View This Newsletter: End of the Year Checklist End of the Year Checklist As the year-end approaches, our to-do lists can be lengthy. There are holidays to prepare for, employee performance reviews to complete, and, oh, wait, there is also the…

View This Newsletter: Fiduciary Issues and Hurricane Relief Fiduciary Rule Round Up There has been much upheaval in the retirement world as of late and it centers around the new fiduciary rule. The New Fiduciary Rule means that many investment professionals…

View This Newsletter: Retirement Plan Rx Overview: The latest news regarding retirement plans has centered around service provider fees. While fees are a highly important aspect of managing an employer-sponsored retirement plan, they are not the only metric of your overall…

View This Newsletter: Benefit Communications in an Electronic World Overview: With communication mediums like email, text, and IM’s becoming the standard in business industries worldwide, plan sponsors are becoming increasingly interested in abandoning paper processes for a more electronic means…

View This Newsletter: Dealing with Uncashed Distribution Checks and Missing Participants Overview: It is estimated that uncashed checks account for billions of dollars, representing a fortune of uncollected funds belonging to plan participants or beneficiaries that they are not able to…

View This Newsletter: Rules and Taxation of 401(k) Plan Distributions Overview: A 401(k) plan permits employees to defer a portion of their salaries on a pre-tax basis with the objective of accumulating assets for retirement. Additional assets are accumulated if…

View This Newsletter: Keeping Abreast of Plan Loan Rules Overview: If you have a 401(k) plan, you’ve likely had participants ask about taking loans from their accounts. If you haven’t yet, it is only a matter of time. While the concept…