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.
401(k) Participants Flock to Multi-Asset Class Investment Approach
Between 2013 and 2015, the number of investors indicating they would use multi-asset class funds in the subsequent…
Problem: Millennials are Retirement Savers, Not Retirement Planners
Okay, so maybe they’re not so smart. Millennials might be better savers than their parents, but that doesn’t…
SEC Proposes New Liquidity Rules for Mutual Funds and ETFs
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted last week to propose a “comprehensive package” of rule reforms designed to…
401(k) Fees Disclosed in New Database, ‘Names Names’
Anything that increases fee transparency should be a good thing. Granted, they have a dog in the hunt,…
401(k) Participants Want to Save the World: Survey
“Hey, what about us?” It’s the strong message Calvert Investments received from participants in a recent survey about…
More Dems Object to Fiduciary Rule, DOL Begins to Care
The Obama Administration continues to get pushback from its own party over the potential impact the proposed fiduciary…
Should 401(k) Participants Add More International Allocations?
The lesson might be to add more international allocations to 401(k) plan offerings (or to retire abroad). The…
Good News and Bad in Morningstar Forecast
Given a strong consumer, slumping imports, and increased government spending, 2015 U.S. GDP growth could top Morningstar’s long-term…
Millennials Better Retirement Savers than Their Parents
The little, know-it-all snots seem to actually know it all, at least when it comes to millennials’ retirement…
Generational Scars: Gen X, Boomers Still Wary After 2008 Crash
Will boomers and Gen Xers be the new depression-era babies, destined to retain financial habits forged from the trauma…