Skip to main content

You are here

Advertisement

Daily News

NAPA Net Daily

Powered by the National Association of Plan Advisors.

What do an employer, a health insurance industry representative and a doctor have in common? They all apparently support various reforms to help health savings accounts thrive as an important savings vehicle to address short- and long-term health care costs.Four panels of speakers at a June 12... READ MORE
Witnesses at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing July 13 largely offered their support for legislation to repeal the current DOL fiduciary rule and direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to take the lead in regulating the standards of care for investment advice.Of the five... READ MORE
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on July 13 unveiled revised draft legislation to repeal and replace most of Obamacare. The new draft retains the provisions to expand and enhance health savings accounts (HSAs).Following House passage in May of legislation to replace Obamacare, Senate... READ MORE
Exchange-traded funds crop up from time to time as being a product whose time has (nearly) come – but among NAPA Net readers?The Investment Company Institute (ICI) reports assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in May by $59.77 billion (2.1%) to $2.90 trillion, and that over the past 12 months,... READ MORE
LPL Financial LLC has announced details of what it calls its “industry-first” mutual fund only (MFO) platform.According to a press release, the platform is being designed to offer investors enhanced value in brokerage through reduced fees while standardizing compensation for financial advisors. LPL... READ MORE
“It is important that the Commission make all reasonable efforts to bring clarity and consistency” to “standards of conduct that investment professionals must follow in providing advice to Main Street investors,” Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton said on July 12. He made his... READ MORE
It’s not a secret. The retirement plan business is relationship-based. Most of us have said this before and intrinsically, we understand; however, let’s find out what the data says. In a recent survey, Fidelity found that plan sponsor introductions came from these primary sources: Business... READ MORE
Plan advisors know how important their DC wholesaler is in growing, building and managing their practice. Now you can show yours some love by helping us choose NAPA’s 2017 DC Top Wholesaler.Once again, we are restricting voting to advisors. We’ll ask for some information as confirmation (it’s just... READ MORE
Platform consolidation has re-emerged as the top initiative for managed account providers, according to a new study by Cerulli Associates.Cerulli’s “U.S. Managed Accounts 2017: Convergence and Its Implications” report found that more than half (59.6%) of those surveyed identified platform... READ MORE
Yet another piece of legislation is being readied to repeal the fiduciary regulation.This particular bill has been crafted by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), no stranger to legislative efforts to roll back the fiduciary regulation. She introduced legislation to repeal the fiduciary regulation in 2015. The... READ MORE

Pages

Advertisement