The controversial FINRA rule which would have required advisors to disclose recruitment bonuses might never make it to the light of day. Reports from ThinkAdvisor indicate that the FINRA Board... Read More
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BY John Iekel | 9/16/2014
It’s only September, but the end of the 2014 plan year is fast approaching. That means more than compiling data for information reporting and preparing for the 2015 plan year — it... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/16/2014
Graystone Consulting, a business of Morgan Stanley, has hired The Brice Group to serve institutional and individual clients in the Midwest. Based in Birmingham, Mich., the team includes two... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/15/2014
Is there anyone who’s not familiar with this simplest, most common solution to technology issues? I reboot everything before calling for support. I learned this valuable lesson when the... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/15/2014
Being financially secure in retirement is important, but it came in a distant second to having good health (58% to 81%) in a new survey that identified the most important ingredients of a... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/15/2014
Guardian Life has appointed Michael Reis to the new position of Field Director of Retirement Plan Sales. Reis will support Guardian Retirement Solutions’™ 401(k) national sales... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/15/2014
Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD), the wholesale distribution business of Lincoln Financial Group, has added four people to its Retirement Plan Services intermediary sales force, bringing... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 9/15/2014
United Capital’s Joe Duran suggests that the glory days of independent advisors may be over, citing four threats likely to cause disruption and change: Larger mutual funds and... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 9/15/2014
In response to concerns that tomorrow’s retirees will run short of money, we are often told to save more, to work longer, or — as often as not these days — to work longer and... Read More
BY Jerry Bramlett | 9/15/2014
Before World War II, Japan was known as the Land of the Rising Sun. After its devastating defeat, however, it became known as the “land of the setting sun” — a description... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 9/12/2014
Changes to the SEC’s money market fund rules set to take effect Oct. 14, 2016 will have implications for DC plan sponsors that should be carefully considered, a new paper from McDermott... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 9/12/2014
Pension plan sponsors got some much-anticipated guidance from the IRS on Sept. 11. The good news: The IRS has provided a number of options as part of the guidance on pension funding... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 9/11/2014
Great-West has made organizational changes as it completes the acquisition of JP Morgan’s large market record keeping division: Ed Murphy, who headed up Putnam’s... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/11/2014
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has opened an office in Columbia, Missouri and hired father-and-son financial advisors: • John Weber, an industry veteran with more than 25 years of... Read More
BY Fred Barstein | 9/10/2014
Participant fee equalization is a hot topic among DC nerds. But will it become mainstream, and do plan sponsors care? That question, as well as how to create a plan in which participants pay... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/10/2014
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has agreed to merge with Defined Contribution Advisors, Inc., an institutional investment advisory firm based in Minneapolis. Founded by Dan Esch in 1994,... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/9/2014
A new tool from John Hancock Retirement Plan Services is designed to help advisors simplify 401(k) plan management. The “John Hancock Plan Manager,” an interactive website, creates... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/9/2014
The good news for advisors is that more Americans are interested in receiving financial advice. The bad news is that a strong majority still aren’t. A new study by TIAA-CREF shows that... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/8/2014
While the shift from DB to DC plan designs among the Fortune 500 has been widespread, a new analysis finds that some sectors seem more inclined than others to make the switch. Most... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/8/2014
The Standard has announced that Brandon Budd has joined the firm as a retirement plan consultant in its South sales region, supporting advisors in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas. Most... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 9/5/2014
Have you heard this one? “Only about half of working Americans are covered by a workplace retirement plan.” Sure you have. It’s a statistic that is widely cited and reported... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 9/5/2014
The cost of living when you retire is greatly influenced by the cost of where you’re living when you retire. While many wind up retiring where they lived previously, it’s a factor... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 9/5/2014
A new report from the Federal Reserve finds that while retirement plan participation remained relatively flat over the past three years, the median and average value of those retirement plan... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/5/2014
Guardian Insurance has added 21 new investment options to its Guardian Choice® and The Guardian Advantage® investment option lineups. The additions include offerings from new fund... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/5/2014
Pentegra Retirement Services has introduced “Pentegra SmartPath,” a new brochure which details recommended progressive plan design best practices that can best ensure successful... Read More
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