Administration | February 2nd, 2026 How MEP, PEP Growth Influences Retirement Industry Roles As pooled plans become less niche, recordkeepers, advisers and TPAs have started working together more than ever before.
Benefits | February 2nd, 2026 Why 1 Law Firm Picked a PEP Illinois-based Prero & Morgenstern found value in a pooled employer plan that it never saw in the state-facilitated option.
Benefits | February 2nd, 2026 Strength in Numbers: Plan Sponsors Increasingly Open to Joining PEPs, MEPs Designed to help close the retirement plan coverage gap, the pooled options are drawing interest even from midsize and large...
Products | June 26th, 2025 Vestwell Launches PEP for Amazon’s Delivery Service Partner Program The company intends to bring retirement savings to the historically underserved group of workers.
Benefits | January 22nd, 2025 MEPs and PEPs Eligible for Plan Sponsor of the Year PLANSPONSOR is opening its Plan Sponsor of the Year awards to closed MEPs and to PEPs. Only the pooled plan...
Benefits | September 19th, 2024 New Gateway 401(k) Plan PEP Launches Vestwell, Commonwealth, FuturePlan partner to bring new pooled employer plan to market.
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...
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...
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 | 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...
Deals and People | February 23rd, 2023 Aon Builds PEP Business With Four New Positions Aon is betting on further pooled employer plan growth with added headcount.
Products | February 23rd, 2023 WTW Launches Its First Pooled Employer Plan Retirement advisory WTW launches LifeSight PEP with Transamerica as recordkeeper.
Products | February 10th, 2023 Morningstar and PAi Partner on ESG-Driven Pooled Employer Plan Recordkeeper PAi will run a PEP backed by Morningstar’s ESG overlay, with the firms citing the recent DOL ruling that...
Compliance | November 11th, 2022 DOL Clears Question over Plan Sponsor PEP Member Responsibility for Fidelity Bonds The department Labor replied with information for the SECURE Act amendments to ERISA that relate to the bonding requirements under...
Administration | April 27th, 2022 ABCs of RFPs for PEPs Questions to ask when selecting a pooled employer plan provider.
Products | December 1st, 2021 More Providers Offer Group Plan Solutions PRI and Waypoint have formed a new joint company called Group Plan Systems, while Franklin Templeton has selected a new...
Administration | July 26th, 2021 The Allure of PEPs for Current Plan Sponsors PEPs offer some advantages worth considering even if plan sponsors already have help and think their plans are running fine,...
Products | January 25th, 2021 Service Launches to Help Plan Sponsors Evaluate PEPs, PPPs PEP-RFP.com offers three levels of service, from access to a database about pooled plan providers and their pooled employer plans...