Expanding Horizons: Driving Convergence of Wealth Management and Retirement Planning
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Advisors look toward holistic client-focused strategies with converging retirement planning and wealth management.
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Retirement Planning Cannot Be Linear
Wealth Management
APRIL 9, 2024
Adopting an adaptive approach to retirement planning acknowledges the dynamic nature of spending patterns and emphasizes flexibility in financial strategies.
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Attributes of a Great Retirement Plan Advisor
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The bar is only getting higher for retirement plan advisors.
Retirement Plan Business Offers a Pathway to Private Wealth
Wealth Management
JUNE 17, 2025
RIAs can create a potential client stream if they commit to a 401(k) channel that includes participant education and touchpoints, said panelists at Wealth Management EDGE last week.
A Managed Accounts Case About More Than Managed Accounts
Wealth Management
JUNE 17, 2025
sends favorable message to advisors on managed accounts in retirement plans, highlighting key distinctions. Court dismissal of Hanigan v. Bechtel Global Corp.
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Voya to Acquire OneAmerica’s $60B Retirement Plan Business
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
For an upfront purchase price of $50 million, the deal brings $47 billion of assets in the emerging and mid-market retirement plan segments and competitive ESOP administration.
Modern Wealth Bolsters California Footprint, 401(k) Plan Focus with $1B Acquisition
Wealth Management
JULY 9, 2025
Modern Wealth’s fourth deal of 2025, and 17th since its founding in 2023, adds a firm in its home state and bolsters a workplace retirement plan division launched last year via acquisition.
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Retirement Needs Are Forcing Wealth, Retirement Plan and Benefits Advisors to Adapt
Wealth Management
JUNE 12, 2023
But most wealth, retirement plan and benefits advisors are still stuck in silos and old business models.
401(k) Real Talk Episode 158: July 2, 2025
Wealth Management
JULY 2, 2025
Open, honest and candid discussion about retirement plans for Amazon drivers, retirement assets sliding, a lack of plan sponsor fiduciary awareness and more.
Advisors Are Afraid of Retirement Plans. They Shouldn’t Be
Wealth Management
MARCH 19, 2024
The key is finding the right firm that will enhance an advisor’s ability to work with retirement plans in an efficient and scalable manner.
Advisor Innovations Podcast: Mark Miller on Rebooting a Retirement Plan
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The author of the recently published book, Retirement Reboot: Commonsense Financial Strategies for Getting Back on Track, discusses the challenges of retirement planning from both an advisor’s and client’s perspective.
Warren, Empower Face Off Over Company's Private Market Moves
Wealth Management
JULY 8, 2025
In a letter responding to the Massachusetts senator’s concerns about Empower expanding alts access for employees’ defined contribution retirement plans, CEO Edmund Murphy argued the move is “not an open door—it’s a carefully monitored gateway.”
Why Advisors Can’t Ignore the Private Markets Revolution
Wealth Management
JUNE 18, 2025
Explore three mega-trends in private market investing, including big partnerships, semi-liquid structures and retirement plan integration.
Social Security Fairness Act: Planning Considerations For The Repeal Of The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) And Government Pension Offset (GPO)
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 15, 2025
However, the WEP and GPO proved unpopular and difficult to manage in practice. This lack of clarity made retirement planning significantly more challenging. The key point is that while the WEP and GPO only affected a certain subset of retirees and spouses, these provisions made planning more complex for those impacted.
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Planning For When You-Know-What Hits the Fan
Wealth Management
JUNE 26, 2025
Financial advisors must consider the unexpected costs of end-of-life care in retirement planning to help clients prepare for potential care bombs.
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 7–8)
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 6, 2025
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent report finds that the number of SEC-registered RIAs, the assets that they manage, and the number of clients they serve all increased between 2023 and 2024 and suggests the industry is robust across the size spectrum, (..)
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (January 18–19)
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 17, 2025
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that at a time when brokerage firms' cash sweep programs come under increased scrutiny (and as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates), Charles Schwab (the largest RIA custodian) continues to slash sweep rates for client (..)
Retirement Plan Advisors Must Now Become Defined Benefit Managers
Wealth Management
APRIL 22, 2024
Internal professionals at employers are poorly trained or ill-equipped to properly handle plans.
‘The Times They are A-Changing’ for Retirement Plans
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Who will be the winners, losers and new entrants as the convergence of wealth, retirement and benefit at work will revolutionize 401(k) plans?
Integrated Recruits $1B Retirement Plan-Focused Firm
Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
RetirementDNA, a San Diego-headquartered advisory team with over $1 billion in assets under management, has joined Integrated Partners.
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (July 5–6)
Nerd's Eye View
JULY 4, 2025
Which will ultimately provide greater tax planning certainty to advisors and their clients for 2025 and beyond (and avoid the year-end rush they faced with the late-December passage of TCJA in 2017).
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (January 4–5)
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 3, 2025
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with a recent survey indicating that a majority of advisors are viewing new client acquisition as their primary challenge in the current competitive environment for financial advice (followed by compliance and technology management) and suggests (..)
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 30–December 1)
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Also in industry news this week: While many financial advisors are paying close attention to the potential extension of sunsetting measures within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in the coming year, legislation related to retirement savings could be on Congress' agenda as well Fidelity is planning to change the default for its existing RIA non-retirement (..)
Diversify Advisor Network Launches Retirement Plan Advisory Services
Wealth Management
APRIL 30, 2024
The program builds on the expertise of Caliber Wealth Management, which merged with Diversify earlier this year.
Firms Not Offering Tax, Retirement Planning Are Getting it Wrong
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Advisors are overdelivering services such as health care, estate and business planning, while falling short in the areas their clients most desire.
Revolutionizing Retirement Planning: Income Lab's Next-Gen Approach
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Kellan Brown, chief growth officer at Income Lab, discusses the integration of retirement income planning with next-gen financial advising.
Creative Planning Acquires Mesirow’s Retirement Services Business
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The deal adds over 350 retirement plans and about $13 billion in assets to Creative Planning’s existing retirement plan services team.
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Nepsis Introduces Corporate Retirement Division
Wealth Management
MARCH 12, 2024
Northwestern’s Trenton Hazen will lead new division and develop retirement plan services as the $500M RIA builds out a family office framework.
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Prime Capital Hires OneDigital’s Jania Stout to Lead Retirement Plan Business
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Jania Stout, who sold her firm to OneDigital in 2021, will lead Prime Capital Retirement and Prime Capital Wellness.
What WEP/GPO Repeal Means for Retirement Planning
Wealth Management
APRIL 2, 2025
The repeal of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision is creating major ripple effects for state employees and public sector professionals nearing retirement.
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 23–24)
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Further, amidst grumbling from some firms, incoming CEO Rick Wurster reiterated a pledge that Schwab (which offers its own direct wealth management services) will not seek to compete for clients with RIAs on its platform, seeing opportunities to pursue prospective clients currently unserved by either group.
Overlooked Fiduciary Risks for Retirement Plan Sponsors
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Potential failures range from cyber theft to fee inflation to document mismanagement.
Hub International Acquires $2.3B AFS 401(k) Retirement Services
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 4, 2023
AFS 401(k) Retirement Services and AFS Financial Group is a retirement plan and wealth management consulting firm with $2.3 billion in assets under advisement.
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11 Reasons Why People Hire Advisors (And How To Communicate That Value To Prospects)
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 23, 2025
These included trust, communication quality, and a general discomfort managing finances alone. Firms can spotlight the concrete financial services they provide – such as tax strategies, retirement planning, or investment management – in clear, client-friendly language.
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RPAs Need Wealth Management Skills to Serve Unadvised, Ignored 401(k) Participants
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
While wealth management advisors need to serve smaller/start-up retirement plans.
Wall Street Just Doesn’t Get Retirement
Wealth Management
APRIL 4, 2024
The goal of retirement plans should be providing income to those no longer working, not accumulating wealth for those who still are.
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How to Rate a Retirement Plan Advisor
Wealth Management
JULY 8, 2024
And how RPAs’ role is evolving as DC plan sponsors awaken.
SageView Advisory Group to Acquire $415M Lakeview Wealth Management
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Chicago-based and women-led, the former LPL affiliate will join SageView as it continues to build out its wealth management capabilities alongside retirement plans.
How to Win More Retirement Plan Advisor RFPs
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 16, 2024
RPAs need to hone their skill set regarding plan sponsor RFPs.
Cerulli: Gen X Presents the Next Great Opportunity for Financial Advisors
Wealth Management
JULY 2, 2025
As a result, financial advisors should start honing the services Gen X members will likely benefit from the most, including retirement planning, estate and tax planning and mortgage refinancing. trillion annually over the next decade as part of the great wealth transfer, a new report finds. trillion annually.
Edelman Financial Engines Acquires $1.5B Retirement Plan Consultant
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The deal with New England Pension Plans Systems is Edelman Financial Engine's largest acquisition since 2021.
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Ask The Experts: Retirement Planning Opportunities Under the SECURE 2.0 Act
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Act regarding individual retirement accounts, including changing when the first required minimum distribution can be made from the account, new rules for inhe The panel of experts will discuss and answer questions about the changes made by SECURE 2.0
Modern Wealth Launches Retirement Plan Business with $1.2B Acquisition
Wealth Management
MARCH 6, 2024
Beltz Ianni & Assoc., in Rochester, N.Y., has left LPL to become the sixth firm acquired by the indie RIA since its April 2023 debut.
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