Game Changers or (Just) Rearrangers?
In these extraordinary times, there’s a lot of change in the mix—and new legislative and regulatory developments that could be “game changers”—or perhaps not-so-much. Even in the most normal of times, it’s customary for businesses in evaluating future prospects to consider/identify elements under a “SWOT” analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities or threats—and the recent Summit Insider gave us a chance to see what is on advisor minds now—and for the days ahead. For this year’s Summit Insider, we asked respondents [i] to weigh in on how they saw various portents of change: as a game changer, for good or ill, something about which much ado had been made without justification (those that are mere “rearrangers”)—or was it simply too soon to say? Here’s what they thought about: 1. MEPs/PEPs (Multiple Employer Plans/Pooled Employer Plans) 40% - Too Soon to Say 38% - Positive Game Changer 20% - Much Ado About Not Much 12% - Negative Game C...