In turning the page for his next chapter in life, Adam Antoniades will retire from his position as CEO of the Cetera Financial Group, effective Dec. 31, 2024, according to a Nov. 7 announcement by ...

Retirement plan participants, sponsors, and administrators have relief from some compliance deadlines and requirements due to recent hurricanes, the Department of Labor (DOL) said on Nov. 7. The DOL ...

What happens when a plan participant makes excess deferrals to a 401(k)? The IRS has updated its take on the consequences and what should be done.

The possibility of Republicans controlling the Executive Branch, as well as both chambers of Congress, could have significant ramifications for retirement and tax policy issues, but a few questions do ...

In the event former President Donald Trump wins the Presidential Election, certain regulatory items at the Department of Labor will likely be modified or abandoned altogether.

Fred (Reish) recently brought their engaging, informative, and occasionally alliterative discussion to the nation’s largest and longest-running gathering of TPAs (and other assorted retirement experts ...

Responding to a recent call from an advisor in Texas, the ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center (RLC) address a question on setting a large auto-enrollment deferral amount in relation to ...

The IRS apparently will not permit retirement plan sponsors to require all participants to make catch-up contributions on a Roth basis to simplify plan administration.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ( Ware v. Coca-Cola Sw. Beverages LLC, N.D. Tex., No. 3:24-cv-02707, complaint 10/28/24 ), charged plan fiduciaries with: ...

The National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) is pleased to announce its inaugural list of top social media influencers, the newest accolade celebrating those retirement professionals who are doing ...

Plan participants who work with a financial advisor apparently are more confident about their retirement prospects, better informed about their plans and contribute more to their accounts.

"Unintended consequences" are often a euphemism for something bad. But not always. Take the 401(k), for example.