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  Pension Linked Emergency Savings Accounts, aka PLESAs, were made possible by a provision in the SECURE 2.0 Act, which became effective at the start of 2024. To help plan sponsors understand and correctly implement…
Read Moreabout Retirement Plans and Emergency Savings?

  Fees, litigation and even criminal indictments are all possibilities for plan fiduciaries when the Department of Labor uncovers ERISA violations. Since civil penalty amounts are adjusted for inflation, the stakes are going up. Read…
Read Moreabout Increased Penalty Fees

  The more every business (and person in it) uses technology, the bigger the “attack surface” for cybercrime becomes. Last year’s massive MOVEit data breach, compromising data at over 600 businesses, sounded an alarm: whether…
Read Moreabout A New Job for Plan Sponsors: Cybersecurity

  All employer sponsored defined benefit plans pay insurance, with premiums set by Congress to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which is an agency of the U.S. Government. Read on for insights about how PBGC…
Read Moreabout Reducing PBGC Plan Premiums?

  Set it and forget it is not a best practice for retirement plan sponsors. If it’s been a while since you have given the plan some real attention, chances are strong that much has…
Read Moreabout Plan Outcomes vs Business As Usual

  The U.S. Department of Labor got off to a running start this year, bringing allegations of fiduciary breaches against two different plan sponsors in federal court in Maryland. It’s worth taking notice that these…
Read Moreabout DOL: See You In Court

  It’s been two decades since a torrent of lawsuits began alleging that fiduciary failures were resulting in high fees for participants, and attorneys say the copycat claims are unlikely to stop anytime soon. There…
Read Moreabout A Win for Plan Sponsors?

  Trends toward both living and working longer are shifting how employees and employers have traditionally thought about financing retirement. Flexible hours and flexible benefits are becoming ever more important, and offering these benefits gives…
Read Moreabout Longevity Planning Vs Retirement Planning?

  Starting early and saving consistently are the keys to building a solid nest egg for retirement. Data continues to indicate that employer sponsored plans that utilize automatic enrollment and escalation are moving the needle,…
Read Moreabout Moving The Needle: Auto Enrollment