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Navigating through the Medicare maze
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2023
Navigating through the Medicare maze

Miss your seven-month initial enrollment period and you may face lifelong enrollment penalties and delayed coverage.

Tax insights your CPA never told you
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2023
Tax insights your CPA never told you

Here are three tax insights you can pass on to your clients when you've exhausted all the customary ones.

Millennium Trust adding retirement plan portability options
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2023
Millennium Trust adding retirement plan portability options

The retirement solutions provider expects the add-on feature to be ready for client testing later this quarter and available to go live in 2024 at no additional cost.

Boomers bite back: Don't blame us for retirement 'Road to Nowhere'!
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2023
Boomers bite back: Don't blame us for retirement 'Road to Nowhere'!

A column warning future generations not to follow baby boomers' lead when it comes to retirement planning elicited a fiery response from boomers.

More sponsors open to keeping retiree assets in-plan, Cerulli says
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2023
More sponsors open to keeping retiree assets in-plan, Cerulli says

More than half of 401(k) plan sponsors would prefer to keep retired participants’ assets in their plan rather than having them roll their assets into an IRA or another employer-sponsored plan.

Rise in inheritances lifting wealth management business, study shows
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2023
Rise in inheritances lifting wealth management business, study shows

Nearly two-thirds of US households are now involved in intergenerational wealth transfer, with growth seen in both wealthy and lower-asset households.

Fidelity’s health business booms as Americans pile into HSAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2023
Fidelity’s health business booms as Americans pile into HSAs

More than half of consumers say they’ve taken steps to lower health care costs over the last two years, Fidelity reports.

Tax-loss harvesting produces bumper crop of charitable cash contributions
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2023
Tax-loss harvesting produces bumper crop of charitable cash contributions

Cash donations represented 40% of allocations to donor-advised funds at Vanguard Charitable in the seven months ended in January, up from 29% in the same period a year earlier.

OneDigital buys Huntington's retirement business in latest expansion
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2023
OneDigital buys Huntington's retirement business in latest expansion

The deal brings over $5.6 billion in retirement plan assets, representing more than 1 million participants and 41,000 individual accounts across 11 states.

Parents tap retirement savings to support adult children
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2023
Parents tap retirement savings to support adult children

Nearly 70% of parents with children 18 or older say they've sacrificed their own finances to help them, according to a Bankrate report.

Most Americans say they can't count on Social Security for retirement income
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 10, 2023
Most Americans say they can't count on Social Security for retirement income

The Allianz Life survey also showed fewer Americans than last year are worried about a major recession hitting the economy any time soon.

10 states that tax people the least
TAX APR 08, 2023
10 states that tax people the least

As this year’s tax deadline approaches, take a look at the states that impose the smallest tax burden on residents, according to a WalletHub ranking that takes into account property, income and sales taxes.

Voya, Morningstar jointly roll out advisory services for 401(k) savers
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2023
Voya, Morningstar jointly roll out advisory services for 401(k) savers

Voya says its new program will provide greater support for plan participants when it comes to retirement saving, including tailored investment advice and managed accounts.

Uncertainty about student loan forgiveness complicates use of 401(k) provision
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2023
Uncertainty about student loan forgiveness complicates use of 401(k) provision

Many employers are wary of implementing a SECURE 2.0 program that lets them apply matching contributions to student loan repayments in 401(k) plans.

Definiti adds former Sen. Toomey, AssetMark co-founder to board of managers
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2023
Definiti adds former Sen. Toomey, AssetMark co-founder to board of managers

Toomey represented Pennsylvania in the Senate from 2011 to 2023 and served as the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee from 2021 to 2023.

Insurance fintech adds long-term care products
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2023
Insurance fintech adds long-term care products

Modern Life is adding long-term care and hybrid long-term care products to its menu of insurance for financial advisors.

ERISA lawsuit roundup: Court backs ADP (again), Mutual of America settles
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 05, 2023
ERISA lawsuit roundup: Court backs ADP (again), Mutual of America settles

Mutual of America agreed to settle an ERISA excessive fee lawsuit filed by 401(k) participants last week.

10 states that tax people the most
TAX APR 05, 2023
10 states that tax people the most

As this year’s tax deadline approaches, WalletHub ranks the states in terms of the property, income and sales taxes they impose on residents.

Working Americans coming up short for comfortable retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 04, 2023
Working Americans coming up short for comfortable retirement

American workers 45 and older think it will take about $1.1 million in savings to retire comfortably, yet only 21% expect to reach even the $1 million mark.

TIAA joins retirement plan portability network
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 04, 2023
TIAA joins retirement plan portability network

Approximately $92 billion in savings exits the US retirement system every year because Americans who change jobs cash out their workplace retirement accounts.