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It’s time to add emergency savings to work benefits
RETIREMENT OPINION JUN 07, 2021
It’s time to add emergency savings to work benefits

Bipartisan emergency savings legislation would allow employees to withdraw up to $1,000 per year from their workplace retirement account without penalty.

Plans, savers more aware of retirement income, but will demand follow?
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2021
Plans, savers more aware of retirement income, but will demand follow?

Among retirement plan participants, about 90% said they are interested in retirement-income products and that having guaranteed income would be a plus, according to a BlackRock survey.

Aon to sell U.S. retirement business
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2021
Aon to sell U.S. retirement business

Aquiline is buying the unit, while Alight Solutions is buying Aon's Retiree Health Exchange business. The sales are aimed at winning government approval for Aon's merger with Willis Towers Watson.

Blanchett leaves Morningstar to head retirement research at QMA
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2021
Blanchett leaves Morningstar to head retirement research at QMA

His role will involve positioning Prudential’s investment arm for the retirement income challenge.

John Hancock, Lowe's 401(k) settlements each more than $10M
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2021
John Hancock, Lowe's 401(k) settlements each more than $10M

John Hancock and Lowe's are paying millions to settle class-action claims, while a new lawsuit was filed against Northern Trust that rehashes old claims.

Surge in early retirements exposes inequalities among baby boomers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 04, 2021
Surge in early retirements exposes inequalities among baby boomers

Older Black workers without a college degree are more likely to be forced to exit the labor market prematurely, a study shows.

OneDigital acquires Fiduciary Plan Advisors
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 03, 2021
OneDigital acquires Fiduciary Plan Advisors

The deal adds $6 billion in retirement plan assets under advisement among 200,000 participants to OneDigital’s book. It follows seven other purchases the Atlanta-based company has made so far this year.

Congress' inaction on Social Security could cost clients 2 months’ pay
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 03, 2021
Congress' inaction on Social Security could cost clients 2 months’ pay

The estimate of lost income, due to planning mistakes alone, is separate from actual cuts to benefits, according to a recent academic paper.

Hub acquires Massachusetts RIA
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 03, 2021
Hub acquires Massachusetts RIA

Epstein Financial is based in East Longmeadow and manages 70 retirement plans with $400 million in assets.

The future, as elite retirement plan advisers see it
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2021
The future, as elite retirement plan advisers see it

The Retirement Research Center recently surveyed elite RPAs, half of whom had more than $300 million in DC assets under advisement.

If rates stay low, expect retirement security to take a hit
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2021
If rates stay low, expect retirement security to take a hit

Some of the factors that have led to the current low-interest-rate environment could remain in play for years, according to an analysis of existing research recently published by the Society of Actuaries.

T. Rowe Price introduces plan tool for retirement income
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2021
T. Rowe Price introduces plan tool for retirement income

The goal is to help plan sponsors assess the possibilities more strategically

IRS says RMD rules are coming 'soon'
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2021
IRS says RMD rules are coming 'soon'

An IRS official tells a bar association gathering that the arrival of proposed regulations covering the SECURE Act's required minimum distribution provisions will be 'later than imminent but before eventually.'

Patrick Murphy steps down as CEO of John Hancock Retirement
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 02, 2021
Patrick Murphy steps down as CEO of John Hancock Retirement

Sue Reibel, who joined Hancock’s parent firm in 1994, will be named chief executive of the firm and was most recently the global head of Manulife Investment Management retirement.

Senators propose penalty-free emergency 401(k) taps
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 01, 2021
Senators propose penalty-free emergency 401(k) taps

Once-a-year withdrawals from retirement plans or IRAs would have to be paid back before additional borrowing could occur.

DOL is pursuing fewer cases — but much bigger payouts
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 01, 2021
DOL is pursuing fewer cases — but much bigger payouts

Last year, the Department of Labor closed less than a third of the number of cases it did in 2014, but total recoveries were six times higher.

State Street sued over 401(k); Columbia settles for $13 million
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 28, 2021
State Street sued over 401(k); Columbia settles for $13 million

The State Street plan did not include the lowest-cost share classes of the Target Retirement Securities Lending series, and there were some options from third parties with stronger performance records, according to the complaint.

Texas legislature passes anti-ESG bill
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 28, 2021
Texas legislature passes anti-ESG bill

If the governor signs the bill, the state's six public pension funds would be prohibited from investing in financial products that boycott energy companies.

Goldman wins exemption from Labor Department's pension overseer
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 28, 2021
Goldman wins exemption from Labor Department's pension overseer

The Employee Benefits Security Administration gives the firm a green light to oversee retirement plan assets despite its 1MDB misdeeds

Legislation would require ESG factors in investment decisions
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 27, 2021
Legislation would require ESG factors in investment decisions

The bills amend the Investment Advisers Act and federal retirement law to promote sustainable investing. The document must describe the factors advisers use in making investment decisions and they must 'align with an ESG framework'