Tag: Retirement New Legislation

If greater transparency is so good for retirement plan providers, then it’s good for retirement industry regulators too.

“The Pension and Budget Integrity Act simply moves these premiums ‘off-budget,’ and ensures that Congress is raising premiums only if...

The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program is meant to provide a voluntary, low-risk, auto-enrollment retirement savings plan for many...

The final rules modify waivers and information requirements to better balance the burden of reporting with PBGC’s need for information,...

While retirees say the cuts are unfair, regulators say without them, the result could be much worse.

The bill takes aim at the Department of Labor’s fiduciary proposal.

This was one suggestion made by a witness at the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing about multiemployer pension plan...

How will Presidential candidate proposals affect the DC plan tax deal?

Client poll results shared by investment consulting firm NEPC show significant and increasing concern with the decisionmaking coming out of...

President Obama says the proposed cap on tax-deferred savings distributes the cost of government more fairly among taxpayers of various...

While initiatives to expand retirement access get support, the DOL’s conflict of interest rule and the ACA’s Cadillac tax do...

The newly emerged text of President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed funding over...

The proposal is modeled after the Federal government Thrift Savings Plan.

While applauding initiatives already announced, industry players encouraged federal lawmakers to consider further steps.

“If we remove the friction, more plan participants will stay in the system,” says Spencer Williams, president and CEO of...

ICI and SIFMA contend the DOL proposal for state-run retirement programs would result in a confusing patchwork of laws and...

In comments to the DOL, the ARA and Voya Financial say the DOL’s proposal for state-run retirement plans for private-sector...

Church plan legislation provides an immediate opportunity for plan sponsors to affect participant outcomes through auto enrollment; the effect of...

“Will any of the 2015 year-end legislation that was passed have an effect on my retirement plan?”

The final rule includes minor changes to an interim final rule issued last year in response to public comments.