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.
Senate Passes Important Improvements to PPP Loan Program
The Senate passed a second try at the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to address concerns and unintended consequences…
EBSA Names Acting Assistant Secretary in Wake of Rutledge Departure
The Employee Benefits Security Administration has named Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson as Acting Assistant Secretary, replacing Preston Rutledge, who…
4 Reasons for Higher Retirement Savings Rates
Similar salaries don’t necessarily mean similar savings rates, a maddening quirk of human behavior EBRI and J.P Morgan…
June Top Advisor by Participant Outcomes (TAPO)—Jane Hagen
A Plan With a Purpose “IT’S TRULY MY mission in life to help one person at a time,…
Markets Rise Despite Protests, Pandemic
Stocks soar despite protests & COVID-19, fueled by optimism in manufacturing as economic contraction slows. Will the trend continue?
Schlichter Wins Again, University to Pay $16.75 Million
Famed fiduciary tort lawyer Jerry Schlichter has done it again—winning settlement concessions from Emory University. His firm, Schlichter…
Financial Planning Association Announces CEO Schadle’s Departure
The Financial Planning Association said today that its CEO and Executive Director Lauren Schadle will leave the organization,…
Intellicents Introduces ‘Corona Crash’ Retirement Savings Survival Kit
Call-center questions from plan sponsors and participants about all that’s happening caused intellicents to develop and bind their…
States Where People Need Loans Most Due to the Pandemic
PPP loans, 401(k) loans and the number of hardship loans just needed to get by—and whether to take…
CFP Board to Permanently Allow Disciplinary Hearings by Video
The traditional processes and procedures that will rebound as the economy opens—and those that will fall victim to…