The SEC has settled its case with investment management firm F-Squared Investments, which has admitted wrongdoing in the case. The SEC announced Dec. 22 that F-Squared, described in the settlement as... Read More
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BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/23/2014
While finalizing many of the details of the MyRA program, Treasury and the Department of Labor (DOL) may have unearthed some serious new questions. These concerns stem from an information letter from... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/23/2014
Lincoln Financial Distributors has appointed Tad Fifer national sales manager responsible for distribution of Lincoln’s annuity solutions, the firm announced Dec. 17. Fifer will report to John... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/23/2014
Target-date funds are now the dominant asset holding among those in their 20s, but they are much smaller components for other 401(k) participants.According to a recent update from the Employee... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/22/2014
PSA Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. (PSA) announced Dec. 18 that the firm has added two experienced retirement professionals to its Fiduciary Consulting Group (FCG) to bolster the firm... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/22/2014
A few years back — well, now it’s quite a few years back — when my kids still believed in the reality of Santa Claus, we discovered an ingenious website that purported to offer a... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 12/22/2014
In a sign that the DCIO market is maturing, recent research from Ignites (subscription or free registration required) shows that hiring today and in the future will be focused on internal... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/22/2014
Last week we asked readers to vote on the best — and worst — aspects of ERISA and its progeny. Rather than just asking to pick one, readers had an opportunity to choose between two... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/19/2014
Retirement plan participants consider a number of factors important in choosing an advisor — but there are notable demographic differences in their priorities. Honesty, trustworthiness and... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/19/2014
Pentegra Retirement Services announced Dec. 17 that Philip Gould has joined the organization as a regional director for Pentegra’s qualified plan sales. Reporting to Pete Swisher, Pentegra... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/19/2014
A new survey claims that only 5% of RIA firms feel “advanced” at marketing and business development — and most don’t have a plan in place to improve on that situation. Not... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/19/2014
Festivus — the holiday “for the rest of us” — may have been popularized by Seinfeld, but it didn’t start there. The actual inventor of Festivus is Dan O'Keefe, 76,... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/18/2014
Chris Schneeman, president of SevenHills Benefit Partners, St. Paul, Minn., recently announced that his firm has reached an agreement to join Pensionmark Retirement Group. SevenHills will be... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 12/18/2014
Hoping to replicate the start-up environment that launched what has become a $1.7 billion market cap company, Envestnet has funded and launched Envestnet Retirement Services (ERS) to take on the... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/18/2014
Asked to choose between a 401(k)-type plan or a company pension plan that provides guaranteed income in retirement, a slim majority of non-retirees chose the 401(k). The response came to a new... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/17/2014
The IRS has released some key end-of-year reminders for holders of IRAs. Advisors and others who deal with IRAs may find the information in Special Edition Tax Tip 2014-24 useful to share with... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 12/16/2014
Channeling Mark Twain, former Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney boss Sallie Krawcheck told the MarketCounsel Summit for independent advisors that the demise of the wirehouses is greatly exaggerated.... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/16/2014
A new report from Vanguard finds a diminishing presence for company stock in DC plans. Vanguard analyzed a set of 1,152 plan sponsors that were continuously on their record keeping platform between... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/16/2014
Nearly half of Americans retire earlier than expected, yet retirees overwhelmingly report that they are enjoying themselves and discovering that pre-retirement fears of boredom, financial insecurity... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/16/2014
Nicholas Schorsch has stepped down as Executive Chairman of American Realty Capital Properties, the firm announced Dec. 15. He also resigned from ARCP’s board and the boards of the non-traded... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/16/2014
In recent years, the notion that the ways in which choices are presented to individuals — known as “choice architecture” — can influence their decisions, has been widely... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/15/2014
In this, the year of the 40th anniversary of the signing into law of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), many have weighed in on the best — and the worst — aspects of... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/12/2014
Retirement assets of older Americans surged to a new high of $3.5 trillion last year, according to a new report. While retirement savings grew to one third (33.7%) of all household investable assets... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/12/2014
SageView Advisory Group announced Dec. 4 that Geoff Rhines and David Anderson, J.D., have joined the firm's Georgia location. Rhines, a consultant in the firm’s Georgia location, will... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 12/12/2014
DC Wingmen voting opened last week with a huge surge. Thanks to all of you who voted — and a reminder to those who haven’t done so yet that time is running out. If you think your local... Read More
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