The IAdvisor 529 Plan is a customizable, multi-manager plan with flexible pricing that can help you grow your business in a growing segment of the market.
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A Growth Opportunity
- Cost continues to be a significant factor as families narrow the list of colleges under consideration, according to “How America Pays for College.” Sallie Mae, 2025
- Savers continue to leverage vehicles that do not maximize education savings potential. In 2024, the education savings market had more than $2.2 trillion in assets, however, only 23% of those assets were saved in a 529 plan.1
- With student loan debt reaching over $1.8 trillion2, it is important to find an opportunity for your clients to save
Business-Building Tools
- College Funding Planner - Translate clients' college savings needs into a manageable number using a database of over 3,500 colleges that takes into account financial aid/loans, multiple children and customizable “what if” scenarios
- Gift Certificates - Provide to clients to acknowledge birthdays, holidays, graduation gifts or as part of year-end tax planning
- Literature - Use our materials to explain the value of 529s and make it easy for clients to invest
Plan Flexibility
- Contributions as low as $50 a month or $25 a pay period per investment option through automatic investing
- Maximums as high as $505,000 per beneficiary
- Clients can elect an accelerated gift of up to $95,000 in a single year ($190,000 if married, filing jointly) and treat it as if it was made over a five-year period3
- The account owner maintains control of the assets including the ability to change the beneficiary to another family member4
- Parents can control assets
Investment Flexibility
- Age-Based Option that automatically gets more conservative as child approaches college age
- Four static static-allocation options
- Create your own portfolios from 11 single fund options
1 Source: 529 Industry Analysis 2015 & 2025 by ISS Market Intelligence
2 U.S. Federal Reserve October 2025 Consumer Credit Report G.19, Released December 5, 2025
3 In the event the contributor does not survive the five-year period, a pro-rated amount will revert back to the contributor’s taxable estate.
4 Please see the Program Description for definition of a “family member.”