June 3, 2021
Plan Sponsors Ask…Q2 2021
Q: Our business was hanging on in spite of COVID-19, but then our area was hit by wildfires. Can employees...
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May 7, 2021
DOL Guidance on Cybersecurity
In April 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued cybersecurity guidance for plan sponsors, recordkeepers, and participants to help protect...
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May 4, 2021
Record Gains and New Highs: There Is Some Good News, After All
Do you feel like you spent the last year gripping the steering wheel and waiting to see what would happen?...
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May 3, 2021
Top 401(k) Trends and Issues for Employers in 2021
By: Michael Rom - Managing Director, Pensionmark As we quickly turn the page on the past year employers are seeking...
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April 22, 2021
COVID-19 Impacts Retirement Prospects for Each Workforce Generation
Let’s play a little fill-in-the-blank game. Complete the following sentence: Those poor (Millennials, GenXers, Boomers)! They really got the short...
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March 30, 2021
5 Reasons To Review Your 401(k) Plan in 2021
By: Michael Rom - Managing Director, Pensionmark Here are 5 practical reasons why employers should prioritize a top to bottom...
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March 16, 2021
DOL Enforcement of its Final Rules on ESG Investments & Proxy Voting
On March 10, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a news release and accompanying “Statement Regarding Enforcement of Its...
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March 2, 2021
The Pandemic’s Impact on Savings Behaviors: Comparing Past and Present
One year ago, there was already troubling news about how little Americans had saved for retirement. Then the pandemic descended,...
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February 22, 2021
Four Risks Participants May Not Know They’re Facing
Life involves risk. One of them is retirement, and whether the money we save to fund it will last. Do...
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February 5, 2021
New DOL Guidance on Missing Participants
On January 12, 2021, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a news release containing three pieces of guidance...
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January 8, 2021
Plan Sponsors Ask…Q1 2021
Q: The ups and downs in the stock market have made some of our 401(k) plan participants very nervous, to...
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January 5, 2021
Consolidated Appropriations Act: 2021 Impacts To Retirement Plans
On December 21, 2020 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) was passed by Congress; on December 27, 2020 it was...
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December 10, 2020
Plan Sponsors Ask…Q4 2020
Q: Early in the pandemic, we were very concerned that employees would take as much money as they could out...
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November 15, 2020
SECURE Act Changes Loom: Check these items off your to-do list
Remember 2019? It was in December of that year (which seems very long ago now) that the SECURE Act was...
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July 22, 2020
Plan Sponsors Ask…Q3 2020
Q: Our small company has, of course, suffered due to the Coronavirus. A few employees who had to take pay...
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June 29, 2020
Fiduciary Issues and Coronavirus: What You Should Know
They may have moved to the figurative back seat for a while, but retirement plan fiduciary issues did not stop...
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June 29, 2020
IRS Notices 2020-50 and 2020-51 Impacts to CARES Act Guidance on Plans and IRAs
On June 19, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-50, which provides additional guidance on Coronavirus Related Distributions and Loans from...
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June 18, 2020
Communicating Through Volatility
In recent weeks, we’ve experienced some of the most impressive swings ever in the U.S. stock market. Naturally, this kind...
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June 11, 2020
DOL Issues Final Regulation on E-Delivery of Plan Disclosures
On May 21, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final regulation permitting electronic delivery of retirement plan participant...
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May 7, 2020
Annotated guidance on IRS Q&A regarding coronavirus related relief for plans and IRAs
On May 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued the following Questions and Answers in advance of formal published...
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