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.
Coal Miners Get the 401(k) Shaft
A perennial employee fear is that 401(k) deferrals will fail to be deposited in a timely fashion (if…
401(k) Fail: How Well Do You Score on the Following Quiz?
More than half of employees failed a recent retirement plan knowledge quiz. How well would your clients do?…
Major State-Sponsored Retirement Plan Launched
CalSavers, California’s automatically enrolled, state-run retirement plan meant to help over seven million Californians without access to a…
Simplifying 401(k) Fiduciary Processes and Procedures
Fee-based 401(k) advisors continue their march in the defined contribution space, and BidMoni wants to give ‘em a…
Do Target-Date Funds Encourage Riskier 401k Allocation Decisions?
What effect do target-date funds have on 401k plan participants’ asset allocation? Aside from “set it and forget…
July Top Advisor by Participant Outcomes (TAPO)—Kathleen Kelly
What Gets Measured, Gets Done Empowerment, empathy and effectiveness—three “E” words that were immediately apparent when speaking with…
Gen X Families Seriously Lag Previous Generations in Financial Wellness
Reality really does bite. A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute highlights Generation X financial challenges,…
How We Simply ‘Fell Into’ 401(k)s
Kent Conrad doesn’t think much of the current retirement system, and believes “we’ve sort of fallen into” 401(k)s…
Ability to ‘Drive Action’ Critical to 401k Financial Wellness Success
Education is good, behavior better. 401k plan participants can have all the information they want, but if they…
Reg BI Bedlam: House Denies SEC Enforcement Funding
A last-minute amendment from Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, attached to a routine appropriations bill, passed the full House…