While Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria investments that don’t sacrifice returns or hold greater investment risk are permitted in ERISA plans, a 2020 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rules modification established a higher bar for including ESG investments in a qualified plan and cast a cloud over ESG investment options.
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Lists of the “best places to retire” are ubiquitous. These lists make for great clickbait, but what tends to be overlooked is that “best” is a relative term. “Best” really depends upon what an individual prioritizes for his or her retirement. Recognizing that needs and desires will define where the “best place to retire” is, we’ve come up with some ideas based on two different priorities.
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Financial advisors now have a new arrow in their quiver for their small employer retirement plan business—the pooled employer plan (PEP). PEPs are designed to help small businesses offer retirement plans at a significantly lower administrative and expense burden.
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Baby Boomers have redefined the culture since the early 1960s, and so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they are redefining retirement. One of the ways they are doing this is through university-based retirement. In other words, Boomers are headed where educational and cultural opportunities abound—college towns.
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Is it smart to make energy stocks a part of a retiree’s income plan when the demand for oil is low, the end of the fossil fuel era many be nearing, and a new generation of ESG-oriented investors and portfolio managers avoid them?
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