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Choosing the right technology and integrating it into your practice smartly can turbocharge your business. In MarketBeat, John Ortman writes about a workshop at which tech-savvy execs explained how.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has published compliance assistance for 401(k) plan fiduciaries considering plan investments in cryptocurrencies, in an effort aimed at protecting the retirement savings of U.S. workers.
The department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), published ...
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While employees are receptive to a variety of ways to participate in employee plans and learn about them, some electronic and automatic tools are strong favorites, according to a recent report.
The report, by Nick Rockwell and Erin Marino, of Eastbridge Consulting Group, Inc., as reported by...
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With cybersecurity of increasing concern to plan fiduciaries, participants—and regulators—a participant has sued his plan’s recordkeeper for breach of an implied contract to keep his data secure—as well as a breach of fiduciary obligation.
The suit was brought by one Eric Giannini “on behalf of...
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New research finds that in a year of widespread isolation due to the pandemic, remote and virtual meetings resulted in connecting with more plan participants because of greater flexibility and accessibility.
The research by Transamerica centered on how retirement plan sponsors and participants on...
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A recent SPARK Institute webinar discussed the importance of being aware of the risks cyber criminals pose as well as how their nefarious work can be thwarted.
There have been many breaches in the last decade, observed Mark Strosahl, Business Information Security Officer at the Principal. But...
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Retirement plans are in cyber criminals’ sights, and it takes positive action to head off the threat, said experts in an Oct. 7 Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) webinar.
“The retirement plan community is a very attractive target” for cyber criminals, warned Tom Briggs, Divisional Sales...
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The American Retirement Association (ARA) has called on the IRS to make its temporary relief from the physical presence requirement for spousal consents permanent.
In a Sept. 30 letter, the ARA and 15 other organizations tell the IRS that they “appreciate the relief and extensions the Service...
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In response to an increased threat of retirement account fraud, nearly a third of recordkeepers expect to boost their cybersecurity staff going forward, a new report from Cerulli finds.
Even though plan providers have always been subject to cyberattacks, this is an issue that has become more...
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With participant interactions shifting to digital channels, a new study finds that a majority of retirement plans are failing to deliver proactive guidance and many have made it more difficult to find the information users are seeking.
For instance, just 24% of retirement investors strongly...
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Amid the rapidly changing regulatory and investigative initiatives at the Department of Labor and IRS, plan advisors can serve their clients well by helping them stay ahead of the curve, a panel of industry insiders said Sept. 12.
At an opening-day workshop session at the 2021 NAPA 401(k) Summit...
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As asset management firms compete for assets in a primarily virtual environment, data can help distribution teams increase productivity by identifying the next best opportunities, but system integration and data sourcing remain challenges for many firms, according to a new report by Cerulli.
When...
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In MarketBeat, John Iekel discusses a webcast in which Toni E. Whaley, a financial planner with PlanMember Securities Corporation, addresses how business as usual in the financial services industry “came to a screeching halt” with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and business suddenly became...
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With Congress set to consider legislation implementing automatic retirement arrangements, a new report by Smart maintains that the legislation will enhance retirement security and be simple for small employers to comply with.
Smart is a global fintech firm that offers recordkeeping platforms for...
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Tech Talk offers some steps that can be taken to make plan data more secure.
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A couple of Saturdays back I discovered that one of my online accounts had been “hacked,” writes Nevin E. Adams, JD in MarketBeat; he discusses the importance of taking steps to make sure such breaches don’t happen.
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Last year, the Department of Labor established an e-delivery rule allowing plan sponsors to communicate retirement plan information electronically. But is there more that can be done to get participants to login more often?
A recent Cogent Syndicated study from Escalent provides some answers....
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Labor (DOL) and Congress are gearing up to “protect investors” from the emerging cryptocurrency market.
Contending that large parts of the crypto market are not operating within regulatory frameworks that protect investors, SEC Chairman...
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One of the many consequences of the global pandemic is that there is a spotlight shining on the importance of virtual security. And that includes sharing personal protected information (PPI), argues a CPA firm.
In the pre-COVID world, says Cassell Plan Audits in its blog, many companies had...
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The Senate wrapped up its work for the summer Aug. 10, approving a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that extends pension smoothing relief for single-employer plan sponsors, as well as a $3.5 trillion budget outline that sets the stage for a broader tax and spending bill later this fall.
The...
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