About Us

GGA Retirement was established to address structural issues in defined benefit
retirement plans that lead to significant financial and operational risks for
employers and sub-optimal outcomes for employees. We are a division of Granite
Group Advisors, a wealth management firm founded in 2003 by executives with
more than 25 years of experience at leading financial organizations.
As an independent, partner-owned firm, we apply our deep experience in
retirement plans and wealth management to resolve issues in defined benefit plans,
including:

About Us

GGA Retirement was established to address structural issues in defined benefit
retirement plans that lead to significant financial and operational risks for
employers and sub-optimal outcomes for employees. We are a division of Granite
Group Advisors, a wealth management firm founded in 2003 by executives with
more than 25 years of experience at leading financial organizations.
As an independent, partner-owned firm, we apply our deep experience in
retirement plans and wealth management to resolve issues in defined benefit plans,
including:

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4 days ago
3 min

Don’t Panic. You’ve Still Got Retirement Plan Options

According to the Wall Street Journal, a likely wave of companies will suspend or reduce matching contributions to employee 401Ks to save cash as the fallout ...

Mar 24
4 min

Protecting Your 401K in a Market Downturn?

For anyone with money in the stock market the last month has been harrowing to say the least

Feb 10
1 min

The SECURE Act, MEPs, PEPs — What Do They All Mean?

In a recent podcast hosted by Chuck Hammond of the 401k Study Group, Lyle Himebaugh of Granite Group Advisors outlines a road map for advisors to stay ahead ...

Nov 1, 2019
2 min

Is it folly to predict a recession?

Published in Worth, Edition 4, 2019 The old rule of thumb is that a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. However, the National Burea...

Jun 18, 2019
1 min

ERISA 3(38) and 3(21)—What’s the Difference?

recently published in 401K Specialist While involving a 3(38) ERISA manager means the sponsor and advisor can outsource their fiduciary responsibility, there...

May 29, 2019
1 min

A story of Granite's due diligence

See part of Lyle's interview with Worth Magazine

Apr 3, 2019
1 min

The 401k conference is coming to Atlanta’s Sun Trust Park.

Attend and learn about the latest trends and products in the industry. Granite Group Advisors will be speaking about what to look for to win a new retirement...

Mar 27, 2019
1 min

General Atlantic CEO on Investing

Click here to watch the Bloomberg appearance of Bill Ford, the General Atlantic CEO. Granite Group is the proud investment fiduciary to the General Atlantic...

Mar 26, 2019
1 min

How do we assess the Federal Reserve and recent economic slowdowns?

See below for Rich Zipkis' conversation with Worth Magazine.

Mar 13, 2019
2 min

How do we assess the Federal Reserve and recent economic slowdowns?

Recently published in Worth, Edition 1, 2019 As we are studying the cycles of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, a most interesting statistic crossed our...

Mar 4, 2019
1 min

For Advisors who want to increase their business

According to the 2018 Fidelity Outsourcing trends, 81% of the advisors who outsource experienced higher growth than firms who do not. Assets Under Management...

Jan 28, 2019
2 min

How do we fix our Trade Imbalance?

Recently, there has been plenty of discussion about President Trump’s policy of putting tariffs on many of the imported goods coming from China, Europe, Cana...

Jan 15, 2019
1 min

Managed Money

There are target date funds, allocation funds and managed models that are offered as choices inside 401k plans. The question is which is the right path for y...

Dec 6, 2018
1 min

Market Commentary 12/06/2018

Granite Group has always indicated that investors should follow what the Federal Reserve does and not pay too much attention to the political rhetoric coming...

Oct 31, 2018
3 min

5 Things That (Should) Scare Plan Fiduciaries

This is a recent article on Napa-net.org, written by Nevin E. Adams, JD •10/30/18 Halloween is the time of year when one’s thoughts turn to trick-or-treat, ...

Sep 27, 2018
1 min

Interest rates have gone up, now what?

In 2017 , Granite Group wrote several pieces on the effect of higher interest rates on bonds. Investors have just witnessed the third interest rate hike in 2...

Aug 24, 2018
3 min

What do rising interest rates mean in the current financial climate of “easy money”?

Our latest article in Worth Magazine In 2008 we entered into what is now called the Great Recession. Massive job loss, shrinking economies, collapsing market...

Jun 8, 2018
2 min

Fiduciary Risk to the C-Suite!

Granite Insight The last few years have been tumultuous when it comes to the fiduciary responsibility in a retirement plan. There have been a multitude of law...

Apr 19, 2018
2 min

Our latest article for Worth Magazine

Taxes, taxes and more taxes: Is that the answer? At the time of this writing, we still have not seen a tax bill sent to the president for signing. Instead, w...

Apr 19, 2018
2 min

Make Investing Easy

Investment Education and Financial Wellness Employers need to provide an education when it comes to their employees retirement investments. Financial Wellnes...