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With the aging population growing so rapidly and birth rates declining, many... Read More
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Practice Management
BY John Iekel | 3/4/2024
Sometimes the most mundane details can be overlooked—which, for a plan, entails risk. In fulfilling the myriad responsibilities attendant to offering and running a plan, a retirement plan committee... Read More
BY John Iekel | 2/26/2024
The plan document is not a suggestion; it’s a roadmap to compliance and competent and effective administration. But it’s not always given the regard it deserves—which can imperil a plan and those... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 2/21/2024
With broker/dealers (B/Ds) actively encouraging their advisors to embrace the retirement plan space, a new report by Cerulli suggests that asset managers will need to adapt their approach to product... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 12/12/2023
My wife and I are in the process of moving to a new home—and it occurs to me that the process of changing homes is a lot like changing recordkeepers. Here’s how.
Know What You’re Looking For
We... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 11/7/2023
Daylight saving time doesn’t really live up to its name—but as you’re resetting clocks, anxiously awaiting the realignment of circadian rhythms and changing smoke detector batteries, it might be a... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 10/31/2023
Halloween is the time of year when one’s thoughts turn to trick-or-treat, ghosts and goblins, and things that go bump in the night. But what keeps—or should keep—plan fiduciaries up at night?
Well... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 10/29/2023
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M&A expert Peter Campagna, Managing Partner at Wise Rhino Group, has a list of common emotions that advisors face when... Read More
BY John Sullivan | 10/16/2023
Global adoption of artificial intelligence in all industries is happening at a breakneck pace—the retirement plan space included. It’s not a question of if, but how, it will affect plan advisors,... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 9/25/2023
A class action suit involving a data hack of participant data at a consulting firm has reached a $7.75 million cash settlement.
The suit arose from a November 2021 cyber security “incident”... Read More
BY Spencer X Smith | 9/18/2023
Free Your Time to Do What AI Cannot
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every industry, including ours. It’s automating tasks that once took hours, even days, to complete—data analysis,... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/10/2023
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Fee compression and commoditization have hit every area of financial services--retirement advisors are no exception and it’s only slated to get worse. Why, and how is it... Read More
BY David Levine, JD | 8/31/2023
Competition between service providers can create the incorrect image that the industry is rife with conflict.
A common theme in many lawsuits and regulatory investigations is a “conflict” between... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 8/28/2023
Retirement plan advisors take note—2023 should be thought of as a year of opportunity, as an increasingly complex retirement landscape is expanding the pathways for greater advisor impact.
This is... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 8/14/2023
Independent RIA firm SageView Advisory Group on Aug. 14 announced the commencement of the next phase of its growth vision with a focus on driving expansion in wealth management.
According to the... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 6/27/2023
Amid recent cybersecurity breaches in the retirement space, the head of the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is offering tips on how plan participants can... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 6/26/2023
Interest is growing among financial advisors in the use of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically ChatGPT, but many questions about the new technology remain.
The AI chatbot's... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 6/6/2023
Back in the middle of the pandemic, my then 91-year-old mother was presented with two options—one a specialist recommended, the other favored by her trusted general practice physician. And of course... Read More
BY David Levine, JD | 5/15/2023
Innovative solutions hold the potential to improve outcomes for participants. But innovation can be scary in today’s litigious environment.
Concepts in the retirement industry come and go — and... Read More
BY Steff Chalk | 5/5/2023
Having engaged plan fiduciaries who are aware of their roles and responsibilities—and who want to serve in that capacity—is an important key to avoiding litigation and addressing today’s staffing... Read More
BY John Sullivan | 5/1/2023
“All my advisor peers talk about how we manage $3 billion or $5 billion, not how we manage 50 small businesses or 100 small plans,” Joe DeNoyior, President of HUB Retirement and Wealth... Read More
BY Brad Arends | 4/19/2023
Few in the retirement plan industry today question the validity of the convergence of retirement, wealth, and health.
Numerous significant recordkeepers openly admit that it’s their business plan... Read More
BY John Sullivan | 4/12/2023
More 401(k) advisors are moving to (and often struggling with) wealth management.
How do they get started, what makes them unique, and how can they effectively capitalize on... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 3/28/2023
Whether for good or ill — a change in recordkeepers is one of those “choices” that plan fiduciaries are expected under ERISA to evaluate as a prudent expert. In this episode, Nevin (Adams) & Fred... Read More
BY John Sullivan | 3/16/2023
OneDigital said Thursday that it has added 401K Resources and The Clear Group to its roster of acquired companies. The acquisition of the Scottsdale-based firms expands OneDigital’s reach into... Read More
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