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The Wealth Advisor is today’s most relied-on source of news and education for planners and advisors. We scan the news so you don’t have to, sending you what you don’t want to miss…but don’t always have time to find yourself without poring through dozens of publications. The Wealth Advisor sends you a handy once-a-week list of the most important news, hand-picked by our staff for its importance to investment advisors and their practices.

The Roth 401(k) Dilemma: Tax-Exempt But Tax Inefficient

(Natixis) The Roth 401(k) is held in high regard among financial advisors as a powerful investment account to shelter retirement assets from future taxation. But it has a problem: The inability to specify a different asset allocation for the Roth 401(k) from the pretax 401(k) makes these tax-exempt accounts less efficient than they appear.

In this article, I’ll explain the importance of asset location and tax diversification, show how the Roth 401(k) underperforms the optimal structure, and offer some ideas on how to work around it for a more tax-efficient portfolio.

The Wealth Advisor Unveils 2025 America’s Best TAMPs Guide

The Wealth Advisor has released its comprehensive 2025 America’s Best TAMPs guide, revealing a watershed moment for the TAMPS industry. With advisor adoption surging to 45%—up from just 10% a decade ago–-the outsourced portfolio solution model is rapidly shifting from innovation to industry standard.