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TIAA survey finds 53% of adults fear outliving savings
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Guardian survey finds 13% on track to save for the retirement they want
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TIAA survey: 53% of adults fear outliving savings more than underspending
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Fidelity files $451 million real estate debt fund; Northern Trust files $33 billion vehicle

The platform-scale filers arrived with numbers, while Värde and Barings filed credit vehicles with names and no stated size in the same 48 hours.
The Opening Balance

Tavarez, Barnett & Steen leave UBS for Frost Investment Services

The three-advisor liftout landed at a bank-owned brokerage in a week when Modern Wealth added 10 advisors and LPL pulled the Fowler team from Raymond James.
The Opening Balance

Captrust and LPL are buying whole practices now

Two seven-advisor teams landed at Captrust the same day, LPL pulled four advisors off Northwestern Mutual, and a $385 million book left Wells—moves that read better as practice acquisitions than recruiting.
The Opening Balance

Edelman hires recordkeeper product chief to own the rollover

Edelman's new retirement chief shows the 401(k) advice fight has moved from legal permissibility to distribution control.
MovesThe full wire →

Movement coverage returns with the next weekday edition.

The Wire
Mar 31Onur Erzan — AllianceBernstein L.P. → AllianceBernstein L.P.
Mar 31Onur Erzan — AllianceBernstein → AllianceBernstein
Mar 31Onur Erzan
Mar 30Seth Bernstein — AllianceBernstein L.P. → AllianceBernstein L.P.
Dec 31Zar Toolan — to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.
Dec 31Drew McMorrow — to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.
Policy & ERISAAll Policy & ERISA →

IRS proposes letting Treasury create 63.36 million Trump Accounts without parental election

Draft rules would replace the March proposal by letting the Treasury Secretary open accounts automatically, and the regulations do not say which data would identify eligible children.

Treasury moves to auto-open Trump Accounts for children with Social Security numbers

Treasury projects more than 60 million accounts will be added this year under temporary regulations that let the secretary open them on a child's behalf.

IRS Notice 2026-49 proposes standard forms for plan-to-plan rollovers

The proposal would supply four model forms and a five-step process, and 401(k) Specialist columnist Tom Hawkins calls it a constructive step.
Plans & SponsorsAll Plans & Sponsors →

Edward Jones plans 2027 release of AI workplace retirement plan tool

The firm is building the Retirement Plan Management Center with Aboon and RPAG, whose platform supports more than 120,000 plans, according to the announcement.

Goldman retirement survey ties second jobs to a drop in workers raising 401(k) savings

Almost a third of full-time workers say their job only just covers expenses, and the share who raised their retirement savings slipped to 39% from a year earlier.

Goldman survey finds share of respondents raising retirement savings falls to 39%

The share who reduced their savings rose to 14% from 8%, and on-track readings fell in all four generations.
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Earlier coverage
Income & Annuities

T. Rowe Price's Wyatt Lee says private credit is becoming a big piece of annuity holdings

Retirement Advisers

Edward Jones to launch AI-powered workplace retirement platform with Aboon and RPAG in 2027

Plans & Sponsors

Vanguard finds 26% of small plans auto-enroll, against 61% of large plans

Policy & ERISA

California's Proposition 42 would shield 401(k), pension and IRA assets from new personal-property taxes

Plans & Sponsors

Vanguard proxy voting choice passes 500,000 investors as nearly 80 plans sign on

Retirement Advisers

Asteri Collective names Sheri Fitts executive director as founder Ann Slotwinski retires

Retirement Advisers

Asteri Collective names Sheri Fitts executive director as Slotwinski retires

Policy & ERISA

Ron Wyden bill would double the Saver's Match to $2,000 a year

Policy & ERISA

SEC proposes to rescind adviser pay-to-play rule for government clients

Policy & ERISA

ERIC asks Treasury to make BNY the Trump Account clearinghouse for employers

Policy & ERISA

CBO's 26 percent cut is the planning number now

Policy & ERISA

Wagner to PBGC: price the sponsor's conduct, not its adviser's error

The Wrap

Vestwell staffs for disclosure; CITs get a distribution specialist

Investments

AllianceBernstein hands its CEO job to its distribution chief

Policy & ERISA

The U.S. retirement slide is now a healthcare problem

Retirement Advisers

NAPA's farewell address names four forces education can't answer

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