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ERISA 11.02.2023

Help for Small Balance Accounts

  Small retirement accounts have been a big problem for a long time, as they tend to become forgotten and contribute to challenges related to missing participants, cash leakage, and, of course, sub-optimal participant outcomes….
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Help for Small Balance Accounts
ERISA 11.02.2023

Failure To Diversify: ERISA Violation

  Following an investigation by its Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Department of Labor won a settlement for the participants of an employer sponsored retirement plan, arguing that fiduciary breaches, including failure to diversify…
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Failure To Diversify: ERISA Violation
ERISA 10.27.2023

From Awareness To Action

  For business owners, the days of having a vague notion that cybersecurity requires attention–and hoping “someone” in IT has it covered, are over. Top down and all around action is necessary to protect the…
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From Awareness To Action
ERISA 10.27.2023

Here’s To A Happy Ending….

  How well do the actual operations of the company sponsored retirement plan match the procedures spelled out in the plan document? Are the operations also in compliance with what even experts say are “increasingly…
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Here’s To A Happy Ending….
ERISA 10.19.2023

Is It A Violation?

  The use of plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions has been a longstanding practice of retirement plan fiduciaries. Nonetheless, new lawsuits are now alleging that this widespread practice is a violation of ERISA. Although…
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Is It A Violation?
ERISA 10.19.2023

Heightened Interest: IRS Audits

  Among the complications for employers sponsoring 401k plans is the handling of deductions when retroactive contributions are made. Now, attorneys caution that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is signaling heightened interest in audits related…
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Heightened Interest: IRS Audits
ERISA 10.11.2023

New Strategies To Help Employees

  Recognizing that the high cost of living (and student loan debt) makes it hard for workers to save, many employers are trying new strategies to inspire more engagement with company sponsored retirement plans, and…
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New Strategies To Help Employees
ERISA 10.11.2023

Can The Stakes Get Any Higher?

  With a total of over $10 trillion of retirement savings now accumulated in employer sponsored retirement plans, the stakes for safeguarding them are high indeed. The dollars and data require ever better cybersecurity–and ultimately,…
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Can The Stakes Get Any Higher?
ERISA 10.06.2023

It’s Time: Cybersecurity

  The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, (CISA), reminds us that it’s time to take four steps to better protect our businesses. Of course it is especially critical for retirement plan sponsors to guard…
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It’s Time: Cybersecurity