Compliance | January 26th, 2015 Post-Termination Plan Amendment Impermissibly Reduced Payments A federal appellate court has agreed with the PBGC that a retirement plan amendment adopted after the plan’s termination impermissibly...
Compliance | January 26th, 2015 President Obama Proposes Retirement Tax Reform President Obama's retirement tax reform plan would give 30 million additional workers the opportunity to save for retirement through their...
Data and Research | January 21st, 2015 Regulations, Work Force Changes Challenge Plan Sponsors Retirement plan sponsors surveyed repeatedly expressed frustration with regulatory complexity and concern about greater worker mobility.
Opinions | January 20th, 2015 Overcoming Benefit Reductions Helping Public School Employees Fill Retirement Savings Gap
Data and Research | January 15th, 2015 A New Landscape of TDFs in Retirement Plans About one in 10 plan sponsors replaced their target-date fund/balanced fund manager in 2014.
Administration | January 14th, 2015 Re-enrollment Keeps Micro Retirement Plans Ongoing Unlike established retirement plans with hundreds or thousands of participants, startup plans at small businesses are often at risk of...
Data and Research | January 8th, 2015 Research Supports Use of Auto Investing Solutions Recent research supports the argument against investors reacting to every market turn and for solutions that automatically rebalance portfolios.
Administration | December 29th, 2014 After-Tax Accounts As a Path to Roth IRAs for High Earners A new rule for retirement plan distributions makes way for high earners to get into Roth IRAs.
Administration | December 23rd, 2014 What to Look for in a Rollover Provider Ongoing fiduciary responsibility and spending money on former employees are two reasons to consider amending a plan to include automated...
Administration | December 18th, 2014 Targeted Education Quells Fears About Employee Retirement Savings Targeted messaging could alleviate some of retirement plan sponsors’ fears about employees’ retirement savings adequacy.
Products | December 16th, 2014 CLS Upgrades Open-Architecture Plan Platform CLS Investments, an investment adviser in Omaha, has upgraded its (k)Star program.
Data and Research | December 16th, 2014 Nonprofits Could Do More to Encourage Retirement Savings Despite concerns about their employees' ability to save enough for retirement, few nonprofit 403(b) plan sponsors use targeted education or...
Participants | December 15th, 2014 Tech Gets a Psych Assist to Drive Positive Behaviors Specialists in behavioral economics and plan participant technology pool their knowledge to motivate participants to take action.
Products | December 15th, 2014 DCIIA Offers Clarification of Longevity Annuity Rules The DCIIA has released a FAQ document about new regulations for qualifying longevity annuity contracts in retirement plans.
Data and Research | December 15th, 2014 Investors Want Some Control in Saving for Retirement More investors surveyed prefer a 401(k) over a pension, and they do not want to give up control of all...
Compliance | December 8th, 2014 IRS Issues 2014 Cumulative List, Extends DB Plan Approval Period The Cumulative List will primarily be used by single employer individually designed defined contribution plans and single employer individually designed...
Data and Research | December 8th, 2014 Most 401(k) Plan Sponsors Actively Engage in Plan Design Employers sponsoring 401(k) plans use a range of employer match formulas and offer a variety of investment choices with lower...
Data and Research | December 3rd, 2014 Plan Sponsors Increasing Encouragement to Save PSCA’s 57th Annual Survey shows plan sponsors are increasing efforts to encourage retirement savings among employees.
Data and Research | December 3rd, 2014 Retirement Plan Sponsors Place High Value on Match, Advisers Providing a matching contribution and access to an adviser were ranked by plan sponsors as the most important actions to...
Products | November 25th, 2014 Firm Offers Financial Wellness via Investment Menu Now available on more than 20 retirement plan platforms, the Edge Collective Fund Series brings financial wellness services to plan...