Veteran financial services industry journalist Brian Anderson joined 401(k) Specialist as Managing Editor in January 2019. He has led editorial content for a variety of well-known properties including Insurance Forums, Life Insurance Selling, National Underwriter Life & Health, and Senior Market Advisor. He has always maintained a focus on providing readers with timely, useful information intended to help them build their business.
Biden Trumpets Final Rule to Rescue Troubled Union Pensions
Final rule for the Special Financial Assistance Program, an initiative of the American Rescue Plan, provides funding to improve the solvency of multiemployer pensions
Winning Scores Decline, But Top Broker-Dealers Hold Spots in Advisor Satisfaction Survey
Wealth management firms need advisors as brand evangelists to attract new talent, J.D. Power’s latest U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study finds
TSP Participants Flock to G Fund Amid Stock Market Declines
Conservative government bond fund is only Thrift Savings Plan portfolio to finish first half of 2022 in the black, but will those transferring from index-based funds miss out on a potential rebound as has happened before?
TSP Recordkeeper Transition Off to Rocky Start
Long-planned major upgrade to old legacy system stumbles out of the gate with extremely long call center wait times
Education Costs Leading Reason Young Investors Dip Into Retirement Savings
E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley Study finds Millennial and Gen Z investors cite education costs as one of the top barriers to retirement
Smiling All the Way to the Bank: Happy ‘Bobby Bonilla Day’
Unofficial July 1 “holiday” celebrates former baseball slugger’s historically great retirement deal
Groups Call on Biden to Further Extend Student Loan Repayment Pause
176 organizations representing students, workers, people of color, and faith communities say people with student debt cannot be required to make payments toward loans the President promised to cancel
Value of Teacher Pension Benefits at Modern Low Point
New report finds state governments have cut the value of pension benefits offered to new K-12 teachers by 13% from a high point in 2005
You Won’t Believe the Size of This 2023 Social Security COLA Estimate
With high inflation, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget forecasts a range for next year’s Social Security cost of living adjustment that tops out in double digits
Workforce Retirement Outlook Takes Pandemic Hit
New research from Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies addresses pandemic-related setbacks and the need to strengthen the U.S. retirement system