14 Ways To Successfully Balance Spending And Saving In Your 30s

Private equity-backed hybrid RIA Trilogy Financial Services has hired a new top advisor recruiter.

The $4.3bn wealth manager has brought aboard Jason Inglis to serve as its chief development officer. Inglis, who started working at Irvine, Calif.-based Trilogy on Monday, will report to chief executive Jeff Motske.

‘They’re already successful and growing,’ Inglis said of Trilogy. ‘The thought is that I can come in and really help us speed up a little bit. It’s not a monumental lift. It really is being part of a team and really being in a position to compete. There’s a lot of private equity in there, there’s a lot of advisor movement, and you need scale to compete.’  Read More.

Over the past century, life expectancy in the United States has dramatically increased, a fact that has profoundly impacted the financial security experienced during our golden years.

After World War II, the first generation of retirees were generally expected to live less than a decade after leaving the workforce. Now, the average American is living to be about 78.8 years old, and as a result retirement can last anywhere from 20 to 30 years, with some people spending more time retired than they did working.

That sort of longevity is wreaking havoc on the best of financial plans, particularly when combined with the rising costs of some of life’s most significant expenses.

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