Changing demographics and its effects on the retirement plan industry

“Americans will work into their 70s in the future to have the resources to retire” – Pew Research For the first time in the country’s…

Cybersecurity for the Retirement Plan industry

In October 2018, a woman from Danvers, Massachusetts, was unable to withdraw funds from her 401(k) account. Investigators later found out that a crime syndicate…

What Can AI Do for the Retirement Plan Industry?

“The ability of AI to improve predictive and prescriptive financial forecasting processes will change the world of finance management.” — Christopher Iervolino, Research Director at…

Blockchain: The disruptive technology that’s revolutionizing finance

“Leveraging blockchain can offer a significant leap forward in terms of productivity, something which financial services providers traditionally struggle to scale.” —Robert Crozier, Allianz Technology…

COVID19 Brief: IRS Notice on extensions of deadlines

The SPARK Institute, the leading voice in Washington for the retirement plan services industry, had written to Treasury and IRS on March 22 requesting that…

SPARK Hosts Call on COVID19’s Impact on Retirement Plan Outsourcing

SPARK held a call on March 31st for member companies to discuss the impact that measures to address COVID 19 in the US, in India,…

Plan and Prepare for Retirement, Start Now.

‘Retirement readiness’ refers to the state of being financially ready for retirement, and how much an individual is on target to meet his or her retirement-income goals, to maintain a comfortable standard of living.

Make financial wellness programs more valuable to users, quantify benefits to employers: Report

Financial wellness “sounds like a greater good upon which we can all agree” but, in practice, “earning the buy-in and support for these programs is…