Tag: Plan Documents

As employers enter the last two years of the preapproved retirement plan restatement cycle, ERISA consultants say restatements are a critical opportunity to realign plan documents and operations.

Many retirement plan third-party administrators (TPAs) responding to a recent survey indicated they most often charge a full document fee for Pension Protection Act (PPA) document restatements.

In an effort to combat participant inertia, more plan sponsors are considering the process of re-enrollment, says a recent brief from J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

While the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not require retirement plan sponsors to have an investment policy statement (IPS) for their plans, it is a highly...

FCRC Apps, the technology developer behind eFiduciary.net, has added the new “SkyBoks” document upload and management feature to its suite of Web-based fiduciary governance tools.

Caveats included in pension benefit statements provided by Ford Motor Company saved the company from liability in a recent court case.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is providing penalty relief for certain late filers of Form 5500.

Seyfarth Shaw, a law firm specializing in employment and benefits law, unveiled a new Employee Benefits Administrative Service Center for retirement plan clients.

U.S. Retirement Partners (USRP), through its U.S. Employee Benefits Services Group (USEBSG) division, has acquired the Common Remitter Services business of CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc.

When performing annual retirement plan financial audits, plan sponsors and their auditors should look for potential “red flags” for regulators.

Passage of 403(b) regulations in 2007 led 403(b) plans to adopt similar requirements and administration practices to those of 401(k)s.

FCRC Apps LLC, a financial services application developer, added a new embedded surveying feature to its suite of digital fiduciary governance support tools offered through eFiduciary.net.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has modified Revenue Procedure 2013-22, which sets forth procedures for issuing opinion and advisory letters for § 403(b) pre-approved plans.

Aggregated qualified retirement plan audit data from the Department of Labor (DOL) shows that, of the 3,677 investigations closed in 2013, violations were found nearly 73% of the...

PlanPilot, a retirement plan services consulting firm, is offering a new plan design database that supports higher education retirement plans.

Pensionmark Retirement Group recently launched its Employer Document Vault, an enterprise-level document storage system that can manage thousands of client records and millions of documents.

OTB Strategic Consulting, Inc., a business advisory firm, has launched The FIRE System, an online 401(k) self-assessment tool for plan fiduciaries.

The focus on comparison rather than outcomes is misguided, and comparing one plan to another can be pointless, says Josh Itzoe, partner and managing director of Greenspring Wealth...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a final rule implementing changes to premium due dates and calculations.