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Policy and Regulatory Commentary
COVID-19 Relief Packages Require Action
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What Plan Sponsors Need to Know About Changes to Their Retirement Plans and Paid Leave Programs.
Human Capital
Rate Swings Needn't Rattle Dividend Investors
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Fluctuating rates may impact other forms of income but dividend payments aren't likely to be affected.
Sustainable Investing
An Investor's Guide to Understanding Federated's Money Management
Overview of Federated's approach to managing money market funds, including process, philosophy and intensive credit analysis.
Manager & Investment Selection
Beware 'greenwashing'
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Increasingly, managers are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment process and beginning to actively engage with companies.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Is this the new normal?
Pyrford International provide a snapshot of the UK economy as it inches closer to Brexit.
Active/Passive Management
Finishing the task with all our players
In the search for alpha, yield-curve positioning, currency and security selection take center stage.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Federated's Re-election Dashboard
A series of economic indicators that have historically been predictive of re-election results.
Sustainable Investing
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs are a universal set of goals, targets and indicators for global development.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
It’s personal: The growing need for financial wellness programs
78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, 43% of student loan borrowers are not making payments and nearly half of all employees can’t cover a $400 emergency. In an effort to help employees understand and improve their personal financial health, many plan sponsors and their advisors are turning to workplace financial wellness programs. Phyllis Klein is a senior director at Captrust Financial Advisors, a firm that specializes in institutional advisory work. In this episode, Phyllis discusses the benefits and challenges of helping employers implement financial wellness programs for their employees.
Children & College Savings
College: the new 'debt sentence'
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At nearly $1.6 trillion, student debt is double the size of the Defense budget and is second only to mortgages on the list of the largest household liabilities.
Sustainable Investing
ESG shopping? Do your homework
A scarcity of disclosures is creating an information vacuum for ESG investors who rely only on off-the-shelf ratings.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Risk management: Life insurance
Talking about life insurance as part of a financial plan isn’t always easy, but it is important. What steps can you take to ensure these difficult conversations make it into your client’s financial plan?