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.
Advisors Divided on Impact of DOL Fiduciary Proposal
Advisors are all over the place with their views of the DOL fiduciary rule and its potential impact.…
Multiple Employer Retirement Plans – Needed or Nonsense?
As we all know, the employee workforce is increasing complicated. The so-called organizational man (now person), an individual…
World Bank Pension Problem Illustrates Difficulty of SRI Investing
In a lengthy expose, Reuters reports that the World Bank indirectly invests part of its $18.8 billion staff…
Morningstar Study Shows Investors Are Choosing Low-Cost Fund Options
Investors are cheap—at least that what Morningstar found in its latest study of the always controversial low-cost index…
What Top RIAs Do Right With Marketing
Could spending 1 percent more on marketing and business development yield 20 percent growth in revenue?Marketing means growth—no…
Large Percentage of Workers Not Saving for Retirement: Edward Jones
What’s depressing for some should be sheer joy for retirement plan advisors in the 401(k) space due to…
MassMutual Announces Major DCIO Initiative
MassMutual Retirement Services is launching a new sales and operations team to “more aggressively compete in the defined…
John Hancock Buys New York Life’s Retirement Plan Services
Manulife announced that its U.S. Division, John Hancock Financial, has successfully completed its acquisition of New York Life’s…
Shock Poll: Even the Affluent are Worried about Retirement
Sorry kids, but leaving a legacy for heirs doesn’t rank as high as it once did, even for…
Target Date Fund Trends: AUM Rise, Fees Fall in Latest BrightScope Report
For a product that stumbled out of the gate, the target date fund certainly recovered, and then some.…