Boost Employee 401(k) Participation Of plan sponsors with full employee participation, 80% work with an adviser to help design and manage their 401(k) benefit,...
In Practice December 6th, 2022 Near-Retirees May Be at Risk for Retirement Income Shortfall A DCIIA report written by industry players looks at how rising interest rates and inflation are cutting into common retirement...
Practice Management December 5th, 2022 The Future of Retirement Income: A Q&A With Endeavor Retirement’s Bonnie Treichel ERISA attorney and the chief solutions officer of Endeavor Retirement Bonnie Treichel discusses the past, present, and future of retirement...
Practice Management December 1st, 2022 Momentum is Growing to Educate Advisers on Plan Options for Lifetime Income Retirement industry groups are ramping up efforts to help advisers understand and compare annuities for plans and consider how to...
Practice Management November 29th, 2022 Financial-Market Upheaval Overtakes Best Intentions of Pension Legislation Pension plan balance sheets improved in 2022 despite market fluctuations. Now corporate plan sponsors have to consider their funding strategy...
In Practice November 23rd, 2022 AARP Finds Major Gap Between Retirement Goals and Preparedness A new AARP study finds there is still a wide gap between the importance people put on retirement planning and...
In Practice November 21st, 2022 Financial Firms Looking to HBCUs, “Pipeline” Programs to Bolster Diversity Two new programs focus on advancing diversity in the financial management space by working with historically black colleges and students.
In Practice November 18th, 2022 Expert Panel: Today’s Retirement Plan Advisories Require Specialization An evolving small business market, increased regulation, and shifts in client needs all lead to more specialized retirement plan advisement,...
In Practice November 14th, 2022 Recordkeeper Consolidation Leads to Drop in Proprietary Product Share, Opening Door for Asset Managers The consolidation of DC plan providers may not be as much of a threat to asset managers as some have...
In Practice November 14th, 2022 SPARK Releases Updated Data Security Best Practices Updates were developed by SPARK Institutes data security oversight board, are consistent with the DOL best practices.
In Practice November 10th, 2022 Full-Service Retirement Advisers Are Engaging in Busy Open Enrollment Season – With a Light Touch Retirement advisories at companies also providing HR benefit, wealth management, and financial wellness are talking saving during this period of...
In Practice November 9th, 2022 Regulators: Crypto, Fake IRAs Increasingly Used to Scam Older Investors Representatives from NASAA, the SEC, and FINRA spoke about the need for financial advisers and firms to be trained to...
In Practice November 3rd, 2022 FINRA Prompts Succession Planning for Aging Adviser Industry Financial Regulator FINRA issues guidance on succession planning for the graying adviser space, including small firms looking to sell.
In Practice October 21st, 2022 Advisers are Adopting Technology, Model Portfolios More practices are looking to upgrade their technology and implement direct indexing and model portfolios as they look to spend...