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Our Benefit Insights® newsletter, which comes out every other month, covers topics of interest to retirement plan sponsors and their advisors. Click any title below to view the newsletter.

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2012

FEBRUARY: At Your Service

 

2011

DECEMBER: Increasing 401(k) Plan Participation

OCTOBER: Participant Fee Disclosure Requirements for Individual Account Plans

AUGUST: Should They Stay or Should They Go: Dealing with Terminated Participants

JUNE: Fiduciary Liability for Participant-Directed Plans

APRIL: Don't Let the QDRO Be Worse Than The Marriage

FEBRUARY: Do You Know Who Your Employees Are?

 

2010

DECEMBER: Plan Year-End To-Do List

OCTOBER: Record Retention

AUGUST: Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan Offers Many Advantages

JUNE: Roth 401(k) FAQs

APRIL: When Should The Check Be In The Mail?

FEBRUARY: Participants Are On A Need-To-Know Basis ... And They Need To Know

 

2009

DECEMBER: Mandatory Electronic Filing for Form 5500 Soon!

OCTOBER: Voluntary Corrections for Qualified Plans

AUGUST: Plan Distributions Are On The Rise

JUNE: ERISA Fiduciary Responsibilities

APRIL: Layoffs Can Result in a Partial Plan Termination Requiring 100% Vesting

FEBRUARY: Payment Options for Plan Expenses

2008

DECEMBER: The Hidden Pension Trap: The Aggregation Rules

OCTOBER: Timely Deposit of Plan Contributions

AUGUST: EGTRRA Restatements ... The Time Has Come

JUNE: Solving 401(k) Testing Problems With New Design Options

APRIL: Top Heavy Rules May Impact Plan Design

FEBRUARY: Understanding 401(k) ADP and ACP Testing

 

2007

DECEMBER: Default Investment Rules Facilitate Auto-Enrollment

OCTOBER: Compensation: Definitions and Applications

AUGUST: Keeping Abreast of Plan Limitations

JUNE: Keeping Up To Date With Form 5500 Requirements

APRIL: The Prudent 401(k) Fiduciary

FEBRUARY: Plan Compliance Update for 2007

 

2006

DECEMBER: Participant Cruise Control: Automatic Enrollment

OCTOBER: Pension Protection Act of 2006 /Private Pensions

AUGUST: Retirement Plan Coverage for Part-Time Employees

JUNE: Hardship Distributions Provide Valuable Option

APRIL: Military Leave Rules for Retirement Plans

FEBRUARY: Responsibilities of a Plan Sponsor

 

2005

DECEMBER: A Primer on Qualified Plan Document Maintenance

OCTOBER: The Plain Truth About "Simple" Retirement Plans

AUGUST: New Retirement Plan Option Coming in 2006: The Roth 401k!

JUNE: Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans Provide Smooth Sailing

APRIL: Guide to Distributions From 401(k) Plans

FEBRUARY: IRS Issues Final 401(k) Regulations

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