Despite President Trump signing a measure last week to lift ERISA exemption for state run MEPs, California is determined to proceed with their Secure Choice program similar to other ...

Even though state auto-IRA plans will not be exempted from ERISA as Congress moved to rescind the protection granted by the DOL in August 2016, it appears that states ...

State Pension Plans Underfunded According to a study by The Pew Charitable Trusts, state pension plans are experiencing a wider gap between assets and promised payouts to workers. The ...

What will be the future of State Auto IRA Plans? There’s a battle raging in the retirement industry which affects employers of all sizes, lawmakers, financial advisors and the ...

Congress Moves to Block Government-Sponsored Retirement Plans For Small Businesses Smaller companies (fewer than 50 employees) are less likely to offer their workers a retirement plan according to statistics ...

State Retirement Plans may end up on the cutting-room floor in new Congress. Just as the retirement industry tries to figure out whether the DOL fiduciary rule will become ...

Polling 1600 small to mid-sized business owners, some with and some without a defined contribution plan, research sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust found that 13% of those with ...

Are State-run retirement plans feasible? Could State-run plans effectively relieve the employer of the responsibility of running a defined contribution plan such as a 401(k)? We may not know ...

The daily headlines seem to beat the funeral-march toward defined benefit plan (DC) extinction. The most recent casualty in the transition from DB plans to defined contribution (DC) plans ...

Late last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issues modified rules bulletin with regard to loans and hardship distributions within tax-deferred, employer-sponsored retirement plans as a result of damages ...