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Why Do Plan Sponsors Hire A Retirement Plan Consultant/Advisor to help with their employer 401(k) plans?

After working over 25 years in the retirement plan industry, I still often get asked, “Why would I hire a Retirement Plan Consultant/Advisor to help with our 401(k) plan when that is what our recordkeeper is for or that is my job?”

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Why Do Plan Sponsors Hire A Retirement Plan Consultant/Advisor to help with their employer 401(k) plans?

The role of the.

4th Quarter 2019 Strategy - “PMI Data Stokes Slowdown Concerns”

Economic Overview

The U.S. economy chugs along at a 2.0% pace (GDP) with a quarterly range between 1% and 3%. Recall GDP advanced 3.1% in the 1^st quarter and the 2^nd quarter was reported at 2.0%. Expectations for the 3^rd quarter are centered around.

The Wealth Mindset

As someone who grew up solidly middle class, money was fascinating to me as a child. How did people afford expensive things? Is there a "secret" to becoming wealthy? There are certain questions that only experience can answer. After 20+ years in financial advisory, a graduate degree in.

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Why Do Plan Sponsors Hire A Retirement Plan Consultant/Advisor to help with their employer 401(k) plans?

By Stacy Allen, AIF®, PRP

October 08, 2019Institutional Investment ConsultingRetirement PlansParticipant Financial Wellness Services

The role of the...

Reduce Risk in Your Defined Benefit Plan – Asset Liability Immunization Strategy (ALIS) Explained

By Tony Albrecht, CFA®

May 30, 2019Institutional Investment ConsultingRetirement Plans

Often the focus of Defined Benefit (DB) Plans is on the return generated by the plan assets. The DB assets are managed to provide an attractive rate of return which usually requires a significant allocation to equities or other forms of risk-seeking assets in...

“SECURE” Legislation

By Justin Dorsey, J.D.

May 21, 2019Institutional Investment ConsultingRetirement Plans

Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act

On March 29, 2019, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., introduced new bipartisan legislation, The Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019, which eases the ability to offer...

Crafting the Retirement Readiness Scorecard

By Devon Triebold

November 01, 2018Institutional Investment ConsultingRetirement PlansParticipant Financial Wellness Services

How do you measure whether your participants will be ready for retirement when the time comes? This is the question we were faced with in the spring of 2017. The question was driven by wanting to assess – in a measurable way – the impact...