Compliance December 31st, 2025 More Employers Offer Their Own Retirement Plans in Wake of State Auto-IRA Mandates Research shows state mandate laws for individual retirement accounts access have led to businesses being more likely to offer their...
Products August 25th, 2025 Aon PEP Tops $5B in Assets, 100K Participants PEP participation is growing as the pooled plans offer an option to the complexity and scale of managing a standalone...
Compliance July 29th, 2025 DOL Asks For Industry Suggestions About Improving PEPs for Small Employers The Employee Benefits Security Administration will accept input for 60 days.
In Practice July 23rd, 2025 Taking Stock of the Continued Evolution of PEPs More than four years and $10 billion in assets into their launch, experts discuss the benefits, the challenges and the...
Compliance July 11th, 2025 Senators Propose Legislation to Improve Retirement Security for Gig Workers The package includes four coordinated bills, which are designed to expand portable workplace benefits, including health care and retirement savings,...
Compliance July 8th, 2025 DOL Submits Request for Information About PEPs to OMB The request, made July 1, indicates the Department of Labor is preparing PEP-related reports, per provisions in the SECURE and...
Data & Research April 24th, 2025 Senator Cassidy Proposes Workplace Benefits for Independent Workers A white paper issued by the Senate HELP Committee Chair is meant to address the retirement readiness shortfalls for gig...
Data & Research April 17th, 2025 Employers With PEPs Have Higher Adviser and Plan Satisfaction The Standard study shows employers express a 40% increase in plan adviser satisfaction after joining a pooled employer plan.
Products & Services March 7th, 2025 The Standard Touts $2 Billion Milestone in PEP Assets The company entered the PEP market in August 2023 after its acquisition of Securian Financial’s retirement plan recordkeeping business.
Products & Services December 4th, 2024 Transamerica Introduces 2 New Pooled Plans One of the plans offers more control for the plan sponsor; the other is a traditional PEP structure.
Client Service November 1st, 2024 Tracking the Evolution of PEPs Pooled employer plans have gained traction in their nearly four years of existence, and their use cases are evolving beyond...
Client Service October 17th, 2024 New PEP for Head Start Programs Launches With Oregon-Based Plan Sponsor The pooled employer plan focused on 403(b) nonprofit educational programs is sponsored by GPS, with investment fiduciary services from the...
Deals & People September 26th, 2024 NACC Launches PEP Solution for Cannabis Industry Also, California Corporate Retirement Services announces a PEP to plan sponsor clients.
Products & Services June 27th, 2024 SageView Launches First Pooled Plan Solutions With Transamerica RIA jumps into the PEP space as the 3(38) investment manager and financial adviser for a couple pooled plan options.
Products & Services June 13th, 2024 Strategic Retirement Partners Launching PEP With Alerus The advisory’s second pooled employer plan will include a default iJoin managed account and has plans for a TIAA/Nuveen retirement...
Products & Services April 10th, 2024 PEP Pros and Cons A panel of advisers and providers who use PEPs discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls for clients and advisory firms.
Products February 22nd, 2024 Hub Launches Retirement Select PEP The new PEP is designed for clients with fewer than 100 employees.
Products February 1st, 2024 Ascensus, American Funds Launch Partnered PEP Ascensus will administer the PEP with American Funds TDFs, leveraging both firms’ distribution networks with advisers and plan sponsors.
Products December 14th, 2023 KeyBank Advisory Division Launches PEP Institutional Advisory debuts 401(k) pooled employer plan, with Transamerica Corp. the recordkeeper and Pentegra the pooled plan administrator.
Products November 29th, 2023 The State of PEPs and What to Expect in 2024 Aon has hit $2 billion in pooled employer plan assets, and advisers and providers see potential for continued PEP growth...