Investing | February 9th, 2023 529 and ABLE Account Market Tops $410 Billion In Q4 2022 the number of tax-preferred education savings and prepaid accounts rose to more than 16 million.
Ask the Experts | February 7th, 2023 Can Participants Elect to Designate Employer Contributions as Roth or Pretax? Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
Ask the Experts | January 31st, 2023 Does the SECURE 2.0 Act Make 403(b) Plans More Like 401(k) Plans? Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
Compliance | January 30th, 2023 What Can Annuities Gain From Secure 2.0 Act? The law offers some minor changes, but some sections do result in increased availability and flexibility for annuities.
Compliance | January 25th, 2023 SECURE 2.0 Accidentally Dropped Catch-Ups, But Industry is On the Case Legislators seem to have dropped a section from the final version of SECURE 2.0 that nullifies catch-up contributions in retirement...
Benefits | January 25th, 2023 Delta Pilots Emergency Savings Program The airline has partnered with Fidelity Investments to run a program in which enrolled workers can earn up to $1,000...
Deals and People | January 25th, 2023 MFS Investment Management Hires SECURE 2.0 Expert as Retirement Strategist Industry research veteran Jeri Savage, previously at Goldman Sachs, joins to lead defined contribution plan efforts.
Ask the Experts | January 24th, 2023 How Does SECURE 2.0 Affect The Due Date for SECURE and CARES Act Plan Amendments? Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.
Compliance | January 20th, 2023 Rules for Sponsor Self-Correction Broadened by Both SECURE 2.0 and DOL Proposal The DOL made a proposal to expand the VFCP in November 2022, and SECURE 2.0 also made changes to IRS...
Compliance | January 19th, 2023 How SECURE 2.0 Can Help Small Businesses SECURE 2.0 has several provisions designed to increase retirement plan creation and participation by small businesses, in particular by offering...
Compliance | January 13th, 2023 Ibuprofen Stock Surges as Plan Sponsors Read New DB Plan Rules in SECURE SECURE 2.0 makes several regulatory and disclosure changes for DB plans.
Compliance | January 12th, 2023 SECURE 2.0 Reforms 529 and ABLE Accounts The reforms complement the student loan matching provision and make it easier to use ABLE and 529 accounts for college...
Compliance | January 10th, 2023 What Does SECURE 2.0 Do for RMDs and Catch-Up Contributions? The RMD change is straightforward, but the catch-up change, not as much.
Compliance | January 9th, 2023 Plan Creation in a Post-SECURE 2.0 World SECURE 2.0 creates new tax credits and requires automatic features that will shape plan creation going forward.
Compliance | January 6th, 2023 CITs a No-Go for 403(b) Accounts One of the original three bills of SECURE 2.0 did contain such a provision, but it was ultimately dropped.
Data and Research | January 4th, 2023 Employers Have Enhanced Well-Being Programs, Not Added Annuities Employers have embraced 401(k) plan benefits changes for 2023 but have avoided certain enhancements provided by the original SECURE Act.
Compliance | January 3rd, 2023 A Closer Look at the Emergency Savings Provisions in SECURE 2.0 What are some of the challenges in offering emergency savings benefits?
Compliance | January 3rd, 2023 What Does SECURE 2.0 Mean for Cash Balance Plans? SECURE 2.0 will make backloading easier and clarify the test process.
Compliance | December 30th, 2022 It’s Official: SECURE 2.0 Is the Law After many months of debate and concern that SECURE 2.0 might not pass, it has been signed into law by...
Compliance | December 29th, 2022 403(b) Plans Will Continue to Act More Like 401(k)s with SECURE 2.0 Changes Plan sponsors offering 403(b) plans may be able to operate them more like 401(k)s after SECURE 2.0, according to experts.