Tag: MEPs

Plan sponsors can anticipate additional guidance and legislation on a number of retirement plan issues.

Eighty percent of American workers surveyed said they would like to hear congressional candidates discuss retirement security.  

The Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities announced a partnership with Transamerica to create a 403(b) multiple employer retirement...

The goal is to reduce fees and administrative burdens for plan sponsors while providing better services for plan participants.

A blueprint from the Insured Retirement Institute offers a guide for its dialogue with Congress and the Administration about improving...

The bill would facilitate lifetime income disclosure, clarify the current annuity selection safe harbor and expand access to multiple employer...

Many providers have supported the moves by the House and Senate to effectively slow the creation of state- and city-run...

LIMRA finds reactions were “mixed” among small-business owners regarding Connecticut’s forthcoming program offering state-administered retirement planning to private-sector employees. 

The WTIA's partnership with Empower Retirement enables employers to offload virtually all administrative tasks.

The bill also would provide a fiduciary safe harbor for selection of lifetime income solution providers.

The plan helps private colleges and universities simplify plan administration, manage fiduciary responsibilities, take advantage of expert plan management, and...

Witnesses speaking during a Senate subcommittee hearing expressed the benefits of allowing open multiple employer plans for small businesses and...

While initiatives to expand retirement access get support, the DOL’s conflict of interest rule and the ACA’s Cadillac tax do...

The newly emerged text of President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed funding over...

The administration would like to enable employers to more readily access an open MEP, such as those from different sectors...

ERISA attorney David Levine discusses the challenges for, and potential positive outcomes from, DOL guidance about state-run retirement plans for...

In a conversation with PLANSPONSOR, Russell Investments’ chief research strategist suggests momentum is building for “open” multiple employer plan expansion.

Two-thirds of plan sponsors say the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act will be somewhat, very or extremely impactful.

A new report from Prudential analyzes the U.S. retirement savings gap and recommends legislative action to expand use of multiple...

The 2014 ERISA Advisory Council made several recommendations to the Department of Labor (DOL) related to outsourcing employee benefit plan...