Retirement plan sponsors are beginning to see more claims involving the alleged wrongful use of personal information belonging to retirement plan participants claimed to be “plan assets”. The specifics of these allegations is that employers… Read Moreabout Is Personal Information of Plan Participants An ERISA Plan Asset?
Defined Benefit, or DB plan sponsors were immensely impacted when the market was pummeled by the COVID-19 crisis. It is predicted that the volatility of the marketplace will maintain for a while. As such, plan… Read Moreabout How to Effectively Handle DB Plans Through Covid-19
Released on June 8th, an annual study examining trends in open-end mutual funds and exchange-trade funds found that the asset-weighted average expense ratio plummeted to 0.45% in 2019, slicing funds and ETFs nearly in half… Read Moreabout Asset-Weighted Expense Ratio Drops Again
Colorado is expected to join states across the country in having a state-sponsored retirement savings plan for private sector employees, including a mandate for employers with greater than five workers that do not provide a… Read Moreabout Colorado’s Savings Plan Offers Employer Mandate
As the dynamic ripples of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to sculpt the current marketplace, it is vital for plan sponsors to augment their establishment’s retirement plans for what may lie ahead. Warranting the efficiency of… Read Moreabout 4 Plan Sponsor Action Plans During COVID-19
When it comes to the management of retirement plans, a fiduciary’s liability is often misunderstood. Fiduciary liability stems from the strict obligations set in place by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or… Read Moreabout The Basics of Fiduciary Liability Insurance
On March 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the ground-breaking CARES Act into law. Supported by the American Retirement Association, this coronavirus rescue package delivers extensive relief to individuals, small and large establishments, hospitals, and… Read Moreabout Trump Enacts CARES Act to Combat COVID-19 Crisis
The majority of estate planning fails usually fall into one of several groups. Though each estate plan is distinctive, the same errors and snags can arise. Each of these typical mistakes is preventable with a… Read Moreabout Avoid These 3 Mistakes of Estate Planning
