401(k) Specialist Podcast
401(k) Specialist’s new biweekly podcast series “The 401(k) Specialist Pod(k)ast” provides retirement and 401(k) advisors with tips and strategies to optimize their business and outperform for their clients. High-profile pundits and personalities engage in smart discussions of relevant topics to educate, inform and entertain listeners.
Podcasting since 2020 • 126 episodes
401(k) Specialist Podcast
Latest Episodes
Technology and the Small Plan Market with 401GO’s Sue Hardy and Cheryl Morrison Deutsch
Technology is transforming the small-plan retirement market—and fast. In this episode of the 401(k) Specialist Podcast, we sit down with Sue Hardy, Head of Plan Operations at Sandy, Utah-based 401GO, and Cheryl Morriso...
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Season 6
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Episode 126
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13:50
Private Markets and 401(k)s: Invesco’s Greg Jenkins on What Comes Next
Private markets are trying to make a move from the margins to the mainstream in workplace retirement plans—and the implications could be enormous. In this episode, we sit down with Greg Jenkins, CFA, Managing Director of Defined Contribution So...
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Season 6
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Episode 125
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10:11
Challenging Common Beliefs About Automated Plan Features with Principal Financial Group’s Marc Howell and Felix Okwaning
Automated plan features in 401(k)s such as auto-enrollment and auto-escalation have become essential tools for boosting employee participation and contribution levels.Marc Howell and Felix Okwaning, who are both Managing Directors—Enhanc...
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Season 6
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Episode 124
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23:20
Managing Market Value Adjustments with Lincoln Financial’s Bill McLaren
In this episode of the 401(k) Specialist Podcast, we dive into the complex world of Market Value Adjustments (MVAs)—what they are, when they’re triggered, how they’re calculated, and why they matter.Bill McLaren, Stable Value Bu...
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Season 6
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Episode 122
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9:35
Private Equity’s Potential to Help 401(k) Participants with Maura Reilly Kennedy and Michelle Rappa
Even with regulatory barriers to including alternative assets such as private equity in defined contribution plans being removed by the Trump administration, many advisors, plan sponsors and fiduciaries are understandably hesitant to jump in.
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Season 6
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Episode 123
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16:11
