Luma aims to get a broader set of advisers to engage with annuities with access to the Cannex database and annuity-focused tools.
Social Security is forecast to run out of funds by 2035, company pensions (as well as full-time employment itself) are in decline, and millions are facing a squeeze on savings. People planning for their retirement are looking for fresh advice to help guarantee long-term financial security.
White paper says financial services firms must adapt to the threat or pay the price.
People benefit from being flexible, and the defined-contribution industry can too, as it attempts to provide benefits in a way that takes into account the individual needs of employees.
Newport will serve as the pooled employer plan provider and PlanMember will supply 3(38) fiduciary investment services.
The IRS released its interpretation of the SECURE Act’s rules for post-death payouts on IRAs and surprised everyone — and not in a good way!
The risk alert is the latest step the SEC has taken to emphasize ESG oversight. In recent weeks, it has formed an enforcement task force and released a request for public comment on ESG and climate-risk disclosures.
The 403(b) and the 457(b) are defined-contribution plans. This makes financial education on these plans critical.
Plaintiffs alleged that IBM failed in its fiduciary duty to participants by not protecting them from stock losses that resulted from an unprofitable chip manufacturing unit.
The acquisition gives Hub another $2.4 billion in assets under management.
The problem is largely a result of the multivendor systems common in teachers’ supplemental retirement plans. Brokers descend on unsophisticated teachers at work and sometimes at home, mostly offering high-priced annuities.
Recently, Nebraska, Idaho and North Dakota passed rules matching NAIC’s standard, joining other states on the roster: Arkansas, Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Michigan and Rhode Island.
The trade group says its members could save as much as 50% over the cost of health coverage on the open market.
The level of knowledge is improving but the public still needs guidance on decisions about claiming benefits.
People who self-directed their investments shifted to more conservative allocations, with an average decrease in equities by 17 percentage points during the first quarter of 2020.
The invested money reached $23.8 billion at the end of 2020, up more than 51% from the $15.7 billion seen at the end of 2019, according to a report Monday from HSA research and consulting firm Devenir.
We can learn from the last year and look back on it as a catalyst to achieve long-term, sustainable and far-reaching positive change.
Data from InvestmentNews Research and an annuities webcast show that more advisers are interested in the products.
Personal information used to cross-sell other services is not a plan asset, a court found. Two new 401(k) lawsuits were also filed against Icon Clinical Research and Wesco Distribution.
Over the past several years, the pace of dealmaking has accelerated, and valuations for desirable RPAs have climbed to earnings multiples that not long ago would have stunned buyers and sellers. That makes the present a very good time to consider becoming part of a larger firm.
