Retirement New Legislation Archives | Page 2 of 31

Benefits | April 18th, 2018

DCIIA Policy Priorities Take Aim at the DC Plan Coverage Gap

Peg Knox, chief operating officer of DCIIA, points to both the coverage gap and retirement income adequacy as being top...

Compliance | March 19th, 2018

Circuit Courts’ Conflict on DOL Fiduciary Rule Could Persist

The fact that two U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Fifth and the Tenth, have issued conflicting rulings about the propriety of...

Administration | March 15th, 2018

PGIM DC Leader Urges Aggressive Plan Design, Sponsor Courage

Drawing insights from across the entire Prudential Financial organization, Josh Cohen, PGIM head of defined contribution, offers some sobering statistics...

Compliance | January 24th, 2018

Would a Retirement Plan Mandate Mirror Affordable Care Act Fight?

“I really like the idea of promoting default-driven plans, and the evidence is abundantly clear that automatic retirement plans can...

Compliance | January 11th, 2018

Avoid Inadvertently Defaulting Participant Plan Loans Post Tax Cuts

Following the GOP tax cuts, plan sponsors may wish to coordinate administration of their loan offset rollover rules with their...

Compliance | January 2nd, 2018

House Bill Seeks Retirement Plan ‘Simplification and Enhancement’

Alongside numerous changes, the bill seeks to eliminate the current 10% cap on automatically-increased deferral rates of employees who are...

Compliance | December 21st, 2017

CalPERS’ Ongoing Push Into ESG Drives a Healthy Debate

The debate started when the American Council for Capital Formation published a sharply written report alleging that, as the group...

Compliance | December 19th, 2017

GOP Tax Cut Package Takes Final Shape

The House GOP majority adopted a unified version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Tuesday afternoon; they may have...

Compliance | December 18th, 2017

Retirement Industry Enthusiasm for New Approaches in 2018

Two retirement industry thought leaders reflect on the year that was; both agree there is a tremendous opportunity to drive...

Compliance | December 14th, 2017

Mercer Expects Retirement Plans to Fare Well in Tax Reform

However, employers will likely have some difficulty in knowing how to handle the January 1, 2018, effective date that has...

Compliance | December 13th, 2017

Democratic Lawmakers Urge Quick Passage of Butch Lewis Act

House and Senate Democrats warned that, if nothing is done, many of the more than 200 multiemployer plans in the...

Compliance | December 5th, 2017

Government and Nonprofit Plans Spared in Senate Tax Bill

At this interim juncture it seems that essentially all of the changes to 457(b) and 403(b) plans that were being...

Compliance | December 4th, 2017

Senate Approves Own Version of Tax Reform Okayed By House

Each having passed their own version of the bill, the House and Senate now enter the conference committee phase, during...

Compliance | December 1st, 2017

House Bill Seeks Expansion of Open MEPs, Aggressive Plan Designs

Among other adjustments viewed as vital to the expansion of open multiple employer plans, the bill would remove the “one...

Investing | November 22nd, 2017

Experts Push for Sponsor Courage When Offering In-Plan Lifetime Income

DOL leadership has stated explicitly that investments with lifetime income elements can be a prudent investment option in DC plans,...

Compliance | November 15th, 2017

Lawmakers Rethink Changes to Deferred Compensation

Following the earliest stages of debate, both the House and the Senate seem to have backed away from major changes...

Compliance | November 2nd, 2017

Tax Reform Proposal Includes Important Changes for Plan Sponsors

The GOP tax reform proposal leaves 401(k) deferrals alone, but there are other significant reforms in the package that would...

Compliance | November 2nd, 2017

Retirement Account Deferrals Protected in GOP Tax Proposal

Early interpretation of the 500 page tax legislation released by majority Republicans suggests the treatment of retirement account salary deferrals...

Compliance | September 19th, 2017

Retirement Tax Reform Discussion with Senior Senate Staffer

“In terms of the legislative agenda going forward, there is definitely a discussion of a pivot to tax reform,” said...

Compliance | August 9th, 2017

Sanctions Bill Affects Retirement Plans

Groom Law Group attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of pension plans that have faced possible...

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