The ERISA Advisory Council (EAC) recently debated potential reforms to qualified default investment alternatives (QDIA), including the possibility of sub-regulatory guidance on annuities, QDIAs for ...

The possibility of Republicans controlling the Executive Branch, as well as both chambers of Congress, could have significant ramifications for retirement and tax policy issues, but a few questions do ...

Responding to a recent call from an advisor in Texas, the ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center (RLC) address a question on setting a large auto-enrollment deferral amount in relation to ...

Fred (Reish) recently brought their engaging, informative, and occasionally alliterative discussion to the nation’s largest and longest-running gathering of TPAs (and other assorted retirement experts ...

In the event former President Donald Trump wins the Presidential Election, certain regulatory items at the Department of Labor will likely be modified or abandoned altogether.

The IRS apparently will not permit retirement plan sponsors to require all participants to make catch-up contributions on a Roth basis to simplify plan administration.

"Unintended consequences" are often a euphemism for something bad. But not always. Take the 401(k), for example.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ( Ware v. Coca-Cola Sw. Beverages LLC, N.D. Tex., No. 3:24-cv-02707, complaint 10/28/24 ), charged plan fiduciaries with: ...

Plan participants who work with a financial advisor apparently are more confident about their retirement prospects, better informed about their plans and contribute more to their accounts.

The National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) is pleased to announce its inaugural list of top social media influencers, the newest accolade celebrating those retirement professionals who are doing ...

Last April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a near-total ban on non-compete agreements that could have a significant impact on the financial services industry, but that guidance has now ...

Shlomo Benartzi recently responded to Nevin Adam’s Oct. 29 column addressing Mr. Benartzi’s Oct. 19 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal about the 401(k) system. This post is a brief follow-up to that ...