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Administration
From Auto-IRAs to PEPs: How Small Employers Can Offer Retirement Savings
From Auto-IRAs to PEPs: How Small Employers Can Offer Retirement Savings
For some employers, offering a state-facilitated retirement plan is the best and easiest option, but for others, sponsoring their own plan or joining a PEP are more attractive.
Compliance
EBSA to Host Webinars on Health Plan Compliance, Retirement Planning
The Employee Benefits Security Administration announced upcoming webinars for employers, service providers and workers nearing retirement.
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Compliance
Retirement Industry Mostly Applauds ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Investing
Empower Responds to Warren, Urging Private Markets Inclusion in 401(k)s
Benefits
Defaulting Some DC Plan Assets Into Annuities Could Improve Income in Retirement
MARKET MIRROR
Tuesday, the Dow fell 626.15 points (1.51%) to close at 40,936.93, the Nasdaq fell 577.33 points (3.26%) to close at 17,136.30 and the S&P 500 fell 119.47 points (2.12%) to close at 5,528.93. The Russell 2000 fell 68.42 points (3.09%) to close at 2,149.21, and the FT Wilshire 5000 Index fell 1,244.32 points (2.20%) to close at 55,310.13.

The 10-year Treasury note increased 28/32, bringing the yield to 3.835%. The 30-year Treasury bond increased 1 24/32, bringing the yield to 4.122%.
Compliance
Salesforce Settles a Pair of 401(k) Excessive Fee Suits
The $1.3 million settlement pertains to litigation from 2020 and 2024 against the $5 billion retirement plan.
Ask the Experts
Is It a Good Time to Consider a Student-Loan Repayment Match?
Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
SMALL TALK
ON THIS DATE: In 1781, Spanish settlers laid claim to what became Los Angeles, now the second most populous U.S. city. In 1957, the Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel automobile, which was perhaps its most notable failure. In 1972, a revival of “The Price is Right” began airing with Bob Barker as host; it was a huge hit, becoming one of the longest-running game shows on American television. In 1981, singer, songwriter, dancer and businesswoman Beyoncé was born in Houston, Texas. In 1998, the American search company Google Inc. was formally established as founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page filed incorporation papers. In 2002, singer Kelly Clarkson became the first winner of the reality television series “American Idol.” In 2006, Australian wildlife conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin, who achieved worldwide fame as the host of “The Crocodile Hunter” TV series and related documentaries, was killed by a venomous bull stingray. In 2014, entertainer Joan Rivers—who first gained fame in the 1960s as a nightclub and television comic—died in New York City. In 2016, Mother Teresa, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace, was canonized by Pope Francis I.
Industry Intel Roundup—Thought Leadership
PLANSPONSOR is pleased to present the next edition of our Industry Intelligence roundup. This week, we are featuring content from thought leadership authorities. The content was created to educate, inform and offer ideas for plan sponsors regarding plan design, investing, administration and compliance.
SPONSORED BY: MassMutual
Implications of Demographic Shifts for Retirement Plan Sponsors

An expert from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company talks about the implications of shifting demographics in the U.S. and how plan sponsors can address them to provide better outcomes for participants.

SPONSORED BY: Transamerica
Helping Plan Sponsors Power Retirement Readiness for Middle America

A conversation with Transamerica leaders on evolving client needs, innovative solutions and the firm’s unwavering commitment to the retirement plan market.

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