Here are five regulatory worries for those on the front lines: the professionals who devote their careers to helping improve the retirement prospects of others.
Basic Members
More sophisticated plan participants who can afford to hire their own adviser. They don’t ask more from the plan. They ask for less, in hopes of gaining more control over their own destiny. For a variety of reasons, this isn’t as easy as some participants would like it to be.
Just as these changes come bearing down, so, too, does a need for greater hand holding. Pressures within the provider industry, however, appear to be reducing the number of available hands.
This doesn’t mean you shoot haphazardly for the stars when you can have the moon. After all, you’ve got to know your limitations. Seeking unreachable goals will only make your retirement seem hollow and pointless.
When it comes to retirement anxiety, it’s best to set aside all those matters that fall outside your ability to manage. You can’t change everything. Focus instead on what you can change.
Therein lies the twist to this tale. Once you cross the threshold of retirement, the anxiety quickly melts away. How can this be?
Right now, those nearing or in retirement must confront the twin troubles of inflation and falling markets. One of these events, however, is worse than the other.
You probably need three to five to 10 videos for each one of those topics or personas that you have. You might have one topic that somebody who is in their early twenties versus their early fifties, is looking at very, very differently.
It’s been around for a while, but NetFlix et al have made ‘binge-watching’ a social norm. Is this habit about to trickle down into 401k education and financial literacy in general?
Today, more and more plan providers are thinking “inside the box,” trying to spice up employee meetings by throwing a good dose of entertainment in with the education.
