Compliance | October 31st, 2022 Washington Insiders Offer Timeline Update on SECURE 2.0 Comprehensive retirement reform is expected to pass this year and is intended to increase access to retirement accounts.
Compliance | October 26th, 2022 ERIC Calls for SECURE 2.0 To Pass This Year In addition to voicing its support, ERIC also offered recommendations and criticism on various provisions in the legislation.
Administration | October 20th, 2022 Annuities Gain Steam as Part of Target-Date Funds Cerulli retirement research shows consultants favor TDFs with guaranteed income for plan sponsors’ lifetime income options.
Benefits | October 12th, 2022 Aon PEP Passes Assets Milestone Aon has accumulated $1billion in plan assets and commitments since it launched the pooled employer plan.
Benefits | September 29th, 2022 Congressman Jim Himes Optimistic SECURE 2.0 Will Pass Himes tells the Investment Adviser Association of the bipartisan support for SECURE 2.0, and shares his views on sanctions.
Investing | September 15th, 2022 Wilmington Trust Launches CIT Onboarding Tool The tool for employer-sponsored plans seeks ‘democratization’ of the use of collective investment trusts.
Data and Research | September 14th, 2022 Social Security Fears Drive Early Benefit Claims Schroders finds that almost half of workers surveyed have no strategy to generate retirement income.
Products | August 26th, 2022 Dated Thinking May Be Holding Back Annuities Rising interest rates and increased market volatility could drive plan sponsors to take a fresh look at incorporating annuities.
Administration | August 2nd, 2022 IRS Updates Life Expectancy Tables for Retirees The tax and spending watchdog has changed the defined contribution account withdrawal rules for retirement plan participants.
Data and Research | July 26th, 2022 Mega DC Plans Nudge Workers to Increase Savings The 50 largest Northern Trust Asset Management plan sponsors are using auto-escalation to boost savings, but they are not focused...
Compliance | June 7th, 2022 Markup Scheduled for RISE & SHINE Act Retirement security organizations, a nonprofit and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have submitted comment letters on the discussion draft, which...
Compliance | May 27th, 2022 Senators to Propose Retirement Bill Tackling Emergency Savings Murray and Barr bill would address retirement and emergency savings.
Compliance | May 26th, 2022 Department of Labor Announces Final Form 5500 Changes The changes to Form 5500 for defined contribution and defined benefit plans are modest.
Data and Research | May 17th, 2022 Three in Four Small Businesses Don’t Offer a 401(k) Plan Lawmakers and states are making efforts to address the perceptions that some businesses are too small to offer a plan...
Data and Research | May 5th, 2022 Small Employers Are Showing Interest in PEPs Among plan sponsors with fewer than 100 workers, interest in pooled employer plans has begun to take shape.
Data and Research | May 2nd, 2022 Retirement Plan Appreciation Remains High However, survey data shows there are some areas where employers could improve their communication strategies to optimize plan utilization and...
Compliance | March 28th, 2022 Capitol Hill Puts Focus on Retirement Security Legislation The house will hold a committee hearing focused on improving Americans’ retirement savings and investing opportunities and vote on the...
Compliance | February 16th, 2022 Industry Support Voiced for LIFE Act’s Introduction in House Financial services companies and retirement plan industry advocacy groups are rallying behind the legislation, which would allow plan sponsors to...
Data and Research | January 20th, 2022 Plan Sponsors Expected to Bring Changes Benefiting Workers A higher salary might not be as effective to attract recruits as providing generous benefits, such as larger employer matching...
Compliance | January 7th, 2022 Finalized Form 5500 Changes Add Little to Plan Sponsors’ Responsibilities While plan sponsors will need to ensure the form contains accurate data, many of the proposed changes to the 2021...