What Exactly Is Driving the Great Resignation? |
Panelists at EBRI’s Spring Policy Forum discussed how various demographic groups tend to reenter the labor force, how workers are supporting themselves if they choose not to return and various other factors impacting labor force participation in 2022. |
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Risks and Rewards of Managed Accounts |
Managed account solutions may present opportunities for wealth management firms to grow assets and revenues, but they also carry risks that must be effectively managed. |
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Another Circuit Court Rules on ERISA Arbitration Rules |
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that certain types of ERISA claims, while brought by individual participants, ultimately belong to the plan as a whole, meaning individual arbitration agreements cannot as a matter of course prevent such claims from proceeding in court. |
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Retirement Industry People Moves |
Smart hires group sustainability director; SageView adds government and public sector retirement plan expert; and Adviser Group adds business strategies and compliance expert. |
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John Hancock Defeats ERISA Foreign Tax Credit Lawsuit |
Though the court previously allowed class certification in the case, a new order firmly rejects the plaintiffs’ arguments that they were entitled to certain foreign tax rebates generated by group variable annuity contracts they had signed. |
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