Tag: Recordkeeping

Some industry experts are concerned that covered service providers will misinterpret the Department of Labor’s (DoL) 408(b)(2) regulation guidance about using ranges to estimate indirect compensation.  

Standard Retirement Services, Inc., has added to the fiduciary protection available through its retirement plan services.

Retirement plan sponsors who conduct marketplace reviews with finals presentations are 55% more likely to remain with their current provider today than they were as recently as four...

Putnam Investments has added three to its adviser-focused defined contribution sales team, and says more hires are to come.

Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas Inc., a subsidiary of Pentegra Services Inc., is acquiring Brown Edwards & Associates Ltd.’s qualified plan administration business. 

Paychex Inc., a provider of 401(k) recordkeeping services, launched Paychex Advisor Select 401(k) for fee-based financial advisers.

ExpertPlan was selected by First Allied to provide recordkeeping services for its clients.

Benefit Plans Administrative Services (BPAS) announced plans to acquire CAI Benefits, a provider of retirement plan administration, actuarial, flex, and benefit consulting services with offices in New York...

Although advisers have a higher approval rating than recordkeeper relationship managers among mid-market plan sponsors, they have been struggling to keep pace in the small-market, according to Richard Schroder, President...

The realignment of the company’s business into three business lines is an “evolution of the previous structure,” said Christine Marcks, president of Prudential Retirement.

According to an Anova Consulting Group survey, small-market retirement plan sponsors report that defined contribution providers (or recordkeepers) are delivering a higher level of client service than retirement...

Prudential Retirement has reorganized its business to integrate its product, service and operations teams into three business lines.

In an effort to meet the “war for talent” head-on, Bank of America Merrill Lynch is rolling out a series of enhancements to its 401(k) and other financial...

Third-party administrators (TPAs) are playing an increasingly important role in the 403(b) market segment, notes an Issue Brief by Retirement Research Inc.

Transamerica Retirement Services has launched RetireTrack, a Web-based interactive and customizable retirement savings tools for retirement plan participants. 

Vanguard will offer a bundled 401(k) and profit-sharing plan service for companies with assets of less than $20 million through a partnership with Ascensus.

To empower employers and provide them with actionable information about their plan participants’ retirement readiness, Putnam Investments is making its Lifetime Income Score available more broadly to the...

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has expanded its retirement plan offerings with a new product “designed by and for retirement plan specialist advisors.” 

Including a retirement plan provider’s affiliated funds as part of a plan’s investment lineup is not a fiduciary conflict of interest or prohibited transaction under ERISA, writes ERISA...