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2021 Regulatory Update
A focus on the legislative, regulatory, and litigation developments affecting retirement plans this year.
A focus on the legislative, regulatory, and litigation developments affecting retirement plans this year.
Members of our Technical Services Committee conducted a round table discussion covering the legislative, regulatory, and litigation changes affecting retirement plans in 2021. We cover topics including the updated SECURE Act provisions, the DOL's lost and missing participant guidance (+ more cybersecurity and ESG updates), an update on the fee litigation cases this past year + much more.
Download our guide to help understand what the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (and similar state laws) requires for retirement plans, how committees have typically functioned, and how committees will need to function to be successful and sustaining for years to come.
We believe there are six areas where recordkeeping vendors have tried to monetize their relationship with retirement plans. This plan sponsor guide focuses on the fourth way of generating excess revenue –cross-selling retail financial products. For plan sponsors, it is important to understand how recordkeepers cross-sell retail financial products and what the plan sponsor’s obligation is to reduce or eliminate such cross-selling.
Our goal for this guide is to provide a thorough overview of the categories of retirement plan fees and the specific services typically related to each expense for plan fiduciaries.
Interested in learning more about how 457 plans work? This webinar compares and contrasts 457(b) and 457(f) plans for tax-exempt entities, reviewing the application of ERISA, eligibility, contributions, distributions, the security of assets, taxation of benefits, and more.
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ERISA requires 408(b)(2) disclosures. This short resource helps plan sponsors understand what it is and why it's required.
This discussion guide is intended to help facilitate a retirement plan committee's review of the primary services offered by their recordkeeper(s).
When it comes to conducting manager selection, it is the things unseen that are the key to having confidence in the manager's ability to outperform in the future. This short resource guide provides a look into how we conduct our investment manager due diligence.
During this webinar, we cover the financial wellness themes within our industry today as well as what plan sponsors need to know as they consider adding new financial wellness benefits to their overall employee benefits packages.
