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Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

A Marriage of Old and New: Transamerica, Nuveen, and TIAA Team Up on Lifetime Income Solution

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In a world where retirement plan innovation often comes with more flash than substance, it’s refreshing to see a strategic alliance that actually addresses a fundamental challenge in defined contribution plans: providing real...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (40): Rollovers and the Insurance License Issue

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The Department of Labor’s final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors will be effective this September 23. Where a fiduciary recommendation results in additional compensation for...more

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The DOL’s Regulatory Agenda and a New Fiduciary Rule

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The DOL has not appealed the decision in the Florida Federal District Court that vacated its fiduciary “re-interpretation.” That re-interpretation, in effect, said that ongoing investment advice to a rollover IRA could be...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

I won’t add annuity options to 401(k) plans

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When it comes to plan design, I believe in the idea of KISS: keep it simple, stupid....more

Clark Hill PLC

ERISA 401(K) And Other Defined Contribution Plans Must Add Lifetime Annuity Illustrations to Benefit Statements

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (“SECURE Act”) amended ERISA to require ERISA-covered 401(k) and other defined contribution plans to provide two estimated lifetime income (annuity)...more

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BlackRock adding annuities to product lineup

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With a push for fixed income products, there is n shock that BlackRock is putting annuities in American workers’ 401(k)Plan....more

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Retirement Plan Administrators: Are You Ready to Comply with the New Lifetime Income Disclosure Requirement for Benefit...

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Lifetime Income Disclosure Requirement. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”), enacted December 20, 2019, added a new annual disclosure requirement for benefit statements to...more

Burr & Forman

The Countdown Begins for Lifetime Income Disclosures

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The SECURE Act of 2019 made three statutory changes to ERISA regarding lifetime income benefit payments from defined contribution plans (e.g., 401(k), 403(b), profit sharing, and money purchase pension plans). This blog will...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Court Challenges to DB Plan Actuarial Assumptions – One Year Later

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Eleven cases have been filed against defined benefit pension plan sponsors and certain fiduciaries alleging that the plan’s assumptions—called “actuarial equivalence factors” or “actuarial equivalence assumptions”— for...more

King & Spalding

The SECURE Act Reduces—But Does Not Eliminate—Litigation Risk of Offering Annuities in 401(k) Plans

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On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, the most important retirement legislation since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. One of the most...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Pension Plan Sponsors Should Be Mindful Of A New Wave Of Class Action Lawsuits

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In December 2018, class action lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) were filed against several large single-employer defined benefit plans.  The suits focus on the calculation of joint and...more

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IRS cracks open the window for retiree lump sums

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On March 6, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2019-18 (Notice), announcing that it is retracting its previous position that prohibited pension plan sponsors from offering lump-sum cashouts to retirees who...more

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