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ERISA 04.01.2021

Rowing Forward: Women and Retirement Savings

First quarter studies show that women are rowing hard to gain financial ground after the disruptions of 2020. The trends provide retirement plan sponsors with valuable insights to inform plan design and communications. Expect The…
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Rowing Forward: Women and Retirement Savings
ERISA 04.01.2021

Required Minimum Distributions: The Basics

Retirement plan sponsors take note: April 1 is a deadline for some retirement plan to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from their accounts. This can be confusing and stressful without proper planning. Here’s what…
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Required Minimum Distributions: The Basics
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 03.30.2021

Digital Identity: Protection Advice

With clues to our identities now easily available all around the digital space, we are making it easier for cybercriminals to locate, us, figure out our passwords, and dig into our contact data too. Share…
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Digital Identity: Protection Advice
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 03.25.2021

Cybersecurity: What Will The DOL Decide?

  Legal experts caution that the Department of Labor could be headed toward formalizing the cybersecurity responsibilities of retirement plan fiduciaries. Don’t be unprepared at the narrowing intersection between ERISA fiduciary duties and the cybersecurity…
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Cybersecurity: What Will The DOL Decide?
ERISA 03.25.2021

Reinventing Futures: Retirement Savings

There are a lot of dreams tucked in with the dollars in the company-sponsored retirement plan. Freedom from routine. Health. Time with family. What else? Exploring the possibilities can motivate savings—plus, it’s energizing to think…
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Reinventing Futures: Retirement Savings
ERISA 03.25.2021

What’s Changed? Plan Auditors Need to Know

Your employer-sponsor retirement plan can probably tell the tale of this topsy turvy year: staffing changes, a shift to remote work, and, potentially, distribution and loan provisions allowed by the CARES Act. How should you…
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What’s Changed? Plan Auditors Need to Know
ERISA 03.14.2021

Cyber Security and Small Businesses

  Small businesses are lucrative targets for cybercriminals. Maddeningly, they are even considered “low-hanging fruit.” That puts every business—and its retirement plan data—at risk of a breach. Are you ready? Access To Money and Data…
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Cyber Security and Small Businesses
ERISA 03.12.2021

Hoping To Retire Someday Soon?

Now more than ever, employees are turning to the workplace for information and tools to help with financial wellness. Employees nearing retirement will benefit from the information to support their planning efforts. Plan sponsors are…
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Hoping To Retire Someday Soon?
ERISA 03.12.2021

Impactful Retirement Plan Design Features

Across the country, employers are looking for ways to help workers secure their financial futures while steering out of the pandemic and related economic disruption. Retirement planning experts suggest focusing on impactful plan design features….
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Impactful Retirement Plan Design Features