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.
Will the 401(k) Be Replaced?
Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economics at the New School for Social Research and outspoken critic of 401(k)s, joined…
401(k) Fiduciary Costs Double Current Estimates
Current government and financial industry reports peg the high-end annual cost estimate for the implementation of the Department…
Top 4 Priorities of 401(k) Plan Sponsors
What a plan wants, what a plan needs …one of the top priorities for large plan sponsors in…
Activists Hit Gun Makers in their 401(k)
Upset with lawmakers’ lack of interest or ability to pass stricter gun laws in the wake of a…
Do Fewer 401(k) Choices Mean Better Retirement Outcomes?
In this case, less really is more. A good faith effort by the Bush administration to offer customization…
Active vs. Passive: Who Won in 2015?
There’s little to celebrate this New Years for active fund managers who fell well short of index funds…
A 401(k) Fossil Fuel Fail
Cue the sad trombone. Maybe their SRI screens aren’t up to snuff. Like Taco Bell’s mystery “meat” and…
How to Satisfy 401(k) Participant Hunger for Education
Social media works, Grandpa, so use it. While many 401(k) advisors grumble about the time and supposed low…
Are Shoes the Secret to 401(k) Success?
Something to remember in your next education and enrollment meeting. Is there such thing as projecting too much success? Absolutely,…
USA Today Enters 401(k) Fiduciary Fray, Immediately Displays Ignorance: Opinion
Cooler heads will prevail (hopefully). USA Today seems to have missed the memo that pretty much everyone dislikes…