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This Week From the Hill (July 27 – August 2, 2025)

Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more

Hogan Lovells

HL UK Pensions Law Digest 29 July 2025

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Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover:  Inheritance tax and pensions: revised policy Pensions Commission and State Pension age review Pensioner poverty: results of inquiry Pensions dashboards: clearing “data debts”...more

A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: Joint DB and DC trustee agenda—August 2025

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

L’avenir de la gouvernance des régimes de retraite canadiens : nouvelles perspectives juridiques

Le paysage de la réglementation au Canada évolue de façon dynamique comme en témoignent certaines mises à jour relatives à la réglementation, aux politiques et à la gouvernance. Celles-ci d’ailleurs exigent une attention...more

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Bringing the Future Into Focus: Boosting Pension Engagement in the UK

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With the shift to defined contribution schemes in the UK, employers play an increasingly crucial role in pension engagement. Through communication, education, and support, they can empower employees to make more informed and...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: July 2025

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The government has also published a roadmap setting out its overarching aims for its reforms to workplace pensions as well as indicative timing for implementation of the Bill. The roadmap indicates that the reforms will come...more

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UK Pensions training materials Updated June 2025

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We run a comprehensive programme of pension training for clients and their advisers, including training for new pension trustees, training for experienced trustees and regular morning seminars reviewing legal developments in...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Don’t Hire Your Payroll Provider As Your 401(k) TPA

I f you’re thinking of hiring your payroll provider to also serve as your 401(k) plan’s third-party administrator (TPA), stop. Think again. Then think again harder. I’ve been an ERISA attorney for more than 25 years. In that...more

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The Pensions Brief: June 2025

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ISSUES AFFECTING ALL SCHEMES - MARKET VOLATILITY – PENSIONS REGULATOR REPORT - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a market oversight report on market volatility and what trustees should do, which sets out how...more

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DB Pension Scheme Funding – Pensions Regulator 2025 Funding Statement

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its 2025 funding statement. It is targeted at DB schemes undergoing valuations with effective dates between 22 September 2024 and 21 September 2025. However, it is relevant to all DB...more

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HL Pensions Law Digest 28 April 2025

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A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Pensions Regulator (TPR): new innovation hub In a keynote speech, TPR explains that its priorities are for innovation, data...more

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Not So Fast: DOL Releases Annual Funding Notice Guidance Just Before the Distribution Due Date

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On April 3, 2025, the Department of Labor (the DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-02 (the FAB) and updated model annual funding notices for single-employer and multiemployer plans. The FAB addresses conflicts between...more

Alston & Bird

Department of Labor’s Temporary Policy Allows Voluntary Escheatment of Certain Retirement Benefits

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In this article, the authors delve into the Department of Labor’s temporary ERISA enforcement policy for unclaimed retirement benefit payments of $1,000 or less. The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a temporary...more

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Pensions: what's new this week - March 31, 2025

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Finance Act 2025 receives royal assent - The Finance Act 2025...more

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States Decode Their Expectations on Insurers’ Use of AI

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States continue to decode their expectations regarding insurers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Since our last report, the following states have issued bulletins based on the National Association of Insurance...more

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Pensions: what's new this week - January 20, 2025

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Government confirms continuation of clearing exemption - ...more

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The Pensions Brief: December 2024 / January 2025

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ISSUES AFFECTING ALL SCHEMES - PENSIONS DASHBOARDS – UPDATED AND NEW GUIDANCE - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its guidance on pensions dashboards to bring it in line with external developments and to address...more

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If the Deadline for Self-Correcting Retirement Plan Errors Is Indefinite, Why Do I Have to Hurry?

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Section 305 of SECURE 2.0 added rules for self-correcting a new category of retirement plan errors under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (“ECPRS”). Specifically, Section 305 allows an “eligible inadvertent...more

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Final Regulations Issued on Required Minimum Distributions Under SECURE Act

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations for required minimum distributions (RMDs) from certain retirement plans, including tax-qualified plans, Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 403(b) plans,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

A Q&A and More Delay: IRS Begins to Issue Clarifying Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Provisions

In late December 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-2 (the Notice), providing guidance on key provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). SECURE 2.0, which was passed in December 2022,...more

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Extended Time to Amend Tax Qualified Retirement Plans for SECURE 2.0 Act and other Legislation

On December 20, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-2 to “provide guidance on discreet issues” concerning the implementation of specific provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0)....more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume III, September 2023

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Regulators Hit Jackpot: Off-Channel Communications - Several years before announcing the first “off-channel” communications enforcement action, the SEC and FINRA cautioned broker-dealers and investment advisers about...more

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The State of Connecticut Wants Information About Your Retirement Plans by September 1, 2023

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In a June 7, 2023 press release, State of Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon applauded the passage of House Bill No. 6930, which aspires to develop best practices for governance structures of municipal retirement plans....more

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Get those affiliated service issues straightened out

As a 401(k) plan sponsor, you need to make sure that all your plan providers understand any ownership interests in other companies that you may have and make a determination whether those interests constitute a controlled...more

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SECURE 2.0: Retirement Plan Rules Get a Makeover!

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SECURE 2.0, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022 as part of the larger Consolidated Appropriations Act, is the most wide-sweeping retirement plan legislation enacted in more than a decade. It contains a myriad of...more

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