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Contingent Deferred Annuities: Time for Renewal?

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Contingent deferred annuities (CDAs) represent an interesting approach to securing lifetime income but have struggled for recognition in the marketplace since their introduction more than a decade ago. Recent developments,...more

Alston & Bird

IRS Proposes Changes to 401(k) Catch-Up Contributions

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Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group discusses what plan sponsors and fiduciaries need to know about the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed changes for employees 50 or older who make additional elective...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: April 2025

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Pensions dashboards – finalised standards and guidance - The following dashboards standards have been finalised and have received ministerial approval...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The DOL May Not Actually Want to Hear From You: New Guidance Streamlining the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program

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The DOL updated its voluntary fiduciary correction program (“VFCP”) which was introduced over 20 years ago to allow plan sponsors to corrected enumerated fiduciary breaches. The amended VFCP now allows for self-correction of...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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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

Fenwick & West LLP

Considerations When Establishing a New 401(k) Plan or Migrating to a New 401(k) Provider

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Establishing a new 401(k) plan or migrating to a new 401(k) provider is a complex process involving multiple stakeholders. Companies should expect up to four months between the commencement of the process until finalization...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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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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DOL Issues Implementation FAQs Regarding the Lifetime Income Illustrations for Defined Contribution Plans

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) amended the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to add two lifetime income illustrations, furnished at least annually, to plan...more

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DOL Issues FAQs on SECURE Act Lifetime Income Illustrations and Interim Final Rule

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On July 26, 2021 the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration issued a set of four frequently asked questions (FAQs) that address the implementation of Section 203 of the Setting Every Community...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Church Plans Under the SECURE Act

Many of the provisions of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”) do not apply to non-electing church plans, but some do, notably those dealing with certain 403(b)(9) plans and...more

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SEC Pressures Advisers on Undisclosed Conflicts

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We are actively looking for circumstances where an adviser is financially conflicted by incentives that could affect investment recommendations to clients. ... And I will tell you: the more we look, the more undisclosed or...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Round One of SECURE Act Guidance – IRA Reporting Relief for 2020 MRDs

IRA providers were concerned with not being able to “stop the presses” when it came to notices being provided in January to IRA owners regarding the need to take 2020 minimum required distributions (“MRDs”)....more

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Fix a Decade of Document Errors? Yes You Can!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In two months (on March 31, 2020), the window closes for 403(b) plan sponsors to take advantage of the unique opportunity to retroactively amend their 403(b) retirement plans to correct document errors...more

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SECURE Act Includes Retirement Plan Changes, Some Effective Immediately

On December 19, 2019, the President signed the SECURE Act. SECURE includes, among other things, provisions that are intended to make retirement plans more accessible, especially to smaller employers, address changing...more

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