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September 16, 2021

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New IRS Snapshots Explain Two PATH Act Retirement Plan Provisions

"One snapshot highlights the expanded list of retirement plans and IRAs that can make rollovers into a Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) IRA. The other snapshot addresses the enhanced flexibility to offer automatic enrollment in church plans not covered by ERISA. While the snapshots generally summarize existing guidance rather than provide new information, they may alert plan sponsors and taxpayers to the kinds of issues IRS agents review during audits."  MORE >>

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Analyzing the BrightScope Defined Contribution Plan Data in the Context of Excessive Fee Lawsuits

"If the premise of an 'excessive fee' case is that the large plan fiduciaries failed to leverage their size to control plan expenses, this survey debunks this premise for most large plans.... Plaintiff firms try to contend that certain active investment options in these plans are imprudent, but the simple fact remains that participants in nearly every plan can choose investment options with minimal fees."  MORE >>

Euclid Specialty Managers

How Pandemic-Related Increase in Retirements Affects DB Plans

"During normal times, a sharp jump in the number of workers who decide to retire early does not bode well actuarially for DB plans.... But the pandemic was not a normal occurrence, and it might be that other mitigating factors like the mortality rate may dampen any effect early retirements have on the system."  MORE >>

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Ways and Means Takes Aim at Mega-Roths and Backdoor IRAs

"The legislation would prohibit further contributions to a Roth or traditional IRA for a tax year if the total value of an individual's IRA and defined contribution accounts exceed $10 million as of the end of the prior tax year ... [and] a minimum distribution would be required for the following year."  MORE >>

National Tax-Deferred Savings Association [NTSA]

Plan Sponsors, Employees Want Annuity Options

"Half of participants (50%) are concerned about being able to manage expenses and lifestyle choices in retirement and 48% are concerned about outliving their income. Because of these concerns, eight in 10 plan sponsors (81%) believe their employees want guaranteed lifetime income investment options in their employer-sponsored retirement plan."  MORE >>

InsuranceNewsNet.com

Alight Solutions 401(k) Index™: August 2021 Observations

"With stock market indices posting their seventh straight month of gains in August, some 401(k) traders were in profit-taking mode ... Net trading activity in August was 0.13% of balances, up from 0.07% in July. Nearly all trading days in the month saw money moving from equities to fixed income."  MORE >>

Alight Solutions

Competitive Pricing Rate for Pension Risk Transfer Costs Remains Level in August

"During August, the average estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer remained nearly level, decreasing from 102.3% of a plan's total liabilities to 102.2% of those liabilities. This means the average estimated retiree PRT cost for the month is now 2.2% more than those plans' retiree accumulated benefit obligation (ABO). Meanwhile annuity purchase costs reflecting competition amongst insurers also stayed flat, at 100.1% for August."  MORE >>

Milliman

Second Quarter 2021 U.S. Single-Premium Pension Buy-Out Sales Double Sales Results from Prior Year

"U.S. single premium buy-out sales totaled $5 billion in the second quarter, up 119% from second quarter 2020 ... In the first half of 2021, buy-out sales were $6 billion, down 11% from prior year results."  MORE >>

LIMRA

Benefits in General

[Guidance Overview]

Agencies Propose SECURE Act and Other Revisions to Form 5500

"While focused largely on retirement plans, some of the changes also affect welfare plans, notably multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs).... This package of changes to Form 5500 goes well beyond satisfying the agencies' obligations under the SECURE Act.... [T]he DOL is apparently planning another, broader set of improvements to the annual reporting requirements.... Also, the DOL has not acted on a SECURE Act provision that authorized simplified reporting for certain MEPs with fewer than 1,000 participants."  MORE >>

Thomson Reuters / EBIA

Employee Benefits Jobs

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Press Releases

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Webcasts and Conferences
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The Plan Sponsor Experience: Enhancing the Participant Experience through Greater Support and Protection

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Francis Investment Counsel

Best Practices for Retirement Committees

October 7, 2021 WEBCAST

Frost Brown Todd LLC

The Growing Importance of Participant Advice

October 7, 2021 WEBCAST

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors

IRA Transfers and Rollovers

November 18, 2021 WEBCAST

Ascensus

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CRS Report: Social Security Primer (PDF)

Congressional Research Service [CRS]

How Long Should You Plan to Live?

Ken Steiner, FSA Retired

DOL, IRS and PBGC Call for Comments on Proposed Form 5500 Revisions

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