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Organizers and attendees of the 35th NTSA Summit honored the 2024 NTSA Elite Advisors in San Diego on Monday. Since the Awards’ 2014 inception, 44 NTSA financial advisors have been recognized with this achievement.
This year’s Elite Advisors are:
Larry Poole, CRES, Robinson and Associates,...
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Are recession fears overblown? Shashi Mehrotra, the Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Strategist at Lincoln Investment, thinks so and came armed with historical data to prove it at a Feb. 26 session of the 2024 NTSA Summit in San Diego, "The Financial Landscape Ahead: AI, Recessions, and...
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“In a study of financial services executives, the more adaptable the individual, the greater their effectiveness is shown by revenue and sales growth. It’s no surprise that, in a constantly changing world, the data shows adaptability is an asset in leadership. It’s also at the heart of innovation...
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Is your approach to retirement planning truly client-centered? That's the (big) question presented during an interactive session on Feb. 26 at the 2024 NTSA Summit in San Diego, where it challenged audience members to rethink and refine their strategies actively.
Speakers Kevin McAtamney, National...
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Long-term, part-time employees (LTPTE) is a high-profile SECURE 2.0 provision sparking client curiosity and generating intense interest. It was also the subject of a Feb. 26 general session at the 35th Annual NTSA Summit in San Diego.
Moderator Maggie Younis, National Director of Retirement Plan...
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“How do you wake up Lady Gaga? Poker Face.”
With that groan-inducing dad joke, the 35th Annual NTSA Summit, hosted by the National Tax-Deferred Savings Association, kicked off on Sunday in San Diego, Calif.
The opening general session, Legislative Landscapes: Federal & State Legislative...
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At the 2024 NTSA Summit on Monday, the organization honored Tamara Indianer with the 2024 Bob D. Schiller Award for her nearly three decades of dedication to financial planning, with a particular focus on the retirement sector. Indianer, who has dedicated 24 years to Lincoln Investment, is...
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At the 2024 NTSA Summit on Sunday, Kris Coffey was honored with the 2024 Richard Ford Volunteer Service Award, recognizing her unwavering dedication and substantial contributions to NTSA and community initiatives.
Nathan Glassey, NTSA's Executive Director, highlighted Coffey's instrumental...
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Episode 1
Listen to the first episode of Wowcast 2.0, which features Randy Aranowitz and NTSA Executive Director Nate Glassey. They talk all things NTSA, and Glassey describes his role and responsibilities as Executive Director, as well as the challenges and opportunities conference planning...
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Amid the recent attacks on the 401(k) savings system, the key Senate committee with jurisdiction over ERISA plans to hold a hearing next week to examine what it describes as “confronting the retirement crisis facing working class Americans.”
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP...
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Wowcasts, a series of enlightening discussions with members from both NTSA and ARA, offering an insider's perspective on the intricacies of practice management, are back.
You can access Wowcast 2.0, as well as the rich repository of knowledge contained in the approximately 50 episodes of Wowcast 1...
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On Feb. 20, the American Retirement Association (ARA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that addressed technical issues affecting certain SECURE 2.0 provisions. It noted a few that are of particular relevance to retirement plan sponsors and advisors.
More specifically, the ARA...
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Working for the American worker’s retirement is extremely rewarding and non-stop. February has brought a lot of opportunities to educate in many different directions. From working on Capitol Hill in D.C. to testifying in Washington state, to meeting with individual state legislators in numerous...
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Greater longevity than in the past is a good thing, as is concurrent big picture improvement in finances, writes John Iekel in MarketBeat. He continues that nonetheless, periodic economic challenges do take place, which can spell trouble—especially for retirees who did not save enough.
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Tech Talk discusses the administrative fees 403(b) plan service providers charge.
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The New Mexico Senate is considering a request for a study regarding equalization of teachers’ pensions with those of public employees.
Sen. Mimi Stewart (D-Bernalillo), President Pro Tempore of the New Mexico Senate, on Jan. 18 introduced SM 4, a bill requesting that the Legislative Finance...
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Georgia may join sister states in establishing a state-run retirement plan to provide coverage for private-sector employees whose employers do not, if a measure now before the Senate is enacted.
Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R-52) introduced SB 477 on Feb. 9, 2024. It calls for the creation of the Peach...
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Coming slightly more than a month after its first hearing on the Department of Labor’s proposed investment advice fiduciary rule, a second subcommittee of the House of Representatives debated the merits of the proposal, with the battle lines drawn between the two parties.
The Feb. 15 hearing by...
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While the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recovered $1.435 billion in direct payment to plans, participants and beneficiaries in fiscal year 2023, that number has been trending downward for the past few years.
According to a fact sheet released by EBSA,...
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An expert panel recently suggested that the meaning of financial wellness is “amorphous” and “evolving,” writes John Iekel in MarketBeat.
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