Investing | August 20th, 2024 Voya Financial Surpasses $100B in Multiple Employer Solutions Assets The firm saw a 15% increase in total assets, compared with the same period in 2023.
Products | March 25th, 2024 The 3-Letter Plan Type You Haven’t Heard of Defined Contribution Groups—DCGs—offer another option for sponsors seeking to simplify some administrative tasks.
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...
Benefits | March 1st, 2024 Into the Pool Representatives from two different companies explain the process by which their firms chose their respective multiple employer retirement solutions.
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 | 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.
Compliance | December 12th, 2022 Department of Labor Announces Form 5500 Changes The changes to 5500 instructions are made annually.
Compliance | September 1st, 2022 ADP Ruling Includes Cross-Selling Claims Dismissal The mixed dismissal motion ruling, which sides mostly with the plaintiffs, agrees with the defense that certain data-sharing among providers...
Compliance | December 30th, 2021 DOL Publishes Informational Copies of 2021 Form 5500 Among other notable changes, the Form 5500 instructions have been amended to make clear that a pooled employer plan is...
Products | November 16th, 2021 New Provider Partnerships Focus on Collective Plans Both Transamerica and Fidelity this week announced new collaborations aimed at supporting clients interested in collective approaches to managing their...
Compliance | November 9th, 2020 PEPs Carry Evolving Fiduciary Risks of Their Own The legal complexities that emerge when a single employer operates a retirement plan for its own staff are already immense;...
Data and Research | October 6th, 2020 How Will the PEP Market Develop in Early 2021? One provider getting ready to launch a SECURE Act-enabled pooled employer plan on January 1 expects plan sponsor take-up to...
Compliance | September 17th, 2020 Excessive Fee, Self-Dealing Charges Filed Against Pentegra-Sponsored MEP The lawsuit says fiduciaries of the multiple employer plan failed to ensure reasonable fees for administration and investments and acted...
Products | September 16th, 2020 ERISApedia.com Launches New Edition of ‘Who’s the Employer eSource’ The eSource includes more than 30% new material from the previous edition and the material has been reorganized to make...
Compliance | January 31st, 2020 Details About SECURE Act’s PEP and Lifetime Income Provisions Open MEPs are now PEPs, and additional guidance is needed about requirements for PEPs and other provisions of the SECURE...
Data and Research | January 17th, 2020 State of Membership Organizations/Industry Associations Retirement Plans A look at the setup and features of these plans may offer a clue about how open MEPs sanctioned by...
Compliance | October 11th, 2019 IRS to Hold Public Hearing About Proposed MEP Rules Although, the DOL has issued final rules on association retirement plans, some are disappointed that the rules fell short of...
Compliance | August 20th, 2019 IRS Makes Language Changes to ‘One-Bad-Apple’ Rule Proposal The IRS says that, as published, its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) contains errors which may prove to be misleading...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2019 IRS Proposes Change to ‘One-Bad-Apple’ Rule for MEPs Proposed regulations would provide an exception, if certain requirements are met, to a multiple employer plan (MEP) being disqualified due...
Data and Research | April 3rd, 2019 Retirement Plan Options for Small Businesses Have Pros and Cons Small U.S. employers trust the financial services sector for its expertise more than government entities when it comes to administering...