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INmail: Birthdate foils ex-spouse’s Social Security claiming strategy
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2020
INmail: Birthdate foils ex-spouse’s Social Security claiming strategy

Only people born on or before Jan. 1, 1954, have the right to file a restricted claim for spousal benefits.

Planning for uncertainty around Social Security
RETIREMENT OPINION OCT 19, 2020
Planning for uncertainty around Social Security

The shutdown caused by the pandemic threw millions of people out of work, which cut into the FICA payroll taxes that fund Social Security payments

How secure is Social Security?
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 19, 2020
How secure is Social Security?

Advisers will need to act to help clients navigate what is potentially a looming financial crisis

Fidelity on pace to dominate HSA business
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 16, 2020
Fidelity on pace to dominate HSA business

Since 2016, Fidelity’s market share more than doubled, according to a recent Morningstar report

Addressing women's longevity gap
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 16, 2020
Addressing women's longevity gap

Advisers can help couples prepare today for survivorship and health care costs

401(k) plans should allow cross selling: Report
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2020
401(k) plans should allow cross selling: Report

Hearts & Wallets report finds participants want advice that their employer-sponsored plans simply can't provide

Most advisers now have more clients than before pandemic, survey finds
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2020
Most advisers now have more clients than before pandemic, survey finds

The College of Financial Planning poll also finds that most clients have not postponed retirement

JPMorgan Chase creates small-business 401(k) plan
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2020
JPMorgan Chase creates small-business 401(k) plan

The new offering will use SS&C Technologies as record keeper and the investments are J.P. Morgan products

Nestle sued over its 401(k)
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 14, 2020
Nestle sued over its 401(k)

A class-action lawsuit alleges excessive record-keeping and managed account fees

Voya offers credit to retirement plans of minority-owned businesses
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 14, 2020
Voya offers credit to retirement plans of minority-owned businesses

COVID-affected nonprofits are also eligible for the $500 to $5,000 one-time credit to offset plan fees

How to stay out of trouble with ESG-related investments
RETIREMENT OPINION OCT 13, 2020
How to stay out of trouble with ESG-related investments

What the DOL has failed to grasp is that today, ESG items can be financial factors, capable of creating value or exposing liability

Savings in DC plans increase, but outcomes remain 'bleak'
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 13, 2020
Savings in DC plans increase, but outcomes remain 'bleak'

Only the top 40% of near-retirement 401(k) participants by income have enough saved for retirement

A better alternative to withdrawal rights in trusts for children
RETIREMENT OPINION OCT 13, 2020
A better alternative to withdrawal rights in trusts for children

Such rights can undermine protection from creditors, which is an important benefit of leaving assets in trust

How aging advisers could hurt the 401(k) industry
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 13, 2020
How aging advisers could hurt the 401(k) industry

Retaining ownership of a practice for too long can be risky

401(k) fees are eating Americans' retirement savings
RETIREMENT OPINION OCT 12, 2020
401(k) fees are eating Americans' retirement savings

To cut costs and ensure that workers retain every penny they've saved for retirement, policy makers should simply eliminate 401(k) intermediaries

Salesforce 401(k) suit dismissal a reprieve amid much litigation
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2020
Salesforce 401(k) suit dismissal a reprieve amid much litigation

A federal judge tossed the excessive-fee claims, though they will likely be refiled

INmail: Divorce and Social Security offset rules
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 12, 2020
INmail: Divorce and Social Security offset rules

if you receive a pension from a government job, including public school teachers in about a dozen states, your Social Security benefits may be reduced.

How 'baby bonds' could reshape racial wealth inequality
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2020
How 'baby bonds' could reshape racial wealth inequality

One proposal could reduce the wealth gap, but differences in home equity complicate things

OneDigital receives majority investment from PE deal
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2020
OneDigital receives majority investment from PE deal

Onex will become the biggest investor in the insurance broker, according to an announcement

In-plan retirement income slow to arrive
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2020
In-plan retirement income slow to arrive

Figuring out how defined-contribution plans can provide a guaranteed stream of income requires all hands on deck