The product, which will be offered in defined-contribution plans, is engineered to deliver 6% income at retirement.
The purchase of Bloomfield Hills Financial brings SageView 50 employees and six locations.
The case has big implications for similar state programs that require small businesses with as few as five employees to provide retirement plans, unless they register for the state-sponsored option.
The National Institute on Retirement Security found the middle class can longer afford retirement, according to a new report.
Fidelity is increasing its limit for student loan contributions for its employees, and MassMutual is letting people apply vacation time to payments.
TIAA settled claims in July from the SEC and New York State. Deloitte was recently sued over its plan, and Aon prevailed in a lawsuit.
Democratic bills in Congress would codify the Biden administration's proposal, but Republican support is lacking.
Participation in 403(b) plans went up during the pandemic, to over 77% of eligible employees in 2020, compared with less than 77% in 2019 and 72% in 2018, according to PSCA.
The IBD is offering a multiple-employer aggregate program that affiliates can use with small businesses and start-up plans.
Morningstar and Plan Administrators Inc. are planning to launch the pooled employer plan early next year, pending a final rule on environmental, social and governance factors from the Department of Labor.
A significant impediment is that experienced retirement plan advisers do not want to work with smaller or start-up plans, because they can't afford the minimum fees these RPAs need to charge.
ESG factors can be financially material, the DOL noted. And when they are not, they can be used in a tie-breaker between similar investments.
Carson Group Excell conference whets the appetite of advisers looking for fee-based insurance products.
The proposal seeks to clarify that ESG factors can be financially material. It also specifies that such investments can be used as part of the default investment options in 401(k)s.
The cost-of-living adjustment will result in the largest increase in retirement benefits and taxable wages in 40 years.
The addition of Covenant Multifamily Offices expands Captrust's Texas footprint and adds $2.6 billion under management.
The financial services firms that people identified as their main source of retirement advice tended to be those with the biggest 'share of wallet,' consumer research firm Hearts & Wallets found.
The digital record-keeping platform also promoted Ryan Anderson to chief product officer.
The proposals in Congress might not become law, but clients are hearing about them and want to hear from their advisers on planning moves they could make to be better prepared.
Saumen Chattopadhyay fills a role that had been vacant since former OneDigital CIO Jamie Battmer left the company in March.
