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The Case for Real Assets: Staying Ahead of Inflation
Investors’ real rate of return = Nominal rate of return – Inflation rate. Learn about how inflation can affect your clients' real assets.
Business Development
Financial Knowledge, Investment Advice and Trading Discretion: New Research
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Head of Defined Contribution and Wealth Advisor Services Matt Sommer helped conduct a survey that explored the relationship between financial knowledge and the decision to seek investment advice and grant trading discretion. The results have significant implications for how financial professionals engage with clients.
Manager & Investment Selection
MONEYBALL INVESTING: THE REAL REASON SWINGING FOR THE FENCES IS BAD FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO
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One of the more iconic scenes in the movie, Moneyball, involves the baseball scouts discussing various players’ abilities. They note a player’s “classy” swing and then move on to his girlfriend’s looks for an assessment of his in-game proficiency. It’s both darkly humorous and a sly indictment of the flawed mechanics by which scouts judge players.
Regulatory Education
Presentation: Top DC Trends and Developments 4Q21
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Recap of 4Q21 highlights, insights about the plan participant retirement readiness, a summary of new and pending legislation, news from the DOL and other regulatory bodies, updates on ERISA cases and a brief synopsis of global retirement issues.
Business Development
Direct Indexing and Personalization at Scale—How Tech Provides the Way Forward
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Direct indexing and personalization used to be available only to ultra-high-net-worth investors, but technical advances and more widespread computing power are rapidly bringing those offerings to smaller investors.
Regulatory Education
2022 Financial Planning Limits and Tax Rate Schedules
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Addressing the complexities of financial planning can be difficult.To help, Janus Henderson has created a guide to assist with: 2022 Tax Rate Schedules Comprehensive Income Tax Exemptions and Deductions Social Security Planning Coverage and Limits Medicare, Health Care and Retirement Plan Limits Estate and Gift Tax Planning Amounts Education Credits and Deductions Investment Planning
Regulatory Education
Time for an IPS Refresh: Incorporating Emerging Trends into Your Plan Design
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To help plan sponsors better understand how to ensure their investment policy statement (IPS) is clear and current, we spoke with renowned ERISA attorney Hon. Brad Campbell about three areas where well-intentioned but unclear or outdated IPS language can create problems.