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By Arthur D. Postal |
April 18, 2012
Industry insiders press Ways and Means committee to retain tax incentives to continue public participation in retirement plans, many of which date back to the Bush Administration.
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By Andy Stonehouse |
March 6, 2012
Low interest rates have led firms such as Boeing to push Congress to reconsider the amount of money companies are required to feed into their pension funds.
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By Arthur D. Postal |
February 22, 2012
A provision in Senate legislation that had investment advisors up in arms because it would reduce the value of inherited IRAs has been removed.
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By Kathryn Mayer |
January 31, 2012
If the Supreme Court rules that the individual mandate is unconstitutional, then the ‘shared responsibility’ provision of the law requiring employers to offer health coverage that satisfies the individual mandate should also be struck down, the American Benefits Council is arguing.
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By Paula Aven Gladych |
December 21, 2011
The SPARK Institute and the Investment Company Institute have released a “Sample Glossary of Investment-Related Terms for Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants” that defined contribution plans can use and adapt in complying with new Department of Labor participant disclosure regulations requiring plans to give participants specific information about plan investments,...
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By Marcy Gordon |
November 15, 2011
The federal agency that insures pensions for one in seven Americans ran the largest deficit last year in its 37-year history.
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By Paula Aven Gladych |
October 13, 2011
Swaps are an important tool of ERISA pension plans and any disruption to the way they are currently exercised would have a negative effect on those plans, the companies sponsoring the plans and plan participants, according to Bella Sanevich, general counsel of NISA Investment Advisors, L.L.C. who testified on behalf...
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
October 6, 2011
The Treasury Department plans to release soon guidance for employers on how best to integrate lifetime income products into 401(k)s and other employer-sponsored retirement plans, while the Department of Labor plans to follow with similar guidance early next year.
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By Amanda McGrory |
September 20, 2011
In reaction to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s tax reform hearing concerning retirement security, the American Benefits Council and the American Council of Life Insurers say employer-sponsored defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans are essential elements to the U.S.’s retirement system.
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September 12, 2011
The American Benefits Council spent $243,809 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on retirement, pension, financial reform, and budget issues related to health and retirement entitlement programs, according to a recent disclosure report.
