Jared Porter is Chief Market Strategy Officer and Co-Founder at 401GO, a vertically integrated retirement platform serving financial advisors, HCM providers, and small businesses nationwide. Vertical integration means 401GO owns and operates its core recordkeeping, administration, and compliance infrastructure in a single connected system rather than outsourcing those functions to separate vendors.
The Retirement Industry’s Infrastructure Is the Problem
In this op-ed, 401GO’s Jared Porter argues the retirement industry’s biggest challenge isn’t plan design or pricing—but the fragmented infrastructure underlying how plans are built, administered, and connected