It didn't take long for the politically charged issue of income inequality, especially as it pertains to 401(k) plans, to take center stage at this year's NAPA 401(k) Summit. At the always-popular Washington update general session less than an hour into this year's Summit, NAPA's executive director... READ MORE

It may have been 20 years since Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, but their music stopped long ago. Not so with the target date fund concept, which celebrates its 20th birthday this month, and is still growing in popularity and complexity. Wells Fargo and Barclay's debuted the first TDFs in... READ MORE

Next month, NAPA is converting to a new e-commerce platform that will make purchasing NAPA educational products and registering for NAPA events easy and seamless. To prepare for this change, NAPA will be upgrading many of the systems running behind the scenes between March 28 and April 6. During... READ MORE

Editor’s Note: This is the second of three profiles of the finalists for the 2014 NAPA 401(k) Leadership Award.Now in its seventh year, the NAPA 401(k) Advisor Leadership Award continues to recognize leadership, innovation and contributions to the retirement plan industry with the sales, marketing... READ MORE

Last week’s top five most-read posts on NAPA Net reflected keen interest in Schwab’s willingness to lose out on big money over IRA rollovers, President Obama’s FY 2015 budget, DC executives’ belief that the shelf life of revenue sharing is limited, the average DOL fine quadrupling in the last four... READ MORE

If you’ve been putting off registering to attend this year’s NAPA 401(k) SUMMIT March 23-25 in New Orleans, now’s the time to make your arrangements. In fact, there’s only one week left to register — the deadline is next Friday, March 14. This year’s SUMMIT features a keynote address by best-... READ MORE

The tax reform proposal unveiled Feb. 26 by Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, includes numerous provisions attacking the current tax incentives for retirement savings. (For more details on the plan’s retirement provisions, see an analysis from ASPPA’s... READ MORE

According to a recent survey by Investment News and The American College, 95% of advisors provide retirement income planning services — yet 94% of those polled believe most advisors and wealth managers need to know more about retirement income planning.Clearly there’s a gap and it’s no wonder.... READ MORE

Despite their differences, there’s at least one thing that all of the stakeholders in our retirement system agree on: average American workers are not saving enough for retirement. In Washington, however, “When we raise ideas to address income adequacy,” says NAPA/ASPPA executive director Brian... READ MORE