Tag: Shepherd Financial

Practice Management

May 13th, 2024

The Battle for Talent

Participants at the 2024 Advisers in Conversation seminar discuss how they handle the heated fight for talent for their clients...

In Practice

November 1st, 2023

Adviser Talks: Leah Sylvester Discusses Preparing Plan Sponsors for Audits (Video)

Sylvester, of Shephard Financial, discusses the importance of tracking the plan design decisionmaking process with clients.

Events Spotlight

DCIO and Investment Menu Survey

Grande Lakes, Orlando | April 20th, 2020

Industry Intelligence

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Interest Grows in Finding New Uses for Stable Value

MetLife’s 2024 Stable Value Study found that defined contribution plan sponsors and plan advisers understand the benefits of stable value investments and are open to using the vehicles in new ways. PLANADVISER spoke with Thomas Schuster, senior vice president, stable value and investment products, and Warren Howe, national sales director, stable value and DCIO [defined contribution investment only] markets, at MetLife, about the study findings.

Sponsored by MetLife

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Inside TIAA’s $294B Investment Engine

TIAA CIO Emily Wiener discusses the firm’s approach to its General Account portfolio.

Sponsored by TIAA

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The Retirement Income Dilemma

What are we solving for and what have we learned so far?

Sponsored by MFS Investment Management