Ways to Find Missing Participants
Failure to find missing participants could disqualify a retirement plan under the tax code and lead to breaches of the ERISA fiduciary duty.
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Advocates Hope a New Decade Will Bring Continued ESG Progress
Experts says environmental, social and governance investing mandates are being boiled down to more practical, discrete risk areas, such as cybersecurity or board diversity.
The SECURE Act Discussion Moves Into 2020
Past news coverage reveals some of what's ahead for the retirement plan industry now that the SECURE Act has been passed.
Plan Sponsors Sued for Investment Menu Practices
With regard to “improper selection and monitoring of plan service providers,” the lawsuit specifically names a broker/dealer representative whom it says was terminated in 2014 for “failure to...
The Year in ERISA Litigation
As have previous years, 2019 brought major settlements and decisions in retirement-plan focused litigation, including some precedent-setting appellate and Supreme Court decisions.
More Advisers Look for Co-Fiduciary Support from their B/Ds
A look at the results of the PLANADVISER Practice Benchmarking Survey between 2011 and 2019, showing some areas of significant evolution in the way advisers build and run...
2020 Will Be Another Year of Adviser Philanthropy
The editorial team of PLANADVISER was blown away by the generosity of advisers recognized in our 2019 Advisers Giving Back...
2019—the Year of Mergers and Acquisitions
Wells Fargo, PSC, Aspire, Charles Schwab, Hub International, CAPTRUST and many other firms have been involved in significant merger and acquisition activity this year.
Broad Benefit Trends to Watch in 2020
Employers are accustomed to having five generations in the workforce, but they now need to focus on the new expectations Gen Z brings to the workplace, Fidelity says.
Retirement Industry People Moves
Transamerica makes executive appointments; T. Rowe Price adds senior sales executives; the Segal Group hires senior vice president; and more.
UPenn Petitions Supreme Court to Review 403(b) Plan Case
The university argues that other courts would have required more than an appellate court did in its lawsuit to state a plausible claim.
Investment Product and Service Launches
LifeYield partners with financial tech provider; Vanguard changes manager structure of value funds; Northern Trust expands collateral management services; and...
Congress Has Passed the SECURE Act
The Senate voted Thursday to approve appropriations legislation that has subsumed the SECURE Act, after the House approved the same measure on Tuesday.
Cintas Corporation Accused of ERISA Fiduciary Breaches
Among other allegations, the national work uniform provider is accused of permitting high-cost mutual funds to persist on the retirement plan menu while cheaper but otherwise identical funds...
Advisers Giving Back: A Nationwide Network of Giving
Under the CBIZ Cares program, employees at CBIZ’s 100 offices around the nation are encouraged to volunteer their time in...
T. Rowe Price to Integrate HSA Offering With Recordkeeping Platform
The integration will give participants the ability to view and manage their retirement and health savings accounts holistically.
Industry Enthusiasm, Questions About SECURE Act Timeline
In the near term, some of the more modest provisions of the SECURE Act will probably be the most influential, sources agree, but over time the industry impact...
Advicent Delivers More Accurate Health Care Cost Projections
It has launched NaviPlan 19.3 to help advisers better demonstrate their value.
A New Way to Think About Building a Retirement Planning Practice
What is your closing rate for 401(k) plans? Have you tried offering simpler solutions?
Congress Finds Resolution to SECURE Act Deadlock in Spending Bill Passed By House
Retirement plan industry stakeholders had hoped the popular and bipartisan SECURE Act would be tied into must-pass spending legislation before year’s end, and that now appears to be...