Investment Trends
Tech Talk discusses investment options for funds in 403(b) plans, which generally are more limited than they are for other qualified retirement plans: they may only be invested in annuity contracts or custodial accounts that hold mutual funds.
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Legislation that would put the interests of participants and their beneficiaries ahead of “nonpecuniary” interests when assets of publicly funded retirement plans are invested is closer to enactment in Georgia. And the ball has just begun rolling on a similar measure in Louisiana.
The Peachtree...
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While it may come as no surprise, a survey early in 2024 finds that nearly all Americans agree that the financial professional who provides one-time recommendations or other one-time advice about retirement investments should be required to act in their client's best interest, writes Ted Godbout in...
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The American Retirement Association (ARA) and sustainable markets advocacy organization Ceres has filed an amicus brief in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It supported the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule “that ensures retirement plan fiduciaries, including 401(k) sponsors, can consider...
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As the Department of Labor defends its rule allowing the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors by fiduciaries when selecting plan investments, legislation to restrict the use of ESG in making investment decisions—including for 403(b) and 457 plans—has been reintroduced in...
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While employers strive to address employees’ evolving needs, the results of a new survey find a disconnect between compensation and benefit offerings and employee preferences, writes Ted Godbout in MarketBeat.
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Movement on the issue of allowing 403(b)s to use collective investment trusts (CIT) could happen soon with a possible House vote on the Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act, an amendment to H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023.
The bill had been...
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Wowcasts, a series of enlightening discussions with members from both NTSA and ARA, offering an insider's perspective on the intricacies of practice management, are back.
You can access Wowcast 2.0, as well as the rich repository of knowledge contained in the approximately 50 episodes of Wowcast 1...
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An expert panel recently suggested that the U.S. retirement system is a success but also argued that we can still do better, writes John Iekel in MarketBeat.
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Generation Z—the youngest generation in the workforce—may also be the most interesting regarding retirement and preparing for it.
Studies reveal a mix—cacophony?—of behaviors and attitudes among its members that suggest it is a group that may be receptive to a range of approaches in working to...
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A few years ago, my wife went to a garage sale and bought a box of old books for $25. She came home as excited as I had ever seen her. Why? One of the books was an 1831 edition of The Federalist Papers. We searched online and were thrilled to see an estimated value of $500. Those poor sellers had...
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Millennials have had a rough week of it, at least in the financial press.
First there was a report that they had established asset allocations that mirrored that of their grandparents (the respondents apparently never heard of a target-date fund). Then a separate survey that indicated they (70% of...
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Until recently, the federal law governing most private retirement was seldom a subject of national headlines—let alone the subject of an Instagram reel by the Speaker of the House.
But Speaker Kevin McCarthy and others have proclaimed that it now allows investment managers for many workplace...
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Editor's Note: This feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states and the most recent developments in their activity to provide and enhance retirement plan coverage.
Bills before the legislatures in Minnesota, Maine, and Illinois would adjust retirement savings...
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, associate justice on the Court from 1916 to 1939, wrote in the 1932 ruling in New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann that "a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to...
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One day after the Republican-led House of Representatives approved a resolution to block the Labor Department’s so-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) rule, the Senate followed suit.
Joining all Republican senators in supporting the resolution (H.J. Res. 30) were Democrats Joe...
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As promised, the Republican-led House of Representatives moved forward with a congressional disapproval resolution against the Department of Labor’s recently finalized environmental, social and governance (ESG) rule.
On a near party-line vote of 216-204, the House approved H.J. Res. 30 introduced...
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On Jan. 30, the final rule titled “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights” — a.k.a. the “ESG rule” — became effective. American Retirement Association CEO Brian Graff recently sat down with the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s Tim Hauser to...
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In the face of prolonged economic uncertainty and volatility, many investors are rethinking what life after retirement may look like and are adjusting their priorities accordingly.
According to Nationwide Retirement Institute’s eighth annual Advisor Authority, nearly 7 in 10 (69%) non-retired...
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Many financial advisors are skeptical about serving young investors because they don't think they can afford advice or be served profitably in the short term, but new research suggests that — contrary to stereotypes — young investors can be attractive clients for wealth management firms.
In fact,...
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