Pooled Employer Plan Archives

The SECURE Act Reminders

With so much discussion surrounding the CARES Act, it is easy to forget that 2019 brought us some of the most significant changes to retirement plan law since the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. This legislation came to us by virtue of The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act that was signed into law on December 20, 2019. While many of the SECURE Act provisions are currently in effect, there are important provisions still to come that plan sponsors should be prepared for in 2021 and beyond.

Marketing2020-11-13T11:24:06-05:00November 13th, 2020|Categories: Newsletters/Bulletins|Tags: Lifetime Income Disclosure, SECURE Act, Multiple Employer Plan, Pooled Employer Plan, CARES Act|Comments Off

MEPs/PEPs: Are Companies Overpaying for Economies of Scale?

The retirement industry is gearing up for the implementation and adoption of PEPs (pooled employer plans) which were first introduced in 2020 under the SECURE Act. PEPs are similar to MEPs (multiple employer plans) in concept and structure, but will allow unrelated employers to participate in a sing [...]

Marketing2020-09-08T12:41:21-05:00September 7th, 2020|Categories: 401k Resources|Tags: 401k Retirement Plans, 401(k) Provider, Multiple Employer Plan, MEP, Pooled Employer Plan, PEP|Comments Off

How the SECURE Act is Changing Retirement

The SECURE Act represents some of the most significant changes to retirement plan law since the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, over thirteen years ago. The provisions of the Act are broad ranging and span many different effective dates.

Marketing2020-02-14T11:16:55-05:00February 14th, 2020|Categories: Newsletters/Bulletins|Tags: Required Minimum Distributions, RMD, Safe Harbor Plan, SECURE Act, Multiple Employer Plan, MEP, Pooled Employer Plan, PEP, Pooled Plan Provider, ERISA|Comments Off