Advisor Sales Strategies

Rather than simply emphasizing the accumulation of assets, this new research-driven approach first determines whether an investor prefers safety-first or keeping their options open, according to new research.

Even in inflationary times, the strategy employers – and the benefit plan professionals supporting them – often deploy is raising employee awareness of how the company is providing a match, but ongoing financial education is needed.

These six provisions highlight how 401(k) plans will be increasingly serving additional holistic purposes, such as emergency savings, student loan matches and penalty-free withdrawals for domestic abuse victims.

For small business owners, there are new rules for 401(k)s, incentives to create new plans and tax breaks that you should be aware of.

The updated form, which includes improved reporting by pooled employer plans and addresses provisions in the SECURE Act 2.0, is estimated to reduce overall filing costs for employee benefit plans by $95 million.

The investment firm's hiring of mostly customer service and tech jobs is in contrast to other asset management firms, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which have announced company layoffs.

The majority of retirement plan changes go into effect over a span of the next one to three years, but putting certain protocols in place now will help ease the burden while navigating through the vast array of new regulations.

Employers need to get ahead of the curve in engaging their plan administrators, amending their plans and communicating significant changes to employees, such as emergency withdrawals and student loan match.