Investing | August 20th, 2024 Voya Financial Surpasses $100B in Multiple Employer Solutions Assets The firm saw a 15% increase in total assets, compared with the same period in 2023.
Deals and People | April 26th, 2024 Retirement Industry People Moves Voya Adds Two New MEP Roles; Congruent Creates Chief Revenue Officer Role; PCS Hires Kirtland to lead business development; and...
Products | April 11th, 2024 Product & Service Launches Lincoln Financial Group introduces side-by-side pooled employer retirement solutions; Alger expands high-conviction growth equity lineup; Fidelity launches three actively managed...
Benefits | April 1st, 2024 With Limited Resources, Managing 403(b) Plans in Higher Ed Brings Unique Challenges As higher education plan sponsors often work with small benefits staffs and oversee diverse pools of employees, administering a retirement...
Benefits | March 14th, 2024 In PEPs, Attaining Economy of Scale Is Critical, Sometimes Illusive While the pooled plan providers, sponsors of multiple employer plans, continue to see asset inflows, for sponsors, joining a PEP...
Benefits | March 1st, 2024 Can Multiple Employer Plans Help Close the Retirement Coverage Gap? Advertised as a more cost-efficient and less burdensome way for small employers to offer a retirement plan, pooled solutions may...
Benefits | March 1st, 2024 Into the Pool Representatives from two different companies explain the process by which their firms chose their respective multiple employer retirement solutions.
Products | February 22nd, 2024 Hub Launches New PEP for Small Employers The new pooled offering is designed for companies with fewer than 100 employees.
Investing | February 12th, 2024 Insurance Broker’s PEP Launches for Private Equity, Venture Portfolio Firms San Francisco-based Woodruff Sawyer enters the pooled employer plan market, seeking to attract startup plans through the firm’s private equity...
Products | February 1st, 2024 New PEP Made Available by Ascensus, American Funds The pooled employer plan is live from one of the country’s biggest PEP administrators alongside a leading TDF provider.
Benefits | December 14th, 2023 Institutional Advisory Division of KeyBank Launches PEP Institutional Advisory debuts 401(k) pooled employer plan, with Transamerica Corp. the recordkeeper and Pentegra the pooled plan administrator.
Benefits | November 28th, 2023 Aon PEP Hits $2B in Plan Assets The pooled employer plan was launched in 2021 and has doubled in assets in the past year.
Data and Research | November 21st, 2023 Pooled Plans Demonstrate Benefits for Higher Education Plan Sponsors Higher education plan sponsors cited lower costs and fewer administrative responsibilities as reasons to join a pooled retirement plan solution,...
Products | October 19th, 2023 Investment Product & Service Launches The Standard to roll out intellicents PEP; USAA introduces fixed-indexed annuity; SoFi Invest announces 1% IRA match; and more.
Compliance | August 11th, 2023 DOL Opens Public Comment on SECURE 2.0 Provisions EBSA will take feedback for 60 days on defined contribution reporting requirements, PEPs and emergency savings accounts.
Administration | July 28th, 2023 Voya Financial Launches 403(b) PEP Beginning August 1, Voya will bring what it is calling the very first pooled employer plan to employees of large...
Benefits | July 6th, 2023 Pace of New PEP Filings Slowing Observers expect consolidation as market matures and some slowing due to IRS clarification that expanded the scope of PEPs requiring...
Products | June 28th, 2023 Vestwell Announces Expansion of MEP and PEP Solutions In response to SECURE 2.0 permitting more flexibility for multiple and pooled employer plans, Vestwell is expanding its offerings for...
Administration | April 25th, 2023 Transamerica Signs On as Recordkeeper for Smart’s ‘Choice PEP’ Smart Retirement Solutions’ new pooled employer plan aims to create a 401(k) retirement solution for employers looking to reduce their...
Compliance | April 12th, 2023 Clarity From Regulators is Key for Success in SECURE 2.0 Era SECURE 2.0 brings opportunity, but also implementation, tracking and administrative questions, according to experts speaking on a PLANSPONSOR webinar.