How advisers can help workers deal with longevity risk
Brokers and clients should educate workers about the need to accumulate enough savings.
Retirement readiness
Benefits Think Get your client’s workforce ready for retirement
Enrollment meetings are a great way to help employees start to prepare.
Michael Weintraub
Ascension Benefits & Insurance Solutions
Employers are increasing focus on retirement income solutions
Why many organizations are turning their attention to employees’ post-career earning requirements.
Defined contribution plans in need of makeover
Since 401(k) plans were never designed to be the sole source of retirement income for workers, it may be time to upgrade them so they serve a more similar purpose to DB plans.
Captain401 gains traction with new funding
Firm’s founders Roger Lee and Paul Sawaya use technology to make it easier for small businesses to start and operate a 401(k) plan.
How employers can help workers deal with longevity risk
Companies have an important role to play in helping educate workers about the need to accumulate enough savings to last for what could be a 30-year retirement.
401(k) sponsors increasing focus on retirement income solutions
Large employers, while somewhat out of touch with employees’ retirement savings needs, are beginning to pay a lot of attention to their ultimate income requirements in retirement.
Helping small employers launch retirement plans
A 401(k) plan is one way to attract and retain workers, but many small businesses don’t know where to begin
John Hancock Retirement exec outlines firm’s take on annuities, auto features
Peter Gordon explains why the company doesn’t offer a traditional annuity product within 401(k) plans and the importance of offering plan sponsors a neutral investment platform.
Small companies needn’t fear launching retirement plan
An employer-sponsored 401(k) plan is one way to attract and retain workers, but many small businesses don’t know where to begin.
John Hancock Retirement exec outlines firm’s take on annuities, auto features
Peter Gordon explains why the company doesn’t offer a traditional annuity product within 401(k) plans and the importance of offering plan sponsors a neutral investment platform.
Benefits Think America Saves Week is education opportunity for employers
It’s not uncommon today for retirement to last 20 or 30 years. And yet, more than half of all working-age households are inadequately prepared for retirement, says Prudential’s Christine Marcks.
Christine Marcks
Prudential Retirement
Benefits Think Protecting 401(k) plan participants through strong fiduciary management
Understanding retirement plan administrative requirements, including those around audits and service providers, is essential.
James Sausmer
WeiserMazars LLP
Food bank offers employees low-cost loans to stem 403(b) plan leakage
The Alameda County Community Food bank in Oakland, California, works with SimpleFi to offer workers a unique financial wellness benefit.
Mobile apps driving 401(k) plan management
User-friendly websites and technologies in use by firms such as Charles Schwab and Transamerica are easing retirement planning.
Benefits Think 4 ways to get DC plans ready for 2016
Many plan sponsors and providers may need to rethink the direction they’ve been heading. What’s worked in the past may not work going forward, says BlackRock’s Anne Ackerley.
Anne Ackerley
BlackRock
Look to advisers to fill gaps in 403(b) fiduciary knowledge
They’re a ‘great resource' to ensure employers keep up with compliance obligations and know where they stand, says The Principal’s Aaron Friedman.
Benefits Think How FinTech is revolutionizing the retirement space
Technology offers simplicity, transparency, mobility and portability, and advisers should embrace it, says Chad Parks.
Chad Parks
Ubiquity Retirement + Savings
Here’s the toll that student debt can take on retirement
How does having a big slug of student debt actually hurt the ability to prepare for a comfortable retirement?
How to address longevity risk in retirement planning
New strategies advisers and their employer clients can use to help 401(k) participants weather market volatility and safeguard their nest eggs in the process.
