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.
What 401(k) Advisors Need to Know About Capital Preservation Options
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ratified changes to Rule 2a-7, overseeing money market funds, initiating a…
What’s Just Over the Horizon in 401(k) Innovation?
This is a short interview titled “Innovation in 401(k) Retirement Planning – Rachel Weker,” published by 401(k) Specialist…
Why 401(k) Financial Wellness Works for Advisors, Sponsors and Clients
This video is titled “Financial Wellness for Advisors – Paul Mahan Commonwealth Financial Network” and features Paul Mahan…
Bad news for 401(k) Advisors and IRA Rollovers?
A constant question of late—how will the DOL’s fiduciary rule affect the IRA rollover? Will more occur? Less?…
Raymond James ‘Fails Fiduciary Responsibility,’ Named In Ski Resort Ponzi Scheme
Talk about a snow job. An investor in Jay Peak, a Vermont-ski-resort-turned-Ponzi-Scheme, has filed a class-action lawsuit in…
Despite Reform, Asset Managers Deliberately Confuse Clients
One step forward equals two steps back. While our colleague Terry Dunne argues in nearby pages that there’s much…
What We Can Learn from the Brits’ Retirement ‘Scheme’
The United States 401(k)-style defined contribution (DC) system is large by global standards, but most in the industry…
Do 401(k)s Create Income Inequality?
Income inequality, the term du-jour for pundits and politicians in an election year, can now be applied to…
The Fiduciary Rule’s Industry Ruin
How’s this for a compliance crock? See what marketing expert and author David Weinberger and ERISA expert Jason…
How to Make Employees Become 401(k) Participants: Behavioral Scientist
Too often, employees don’t seem to read and act on requests from HR and their retirement team. I…