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Is IBM on to something?
Big Blue recently announced that they would end the company’s 401(k) match effective January 1, 2024, replacing it with a Retirement Benefit Account (RBA). It will replace the match with a fixed employer contribution of 5% of compensation plus a one-time 1% pay increase....
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Reps. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) and Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) introduced a bill on Dec. 13 that would allow retirement savers to roll over their Roth IRA savings into a Roth workplace retirement plan such as a Roth 401(k), Roth 403(b), or Roth 457(b).
The bipartisan bill, which the American Retirement...
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In MarketBeat, Nevin E. Adams, JD notes that like many, he has spent a fair amount of time analyzing the impact and import of the new fiduciary rule proposal.
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Tech Talk addresses how one figures the maximum amount contributable if one has more than one 403(b).
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ARLINGTON, VA. – The National Tax-Deferred Savings Association, part of the American Retirement Association (ARA), is proud to announce its Elite Advisors of 2024.
NTSA Elite Advisors are honored in person at the annual NTSA Awards luncheon, Monday, February 26, 2024, during the NTSA Summit, at...
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Delaware is joining the Partnership for a Dignified Retirement, an interstate consortium that helps states provide access to retirement plan coverage. The action brings Delaware’s program into formal cooperation with those of Colorado and Maine.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed the measure...
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In prepared testimony to the Department of Labor's (DOL) leadership and staff, American Retirement Association (ARA) CEO Brian Graff highlighted “the significant regulatory gap” regarding plan-level advice on Dec. 12.
Graff’s comments—made in support of the DOL’s latest attempt to modernize the...
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By many measures, CalSavers’ fortunes matched the warm colors of the foliage in Autumn 2023, although some results did not show progress.
CalSavers, as one of the longest-lived state-run programs that provides retirement plan coverage to private-sector employees whose employers do not have a plan...
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The IRS on Dec. 8 announced that there will be no changes to the Required Amendments (RA) List for individually designed plans qualified under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections 401(a) and 403(b) for 2023. The IRS made the announcement in Notice 2023-79.
The RA List establishes the end of the...
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American Retirement Association (ARA) CEO Brian Graff is scheduled to testify on the first day of a public hearing hosted by the Department of Labor (DOL) titled “Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary.”
Graff will follow opening remarks from Assistant Secretary...
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