Tag: Legislation

A U.S. Congressman has introduced a bill to encourage small businesses to offer retirement plans for employees.

Several regulations and pieces of guidance issued in 2014 will have a lasting impact on retirement plans.

With invigorated provider interest and new guidance from key regulators, 2014 turned out to be an important year for annuities in employer-sponsored retirement plans.

The U.S. Treasury issued final regulations establishing a new type of electronic retirement savings bond designed to serve as the backbone of the president’s myRA program.

The DCIIA has released a FAQ document about new regulations for qualifying longevity annuity contracts in retirement plans.

Trends, legislation, regulations and litigation will continue to affect the retirement industry in 2015.

A lawsuit has been filed that some say is the first to cite the Supreme Court case about whether retirement plan fiduciaries have a presumption of prudence for...

Midterm election results are often interpreted to mean different and contradictory things—but there appears to be some consensus in the retirement industry about the new political landscape in...

There are certain events that defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are required to report to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) before they happen.

A $500 increase in the annual elective deferral maximum for defined contribution retirement plans may seem small, but one expert sees important implications in the increase.

The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued guidance designed to expand the use of income annuities in 401(k) plans.

Two senior U.S. senators are petitioning the government agencies that oversee qualified retirement plans to more actively protect pension plan participants’ rights during pension risk transfers.

A new strategy outline issued by the American Benefits Council (ABC) suggests the advocacy group will work to achieve public policy reform that more closely unifies health care...

A recent U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing covered numerous retirement-related topics, including proposals to streamline plan-testing requirements and others that could radically change defined contribution (DC) plans.

The Internal Revenue Service is holding a “Retirement Plan Hot Topics” webinar September 11.

Forty years ago on September 2, in response to failing companies resulting in workers losing pensions, sweeping legislation designed to protect workers from losing their earned retirement income...

A new paper published by the Social Science Research Network recommends a single private defined contribution (DC) pension system that can cover all working Americans, with a single...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a request for information (RFI) about the use of brokerage windows, self-directed brokerage accounts, and similar features in 401(k)-type retirement plans.

The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has issued guidance on tax prepayment windows for retirement plans, according to a brief from the Groom Law Group.