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Financial Advisor December 2003 Jeff Schlegel |
Qualified Plans Rock Through Bear Market The rising demand for advice is changing the 401(k) business. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 David Liebrock |
Mining 401(k) Gold Small- and mid-sized companies are looking for help with their retirement plans. Here's how to reach out to this untapped market. |
Financial Advisor June 2011 Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Tapping 401(k) Opportunities Financial advisors in the 401(k) space are optimistic about future prospects in a shifting regulatory landscape. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Trolling for 401(k) Treasure Congress is expected to enact new pension legislation that would make it easier for financial advisors to work with participants in company retirement programs. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Leading the Way This year is shaping up into one in which advisors will have to stay compliant with a plethora of retirement planning rules and regs if they expect to stay firmly rooted in the retirement planning arena -- and doing what's best for their clients. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 James J. Green |
Retirement Planning Balancing Act Being a financial advisor who focuses on selling and servicing corporate 401(k) plans is a matter of balance. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Marla Brill |
Under Pressure Financial advisors who provide services to businesses with 401(k) plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act have a new reason to review fiduciary practices and double-check professional liability insurance. |
Financial Advisor May 2007 Ken Ziesenheim |
Diamonds In The Rough The new Pension Protection Act offers opportunities for financial advisors, if you know where to dig. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell |
The BIG Fix Familiar as 401(k)s are, planners love to hate them, and they'll readily cite long lists of faults with the plans themselves, as well as the way the $2.8 trillion 401(k) industry operates. |
Financial Advisor November 2012 Jerilyn Klein Bier |
No More Secrets New 401(k) fee disclosure rules could generate big opportunities for advisors. |
Financial Advisor May 2010 Mary Rowland |
Better Laid Plans Several advisors have tried to take advantage of the changes in 401(k) advice-giving to carve a new niche. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Savita Iyer |
DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker The relative lack of corporate advisors is a result of inertia on the part of plan sponsors; despite pronouncing themselves dissatisfied with their retirement plans, plan sponsors do not take the easy step of finding a new advisor. |
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Bo Bohanan |
Do You Really Want To Be A 401(k) Consultant? It is fairly easy to spot the advantages and opportunities of working in this marketplace. But, not all of the pitfalls are as evident. |
Registered Rep. July 24, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Fee Disclosure - Can You Handle the Truth? New federal rules are forcing advisors to spell out what they're charging for running 401(k) plans and what their clients are getting for the money. It could lead to some difficult conversations. |
Financial Advisor November 2011 Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Best-Laid Plans Advisors who've built substantial 401(k) practices share their strategies. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 |
Confronting the F Word Experts suggest that reps who ultimately become fiduciaries will require additional training. Simply holding various series licenses is probably not going to cut it. There are now more options than just a few years ago. |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2003 Art Gering |
Undefined Contributions Although a large number of companies invest in real estate in their defined benefit plans, many deny their employees the same advantages in their 401(k) plans. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kevin Burke |
60 Seconds with...David Tyrie A short interview with the head of Putnam's retirement services unit, who works directly with 401(k) sponsors and financial advisors. |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning at Envestnet The former president of Ibbotson plans 401(k) advice platform for Envestnet Asset Management's newly established Retirement Services Group. |
Financial Advisor June 2010 Stephen K. Davis |
What To Do About The 401(k) How do we bring better investment success to the 401(k)? For one, participants need help from financial advisors. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 Alan Lavine |
New Opportunities With 401(k)s Participants are making asset allocation mistakes, even though most plans offer a good selection of investment options. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Melanie Waddell |
Take Your Pick Retirement plan providers are tempting advisors with numerous products and services. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Melanie Waddell |
ETFs for 401(k)s Are OK Plan sponsors should refrain from using stable value funds as default options in 401(k) plans. Plan sponsors should instead offer participants an option that provides long-term growth, like a mutual fund that invests in ETFs. |
CFO December 1, 2009 Randy Myers |
A Question of Balance The much-maligned 401(k) plan is being beefed up. So are the penalties for failing to manage it well. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Juliette Fairley |
More 401(k) Avenues Demand is increasing for advisors who can help companies with their retirement plans. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Ilana Polyak |
For Advisors, a Big 401(k) Opportunity As regulatory scrutiny of plans increases, advisors are in the sweet spot to capture new business. |
CFO December 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
The New Mix With so much riding on 401(k)s, more and more companies are reconsidering their plan offerings. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 |
The ETF Solution Forward-thinking companies and their advisors are increasingly allowing 401(k) plan participants to leverage the benefits of ETFs. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Elizabeth Wine |
Financial Advisors Turn to the 401(k) Market for More Business Advisors look to 401(k) plans as fertile ground for business. |
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
The New Fiduciaries LPL and Fiduciary360 educate advisors on retirement consulting in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 era. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sydney LeBlanc |
Are SMAs Appetizing For 401(k) plans? Essentially "do it yourself" plans, more 401(k) participants than ever before are asking for professional investment advice and a larger number of these individuals are educating themselves about their investment choices, including separately managed accounts. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Mary Rowland |
Rough Road The rules on providing investment advice to 401(k) plan participants have been shifting, and the end of the controversy is not in sight. |
Financial Advisor September 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Whose Advice Is It Anyway? A provision of the Pension Protection Act would directly impact the financial planning field by encouraging employers to provide advisors for their 401(k) participants. But who exactly will be doling out that advice? |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Tracey Longo |
The Doctor Is In Advisor Gregory Kasten, a former anesthesiologist, has built a rare fiduciary practice in the 401(k) market. |
Registered Rep. February 10, 2012 Mark Miller |
New Focus on Small Workplace Retirement Plans Means Lower Fees, Opportunity for RIAs The spoils of the 401(k) market have always gone to the large players -- big retirement plan providers providing the best, most efficient plans to big plan sponsors. But small is starting to look beautiful. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey |
Are The Retirement Waters Now Murkier? A 40-page document of new regulations from the Department of Labor sets out to ease the challenges of offering investment advice to retirement plan participants and to lessen any conflicts of interest. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Elizabeth D. Festa |
UMAs & CIFs: New 401(k) Solutions A Retirement Planner Profile: John Newman's group at Denver-based Fiserv ISS is poised to take advantage of the new trend toward outside management of asset allocation in retirement plans -- and away from do-it-yourself 401(k) investing. |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Gerald C. Steffes |
Innovative Trends in 401(k) Plans The brutal bear market beating in recent years has led to significant innovations in 401(k) plans offered by small to mid-size employers. One of the driving forces for these innovations is a re-emergence of trustee awareness with regard to their fiduciary liability. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Deciphering the Rules of Retirement Advice Title VI of the the Pension Protection Act, far from being a clear-cut signal for reps to dive into the retirement advice business, does, however, open the door wider to advice giving. |
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Amy Feldman |
Goldman Sachs Goes After Your Retirement Money Goldman Sachs is targeting a $2.7 trillion market with alternative asset funds such as commodities and real estate, and designing target-date funds. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey |
Get Smart When the U.S. Department of Labor speaks, we should listen, whether we work with qualified retirement plans or not. The DOL made several announcements in October that are going to be significant game changers for the financial services industry. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The Battle for 401(k) Accounts ETFs have only established a small beachhead so far in the 401(k) arena. That may not change any time soon. |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Michael J. Mcdermott |
Day Of Reckoning Fee-based advisors should benefit when 401(k) participants soon find out the cost of their plans. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Melanie Waddell |
DOL Floats Advice Proposals The Department of Labor recently announced two proposed rules under the Pension Protection Act designed to make investment advice more accessible for millions of Americans in 401(k)-type plans and individual retirement accounts. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Eric Rasmussen |
A Velvet Niche National Retirement Partners Inc. is a consortium that is dedicated to retirement plans and their regulatory needs. Some advisors have decided to stop competing with them and have joined them instead. |
CFO April 1, 2010 Alix Stuart |
Sea Change Companies now play a much more active role in guiding employees' 401(k) investment decisions. |
CFO May 1, 2008 Russ Banham |
Courting Disaster Confusion over 401(k) plan fees is triggering lawsuits and congressional inquiries. What can plan sponsors do to head off trouble? |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Savita Iyer |
Taking Advantage of the Pension Protection Act Financial advisors need to understand fully what the Pension Protection Act means and how it pertains to their business. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 |
Advisor Emporium NPC Launches ETF-Based 401(k) Program... MG Advisory Launches IMA Platform... Vanguard Launches International Fund... etc. |
Registered Rep. July 8, 2010 Michael Stillman |
For 401k Advisors, Comp Models Must Change In the short-term, financial advisors will need to adjust their 401(k) fee arrangements. For the long-term, registered reps may find it necessary to work with -- or become -- registered investment advisors. |