Compliance | March 5th, 2019 IRI Advocates for Provisions of RESA in Federal Retirement Security Blueprint In addition, in a new 2019 State Retirement Security Blueprint, the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) says the creation of state-run...
Compliance | March 4th, 2019 How Open MEPs Could Change the Retirement Plan Market Not immediately, but over time, with passage of open MEP legislation, plan sponsors will see a change in service delivery,...
Opinions | February 19th, 2019 2019 Retirement Outlook and Investment Insights Jonathan Barry, MFS Investment Management, discusses key trends retirement plan sponsors may expect to see this year, as well as...
Compliance | February 8th, 2019 Open MEPs Will Be a Retirement Plan Market Disruptor If legislation allowing for open multiple employer plans (MEPs) is passed, it will be a while before implementation, and changes...
Compliance | February 7th, 2019 Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act Reintroduced The bipartisan bill, which enjoys broad industry support, would add flexibility for small businesses to join multiple employer plans, among...
Compliance | February 5th, 2019 Retirement Security Act of 2019 Introduced The bipartisan legislation is designed to help close the $7.7 trillion retirement savings gap.
Compliance | December 31st, 2018 DOL Urged to Expand Association Retirement Plan Proposal Many industry groups that submitted comments to the DOL argued that the plain language of Section 3(5) of the Employee...
Data and Research | December 12th, 2018 Empower Finds Small Businesses Interested in Open MEPs Of the 66% who responded in favor of the plans, 55% stated the likelihood of lowered costs for themselves is...
Compliance | August 24th, 2018 Will Strong Support for RESA Remain After Mid-Terms? Although Senator Orrin Hatch, champion of the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act, is retiring in January, there is still much...
Compliance | May 17th, 2018 Hearing Witnesses Urge Passage of Proposed Retirement Plan Legislation The hearing focused on four bipartisan proposals, and hearing witnesses expressed their support for these proposals, while some also urged...
Administration | May 3rd, 2018 Retirement Plan Exchanges for 403(b)s Speaking at the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) 71st Annual National Conference, Brodie Wood, SVP of healthcare, education and...
Administration | April 5th, 2018 Private Higher Education 403(b) Plan Sponsors to Join MEP The goal is to reduce fees and administrative burdens for plan sponsors while providing better services for plan participants.
Compliance | December 14th, 2017 Bill Would Require Employers To Automatically Enroll Workers All employees would have 6% of their income contributed to a workplace retirement plan and have these contributions automatically escalated...
Data and Research | November 29th, 2017 Morningstar Recommends Policies to Increase Small Employer Retirement Plans Morningstar says the U.S. can learn from the UK.