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Maximizing retirement choices and options
The toolkit helps you assess if your clients are taking advantage of all of the available retirement vehicles to maximize their savings and income potential. Consider this part of your holistic financial planning process to help investors save more efficiently.
Reducing taxes through employer stock and net unrealized appreciation strategies
Help clients determine if they should withdraw company stock from their 401(k) plan as part of a potential tax-savings strategy associated with the net unrealized appreciation in the stock.
Managing risk for business owners
Help business owners implement ERISA-compliant strategies to manage their fiduciary risk when sponsoring 401(k) and other defined contribution plans.
Maintaining retirement plan documents
Help ensure business owners meet best practices for their workplace retirement plans by updating the plan documents annually to comply with federal laws.
Writing investment policy statements
Offers business owners tips to write an effective investment policy statement (IPS) — something increasingly recognized as a tool to demonstrate they’re following a prudent process when selecting, monitoring and replacing investments in their workplace retirement plans.
Making QDIA selections
Instruct business owners on the guidelines for selecting qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) in their retirement plans to ensure compliance and reduce risk.
Evaluating fee disclosures
Help business owners evaluate whether or not their workplace retirement plan fees are reasonable to ensure they’re meeting cost criteria as defined by regulatory agencies.
Protecting plan sponsors from liability
Help business owners meet the compliance measures required by 404c of ERISA to help them avoid liability for their workplace retirement.
Completing an annual beneficiary audit
Help your clients review annual changes - marriage, birth of a child or grandchild, divorce, remarriage or death of a spouse - to ensure their retirement and investment assets avoid probate and pass to the heirs of choice.
Accumulating Roth IRA assets tax-efficiently
Learn how to determine if a Roth IRA conversion is a good fit for your clients and complete a conversion to a Roth IRA in a tax-efficient manner.
Using a Health Savings Account (HSA) as a retirement vehicle
Help high-net-worth investors who are maximizing contributions in their employer-sponsored retirement plans use an HSA to generate tax-free health care distributions or tax-deferred retirement income.
Our ERISA specialists field questions from retirement specialists every day about how to help clients navigate today’s complexities and regulations.1 Our Advisor Q&A Series is your window into those conversations. Log in or register to access locked content.
Explore collective insights from our thought leaders, portfolio managers and industry experts on better ways to evaluate investments, structure retirement plans and navigate today’s financial landscape.
1Resource Desk is staffed by the Retirement Learning Center, LLC, a third-party industry consultant that is not affiliated with Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Any information provided is for informational purposes only. Please consult a tax advisor or attorney for specific tax or legal needs.
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