Roundtable Talks

Who gets a say in the 401(k)?

Technology, trust, and the future of advice: An in-depth analysis with fintech, regulatory, and retirement experts

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Whose decision is it anyway?

Who gets to decide whether a saver can get advice on their retirement account from an advisor they trust and what frameworks govern that relationship? There are a lot of questions across the industry about how recordkeepers, permissions, fiduciary responsibility, cybersecurity, data, technology, and sometimes competing business models all play nice together. Here are expert answers.

"The law does not prohibit participants from choosing an outside advisor. The question is, how do we do it?"

“There’s a clear understanding that the consumer owns the data”

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"Retirement seems to have even more silos than a lot of other parts of consumers’ financial lives"

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"At what point does a business model concern override other things that we're trying to achieve, ways in which we're trying to help retirement savers? […] the bottom line to all of that is not letting any of those things get in the way of progress and being able to really deliver for retirement savers in the way we best can."

Lisa M. Gomez

Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security at U.S. Department of Labor

"At what point does a business model concern override other things that we're trying to achieve, ways in which we're trying to help retirement savers? […] the bottom line to all of that is not letting any of those things get in the way of progress and being able to really deliver for retirement savers in the way we best can."

Lisa M. Gomez

Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security at U.S. Department of Labor

Meet our panel of industry experts

Lisa M. Gomez

Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security at U.S. Department of Labor

Brian Anderson

Editor-in-Chief, 401(k) Specialist

Brian Vendig, CPA, AIF®

President and Chief Investment Officer, MJP Wealth Advisors

Penny Lee

President and CEO, Financial Technology Association (FTA)

Dan Murphy

Former CFPB Open Banking Program Manager; Founder, Sunset Park Advisory.

Ben White

Retirement Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy, Pontera

Who gets a say in the 401(k)?

Technology, trust, and the future of advice: An in-depth analysis with fintech, regulatory, and retirement experts

Whose decision is it anyway?

"The law does not prohibit participants from choosing an outside advisor. The question is, how do we do it?"

“There’s a clear understanding that the consumer owns the data”

"Retirement seems to have even more silos than a lot of other parts of consumers’ financial lives"

Have more questions? Watch the full webinar!

Have more questions? Watch the full webinar!

Meet our panel of industry experts

Lisa M. Gomez

Brian Anderson

Brian Vendig, CPA, AIF®

Penny Lee

Dan Murphy

Ben White

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