401(k) Specialist Issue 1, 2017
Features
401(k) FIDUCIARY: Make 401(k)s Great Again
Top Trump aide, advisor, consigliere (whatever) Anthony Scaramucci on the fiduciary rule, Elizabeth Warren, entrepreneurial success and failure and what it all means for 401(k) advisors.
401(k) PRACTICE: How to Put the Brakes on 401(k) Ambulance Chasers No longer about mega-firms with deep pockets, personal injury lawyers are getting in on the 401(k) litigation frenzy, flooding local TV stations with ads. Here’s what can be done.
401(k) INVESTMENTS: 401(k) Fiduciary Product Freak Out The on-again/off again questions surrounding the fiduciary rule’s implementation is enough to drive anyone nuts. Relax — here are the products likely to benefit under either scenario.
401(k) TOOLS AND RESOURCES: Marcia Wagner’s Hot-Button 401(k) Regulatory Risks We asked the high-profile ERISA expert about the legal and legislative issues she’s watching. She laughed, but then she graciously o ered to sound o on those most pressing.
401(k) CLIENT ACQUISITION: Top 10 Tips for More 401(k) Business Building a 401(k) practice is a di icult prospect. Staying atop the latest techniques is critically important, as is a healthy dose of the tried-and-true. Our roundup of top experts clues us in on what works, and what doesn’t.
Columns
401(k) Client Connection With more knowledge of their financial future, employees are o en relieved of financial stress, thus in the day-to-day, they can be more productive at their job. Fort Pitt Capital Group’s Nathan Boxx fills us in.
401(k) Advisor Voice In order to be a valued advisor to a sponsor or investment committee in the future, Cornerstone Capital Advisors’ Mario Giganti believes the advisor proposition must change. But how?
401(k) Investment Insight Dave Haviland, managing partner and portfolio manager with Beaumont Capital Management, applies Sir John Templeton’s famous quote about the investing environment to the 401(k) space.
401(k) Provider Perspective Under-participation by minorities in America’s 401(k) system is a significant economic disparity that requires creative solutions. Retirement Clearinghouse’s Tom Hawkins has one.
401(k) Close Ary Rosenbaum doesn’t blame inan- imate objects for human mistakes, and he won’t blame 401(k) plans for what people do—so there. He lists the reasons why 401(k)s work.
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With more than 20 years serving financial markets, John Sullivan is the former editor-in-chief of 401(k) Specialist and Investment Advisor magazine and retirement editor of ThinkAdvisor.com. Sullivan is also the former editor of Boomer Market Advisor and Bank Advisor magazines, and has a background in the insurance and investment industries in addition to his journalism roots. Experienced financial services content executive specializing in creative new media delivery. He joined the American Retirement Association in 2023 as Chief Content Officer, overseeing communications for the organization, as well as its sister organizations.
