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ERISA 12.29.2021

Retirement Decumulation? Trends for 2022

Save for a healthy and secure older age. That’s why 401k plans exist, right? What’s never been as clear, is the answer to “then what?” How do we responsibly use retirement funds to meet our…
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Retirement Decumulation? Trends for 2022
ERISA 12.29.2021

401k Action: Assisted Roll-Out?

  Businesses, the retirement industry, and, of course plan sponsors, are abuzz with how to facilitate the portability of retirement savings when employees change jobs Making portability a reality in 2022 requires “roll-out” support when…
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401k Action: Assisted Roll-Out?
Court Bonds 12.21.2021

Inheritance: Dividing The Money Evenly?

  No, parents do not have to divide their assets evenly among their children when creating a will. Although it is common to do so, there are no laws entitling each child “to get their…
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Inheritance: Dividing The Money Evenly?
Court Bonds 12.21.2021

Special Needs Grandchildren?

  If you have grandchildren with special needs and hope to leave them money when you die, you’ll want to take extra care with your estate plan. Your good intentions could inadvertently result in them…
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Special Needs Grandchildren?
ERISA 12.21.2021

Small Businesses: Left In The Dark?

  Retirement plan sponsors from small and midsize businesses are challenged by the task of evaluating the cybersecurity procedures and protocols of recordkeepers and other service providers. Experts provide advice about adhering to The Department…
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Small Businesses: Left In The Dark?
ERISA 12.21.2021

Housekeeping Time: Tips for Plan Sponsors

You are not alone if you find yourself cloudy on your fiduciary obligations as a plan sponsor. Retirement industry executives observe that very few plan sponsors deeply understand their fiduciary duties or how to protect…
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Housekeeping Time: Tips for Plan Sponsors
Court Bonds 12.16.2021

What Exactly Is a Trust?

  Whether you are up to your elbows in estate planning, or just trying to figure out how to get started, the terminology can get a bit fuzzy, hard to digest and keep straight. Short…
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What Exactly Is a Trust?
Court Bonds 12.16.2021

Disrupting Estate Planning: Wealthtech?

  How will $68 trillion in wealth be passed along to Millennials and Generation X over the next twenty-five years? Wealthtech! That’s the disruption experts say is underway as legal, financial and tech innovators work…
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Disrupting Estate Planning: Wealthtech?
ERISA 12.15.2021

Pandemic’s Impact on Retirement Saving?

  As 2021 ends, new insights into how the pandemic has impacted retirement savings are emerging. A study by recordkeeper Empower Retirement provides insights based on a study with about 4 million retirement plan participants….
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Pandemic’s Impact on Retirement Saving?