Deals & People June 4th, 2024 Ascensus Restructures Sales Team The tax-advantaged savings provider continues retirement division restructurings.
Deals & People May 1st, 2024 Ascensus Taps 3 Regional Sales Heads The retirement and tax-advantaged services provider follows recent restructuring with new retirement sales leads.
Deals & People April 19th, 2024 Retirement Industry People Moves – 4/18/24 Ascensus names Torgerson to lead; New York Life hires Nixon as head of group benefit solutions claim operations; Pettman joins...
Deals & People April 16th, 2024 Ascensus to Acquire Vanguard’s Individual 401(k) Business Vanguard to shed its individual 401(k), Multi-SEP, and SIMPLE IRA Plans.
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.
Client Service February 28th, 2024 ‘Exploding Market’ for 401(k)s May Help Shrink Coverage Gap SECURE 2.0, state mandates, PEPs and engaged financial advisers can all help boost qualified plan offerings, according to providers.
Client Service February 28th, 2024 Why 529 Accounts’ Evolution Makes Them Stronger Tools for Advisers 529 accounts not used for education can now be put into Roth IRAs, further strengthening the offering as an employee...
Deals & People February 23rd, 2024 Retirement Industry People Moves – 2/23/24 Alerus names retirement services officer; FINRA appoints new board members; and T. Rowe board chair Stromberg steps down.
Client Service February 6th, 2024 Ascensus Restructures Retirement Business and Its Leadership Team The recordkeeper with a large presence in small businesses and PEPs moves into four business segments.
Products February 1st, 2024 Ascensus, American Funds Launch Partnered PEP Ascensus will administer the PEP with American Funds TDFs, leveraging both firms’ distribution networks with advisers and plan sponsors.
Deals & People December 22nd, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves – 12/22/23 Ascensus and FuturePlan add regional and sector sales heads; InVesti snags sales head from IPX Retirement; EBRI taps Segal executive...
Client Service November 21st, 2023 Infosys Ransomware Attack Affecting Nonqual Plans Nearing Fix Account holder plans may be nearing reactivation, but are still on hold through at least November 27, according to a...
Client Service November 16th, 2023 Ascensus, Newport Nonqualified Platforms Hit by Infosys Cybersecurity Issue Ascensus and its Newport-owned nonqualified retirement systems have not been able to update participant accounts since November 2.
Client Service November 3rd, 2023 Digital 529 Payments Drive Ascensus Accounts Past $1B Payments on the platform are predicted to skyrocket in the coming year, in part due to the ability to pay...
Products October 13th, 2023 Voya Focusing on PEPs, MEPs With Advisers, Says Top Exec The wealth solutions sales head made the comments at a LeafHouse conference as the firm announced it was nearing $90B...
Products October 5th, 2023 Investment Product and Services Launches Ascensus announces launch of American Funds PEP solution; Allspring Global Investments introduces custom SMA portal; Capital Group unveils adviser benchmark...
Products September 29th, 2023 Ascensus Hits $1B AUA in PEPs, Showing Continued Adoption The firm cites almost 650 employers in their pooled employer plans; meanwhile, Ameritas is launching a 403(b)-specific offering.
Deals & People September 26th, 2023 New Jersey Selects Vestwell as Secure Choice Savings Program Administrator The agreement marks the company’s seventh state-facilitated retirement partner.
Deals & People August 18th, 2023 The PLANADVISER Interview: David Musto, Chair and CEO, Ascensus The head of Ascensus discusses the importance of partnering with advisers to foster innovation in the retirement plan space.
Deals & People August 4th, 2023 Retirement Industry People Moves Ascensus expands NQDC sales team; The Standard promotes Angie Cuthill within individual annuities; Optima names Paul Fletcher head of its...