Retirement Week in Review
- The Weekly Pulse for Sunday, April 21, 2019 In this episode: (1) Longevity and impressions about retirement income, (2) increasing drug prices and the 10 people transforming healthcare, (3) Health Care Middlemen Hobble the System (4) Pinterest IPO, (5) the Sprint-T-Mobile merger may not to be approved by regulators? ,(5) Why you may want to think twice before buying a home in the exurbs (6) ERISA Advisory Council reports on Bonding and Lifetime Income and the IRS updates its self-correction procedures. Special guest this week is Michael Finke, Chief Academic Officer, The American College of Financial Services.
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- Monitoring DC Plan Fund Menus Important for Participant Outcomes
- The Future Open-MEP Market
- Will employer DC plans finally provide lifetime income? ; America’s retirement system is a mess. This new legislation can help
- EPCRS Expansion Good News for Plan Sponsors, Practitioners ; Council Recommends Reissuance of Retirement Plan Fidelity Bond Rules
- Vanderbilt to settle ERISA fiduciary suit for $14.5 million ; BTG International Subject to ERISA Revenue Sharing Suit
- As industry spends millions on lobbying, Congress moves on retirement legislation
- The drawback of Richard Thaler’s 401(k)-Social Security idea? Social Security itself
- Employees Rely on Employers for Financial Advice
- Will employer DC plans finally provide lifetime income? ; DOL Receives Recommendations for Lifetime Income in DC Plans
- District Judge Says ERISA Doesn’t Pre-Empt CalSavers Retirement Plan
- Workers Can Depose Yale’s President In ERISA Suit ; Frontier Communications Fights Suit Over Verizon Stock in 401(k) ; Revenue-Sharing Targeted in New Excessive Fee Suit
- Congress’s tweaks to the 401(k) system are small ball, but welcome ; 16 Retirement Plan Provisions in the SECURE Act (Simplified)
- DOL: 401k Plan Fiduciaries MUST Find Missing Participants
- Pennsylvania eyes retirement-savings plan for its portfolio
- Consistency, Protection Trump Outperforming the Market
- ‘Modern Tontine Theorists’ Have Ideas for Retirement Savings Decumulation ; Current Legislation Missing the Mark on Annuity Safe Harbor
- Fee Transparency Core To RIAs Delivering Better Outcomes With 401(k) Plans
- These are the federal and state rules that will most impact 401(k) advisers
- US Employers Stepping Up Student Loan Assistance Programs
- Department of Labor investigating hedge fund’s handling of retirement plan assets ; Trustees settle multiemployer DC plan lawsuit for $8.75 million
- More 401(k) recordkeeper M&As coming despite ‘spotty’ history of capturing efficiencies
- Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting says SEC investigation has ended
- Trump executive order brings scrutiny to environmentally conscious 401(k) investments
- IRS issues guidance on excise tax on executive compensation of tax-exempt entities
- Court Denies Summary Judgement in SafeWay ERISA Lawsuits ; 5th Circ. Says Ex-Wife, Not Widow, Gets Dead Man’s 401(k)
- Pennsylvania Seeks to Strengthen State Retirement Systems
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Jeffrey H. Snyder currently serves as Founder and Creator of The Morning Pulse, Inc. Considered an “industry insider”, thought-leader and an independent voice, he has appeared in both television and print discussing the issues related to retirement and the capital markets. He also is the creator, producer and host of the The Weekly Pulse podcast and TV show, as well as the original series Roads2Retirement.
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Founded in 2012, The Morning Pulse, Inc. is an award-winning digital technology, media company and consulting firm focused on aggregating, organizing and delivering retirement and financial services industry information daily and weekly. Over 300,000 industry professionals, private and public sector executives and government officials have come to trust The Morning Pulse for timely delivery of important and relevant news and content.