Compliance | March 6th, 2025 PLANSPONSOR Roadmap Series: Special Considerations for 403(b) Plans 403(b) plan sponsors face unique challenges when complying with certain SECURE 2.0 provisions, such as long-term, part-time rules and joining...
Opinions | March 5th, 2025 Exploring Alternative Investment Vehicles in Employee-Sponsored Retirement Plans Options such as collective investment trusts and institutional separate accounts have gained traction in recent years.
Compliance | February 26th, 2025 House Financial Services Committee Seeks Feedback on 403(b) Access to CITs After a hearing on Wednesday, the committee seeks feedback on several legislative proposals, including one that would allow 403(b) plans...
Benefits | February 6th, 2025 Bills to Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans Reintroduced in House, Senate The Retirement Fairness for Charities and Education Institutions Act of 2025 was reintroduced by a bipartisan group of senators and...
Investing | November 26th, 2024 CIT Provider, Attorney Reps Press for 403(b) Access to CITs Great Gray trust and two law firms have sent letters to U.S. Senators pressing for them to pass a bill...
Administration | November 15th, 2024 Advocacy Groups Urge Senate Banking Committee to Reject CITs in 403(b)s Six investor advocacy groups wrote that allowing 403(b) plans to invest in collective investment trusts would put the ‘most vulnerable’...
Administration | September 25th, 2024 Senate Banking Committee Members Introduce Bill to Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans The bill is part of a push by retirement industry leaders to allow 403(b) plans to invest using the cheaper...
Investing | August 9th, 2024 CIT Target-Date Assets Surpass Mutual Funds for 1st Time June 2024 data from Morningstar show collective investment trust target-dates account for 50.5% of assets, surpassing mutual fund target-dates.
Administration | August 1st, 2024 Bill to Allow CITs in 403(b) Plans Introduced in Senate The introduction of the bill comes after a similar proposal was passed by the House of Representatives on March 8.
Investing | July 17th, 2024 Mutual Fund Fees in 401(k)s Show Multi-Decade Decline Fees for mutual funds in defined contribution plans have declined about 60% this century, according to a new ICI report,...
Investing | June 17th, 2024 CITs Continue to Dominate in DC Plans, But Limitations Remain Collective investment trusts are overtaking mutual funds in 401(k) plans, according to new research from Cerulli; however, barriers to adoption...
Compliance | June 14th, 2024 84 Lumber Co. Retirement Plan Sued for High-Fee Investments In-Plan A lawsuit against the Pennsylvania-based company has alleged the plan’s recordkeeper fees were higher –than average and that the plan...
Benefits | June 8th, 2024 PSNC 2024: Essential QDIA Considerations Plan sponsors may need additional time and processes to consider qualified default investment alternatives, as various TDFs, managed accounts and...
Compliance | May 7th, 2024 Salesforce Agrees to Settle ERISA Lawsuits San Francisco-based software company seeks a settlement in lawsuits that alleged the 401(k) plan charged participants excessive fees.
Investing | May 1st, 2024 DOL Rejects GAO Recommendation to Update TDF Guidance GAO reports that the DOL does not offer adequate guidance on how to interpret differences across TDFs.
Compliance | April 22nd, 2024 Amended Lawsuit Targets Hess Corp. The amended complaint against the Hess Corp. alleges Hess plan fiduciaries provided target-date mutual funds instead of collective investment trusts...
Data and Research | April 5th, 2024 Mutual Funds See First Net Inflows in More Than 2 Years Despite net inflows to mutual funds in February, reversing the long-term trend of outflows is unlikely, according to analysts.
Data and Research | April 1st, 2024 CIT Assets Expected to Surpass Mutual Fund Assets in TDFs in 2024, per Morningstar Target-date-fund collective investment trusts continue to accumulate assets, finds Morningstar in its target-date strategy landscape report.
Products | March 21st, 2024 Product and Service Launches TIAA Distributes Annuity to Empower DC plans; HSA Bank launches emergency savings accounts; Navia partnership launches custom 401(k) plans; and...
Administration | March 21st, 2024 Empower Partners With Variety of Firms to Pair Guaranteed-Income Products With Advice Empower is working with asset managers and insurance companies to launch a new lineup of products to convert savings into...