Jack Towarnicky

Dr. Fear Factor: How 401k Fiduciaries Can Teach Participants To Stop Worrying And Love Volatility

Advisors do more than plot portfolios. They calm nerves, making them frontline warriors against volatility panic, turning “what if” into “we’ve got this.”

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Social Security Reform Requires A Dual-Track Approach for Retirees and Future Workers

Proposals focus on recalibrating the program’s benefit formulas and exploring new contribution models to secure future solvency. Proponents argue that modernizing these aspects will help the program adapt to longer life spans and changing economic conditions without sacrificing current commitments.

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Will Extending Tax Cuts Cost Retirement Savers?

Ironically, while some see lowering the savings limit as politically palatable because it impacts only a small segment of the population, that same fact reduces the effect of such a policy shift.

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How Johnson v. Parker-Hannifin Impacts Professional Fiduciaries And 401k Plan Sponsors

What’s one way 401k plan sponsors can ensure they establish a due diligence framework that can best reduce their fiduciary liability?

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Is Proposed Bill Easing 401k Participation Of Workers Under Age 21 Focusing On The Wrong Thing?

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Any focus on younger employees in terms of saving for retirement may all be for naught. For these often lower-paid workers, the higher contribution caps for 401k plans may not any practical benefit.

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The Impact Of New Fiduciary Rule On 401k Plan Sponsors

Here’s where the greatest controversy of the new Rule, as with its predecessors, comes to a head.

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Does The American Airlines ESG Fiduciary Case Suggest The End Of Active Management?

Since actively managed funds have lagged index funds, does this case put their continued use in ERISA plans at risk?

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Should The American Airlines ESG Fiduciary Case Be Dismissed?

On the face of it, American Airlines seemed to follow its documented process. So, what did the company do wrong?

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