Compliance | February 5th, 2024 PBGC Files Petition Seeking Documents California DB Plan Failed to Deliver The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has escalated legal proceedings against a pension plan sponsor that allegedly stopped paying insurance premiums,...
Compliance | January 2nd, 2024 IRS Clarifies SECURE 2.0 Cash Balance Backloading Test Changes The IRS says that the balance and accrual rate for a participant cannot be reduced when adopting a new variable...
Benefits | December 1st, 2023 Will IBM Resurrection of Cash Balance Plan Cause a Ripple Effect? With more plan sponsors maintaining overfunded pension plans, some analysts argue that reopening a defined benefit plan, as IBM plans...
Benefits | November 20th, 2023 Analysts Agree IBM Pension Thaw Benefits Both Participants and Plan Sponsor IBM’s decision to unfreeze its pension is a ‘strong endorsement’ of plan sponsors operating parallel defined contribution and defined benefit...
Benefits | November 16th, 2023 The Factors at Play in IBM’s Shift to a Cash Balance Plan Reviewed IBM’s move away from the 401(k) match leads industry experts to evaluate the shortcomings of defined contribution plans in providing...
Benefits | November 3rd, 2023 IBM Plans to End 5% Employer Matching in 401(k) Plan The American multinational technology company is pulling its traditional 401(k) company match in favor of a company retirement account contribution...
Benefits | April 26th, 2023 October Three’s New Plan Design Includes Guaranteed Lifetime Income The consulting firm announced the launch of its new retirement solution, O3 Prime, which offers a 401(k) account in tandem...
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.
Data and Research | August 24th, 2018 Cash Balance Plans Particularly Appealing to Small Businesses Kravitz research found that 92% of cash balance plans are in firms with fewer than 100 employees.
Administration | June 29th, 2018 Interest Crediting Rate Used Key to Cash Balance Plan Outcomes “Plan sponsors that have adopted or moved to market return design structures have reduced or eliminated market and cost volatility...
Compliance | June 11th, 2018 Appellate Court Rejects Bank of America Participants’ Claim for More Relief Noting that the bank already made restitution to the participants under an IRS closing agreement, the 4th Circuit agreed with...