Category Archives: Retirement Plans

You will hear about how certain retirement plan providers have won awards. Awards are impressive, but sometimes they’re not. You have to be wary as to who gave the award and what the award really means, You also shouldn’t just … Continue reading →

After Lorne Michaels left with the original cast of Saturday Night Live in 1980, they hired Jean Doumanian as Executive Producer who had limited work with the original cast a producer of the show. She along with most of that … Continue reading →

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T. Rowe Price has released its annual participant data benchmarking report, which shows mixed results for participants in 2018. The average deferral rates reached a 10-year high of 8.6%, outstanding 401(k) loans fell to a nine-year low of 22.5% and … Continue reading →

Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta indicated that the Department of Labor will try to roll out a new fiduciary rule, in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rollout of their own version of a fiduciary rule. Acosta announced these … Continue reading →

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As Congress and the Department of Labor (DOL) still keep the status of open multiple employer plans in legal limbo, individual states are still going ahead with state-run programs. New Jersey has become the sixth state to pass legislation requiring … Continue reading →

With May here, plan sponsors and plan provider may not be aware of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deadline that isn’t that far off. All organizations that sponsor 403(b) retirement plans must restate their plan documents by March 31, 2020, … Continue reading →

The plethora of class action lawsuits against colleges and universities over their 403(b) plans have brought a variety of settlements and wins by the defendant schools. Add Vanderbilt University to the universities that settled up and paid upon a lawsuit … Continue reading →

Bonuses are nice, I wouldn’t know because in the 11 years I was an employee, I got $300 for the holidays after I started in September 1998 and never received one again. This article isn’t about my lack of bonuses, … Continue reading →