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The damage an overreliance on financial jargon can do to participant confidence and, by extension, a retirement professional’s business is well-documented, writes John Sullivan in MarketBeat. He continues that a new survey brings it into stark relief yet again.
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Tech Talk discusses actions the IRS says one should take when an employer fails to give all employees an opportunity to make a salary deferral.
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Today (July 25) I am writing from a conference in Washington, DC where we are hearing from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Labor, the Department of Treasury and many other federal offices.
On Capitol Hill
We will also have an opportunity to be on Capitol Hill to...
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Washington is discussing a bill that would provide retirement plan coverage for private-sector employees whose employers do not. No, not Washington state. And not Washington, as in the federal government. This measure is before the City Council of Washington, DC—the District of Columbia.
At-Large...
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By now, almost every state has at least considered legislation that would establish a state-run retirement plan, and this year alone almost half the state legislatures have considered legislation about one. A panel of key players in the plans established in some states offer an insider’s look. ...
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Two states are taking action in seeking leadership to head their state-run retirement plan programs. Hawaii has just begun its search for an executive director; California has just named theirs.
Hawaii Retirement Savings Board Seeks Exec. Director
Hawaii is seeking an executive director for...
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Fifty retirement-related organizations sent a letter to the Treasury Department and specifically the IRS on July 19 requesting “transition relief” for Section 603 under the SECURE 2.0 Act.
The signers—representing advocacy organizations (including the American Retirement Association), large...
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Cybersecurity—and its importance to retirement plans and savings—are top of mind. In MarketBeat, John Iekel covers Assistant Secretary of Labor Lisa M. Gomez’s suggestions on reducing the risk of fraud or loss to a retirement account.
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Tech Talk discusses the IRS’ suggestions regarding how to avoid exceeding the Internal Revenue Code Section 415(c) limits for employer and employee contributions to 403(b)s.
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The terms of a settlement in an excessive fee suit against a $2.3 billion 403(b) plan have come to light.
The suit (Garnick v. Wake Forest Univ. Baptist Med. Ctr., M.D.N.C., No. 1:21-cv-00454, complaint 6/4/21) was filed in June 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North...
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Hi Ed,
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