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Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Choices are good unless it cannibalizes your business

You know what everyone’s talking about lately in the retirement plan world? Pooled Employer Plans — PEPs! Yeah, PEPs. Like they’re the second coming of sliced bread. Spoiler alert: they’re not....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas Federal Court Allows an ERISA Fiduciary Challenge Against Alleged "ESG Investing" Without Any ESG Funds

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On January 10, 2025, in Spence v. American Airlines, a federal district court in Texas ruled that American Airlines (the company) and the committee overseeing its 401(k) plans (the committee) breached their duty of loyalty...more

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New York City Pension Funds Double Down on Decarbonization – New Expectations Will Impact Managers and Their Portfolio Companies

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Over the last few months, most of the attention in the climate space in the U.S. has been on the dramatic, and expected, shift in federal government policy. However, some “blue state” officials continue to seek to advance...more

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Blue Ridge Associates buys Qualified Retirement Plan Services

Blue Ridge Associates announced today that it has acquired Qualified Retirement Plan Services, Inc. (QRPS) based in Raleigh, North Carolina....more

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401GO partners with Mesirow

401GO has partnered with Mesirow to provide outsourced 3(38) fiduciary services to its clients. Mesirow’s 3(38) fiduciary services will be integrated into the 401GO retirement platform, making them available to approximately...more

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TIAA ranked as top recordkeeper website

A new report by research consultant Corporate Insight (CI) highlights that TIAA, Fidelity, and T. Rowe Price provide the best digital experiences among U.S. recordkeepers....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

BlackRock Lifepath lawsuits were a dud

I knew early from my law school days that I had zero interest in litigation. It was probably from Moot Court when that second year law student admonished my tie. I late discovered this second year law student was the...more

Morgan Lewis

ETFs for ERISA Plans: Operational Barriers and Potential Benefits

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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gained an increasing foothold in the wealth-management investment universe, with ETF assets under management currently about half the assets under management of mutual funds. As the ETF...more

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Managed Accounts have room to grow

Sponsors of 401(k) plans are increasingly recognizing the need to provide personalized investment options for their participants; however, access to managed accounts still remains limited....more

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Mariner makes a deal by

Mariner announced the acquisition of Cardinal Investment Advisors. Mariner’s advisory assets will grow to $550 billion in the first quarter of 2025....more

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Practical Takeaways from Spence v. American Airlines, Inc. for ERISA Plan Fiduciaries

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On January 10, 2025, Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas issued a much-anticipated ruling in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., which marks the first time that a federal judge has written an on-the-merits...more

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State ESG Update and Analysis for Asset Managers and Financial Institutions

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As we discussed in our white paper “ESG and Public Pension Investing in 2023: A Year-to-Date Recap and Analysis”, there was a surge in legislative activity in 2023 among red states curtailing the use of environmental, social...more

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: June 2024

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Issues affecting all schemes - General Election – impact on pensions - The General Election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour Party. While no pensions-related announcements have been made since the election by...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Empower to offer retirement income solutions

Empower announced partnerships with several asset management and insurance providers to offer a range of in-plan and out-of-plan guaranteed income solutions to its defined contribution (DC) plans....more

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United States: The Long Read - Lifetime Income Products in CITs on the Rise

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As recently noted by the US Department of Labor (“DOL”), since the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), “the retirement plan landscape has changed significantly, with a shift from defined...more

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SECURE-ing Insurance Company Separate Account Assets for ETFs

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On 29 December 2022, President Biden signed into law the SECURE Act 2.0 (SECURE 2.0) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. SECURE 2.0 builds on the 2019 passage of the Setting Every Community Up for...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Asset Protection and Your Estate Plan – Preserve and Protect Your Wealth For Your Heirs

Asset protection is about preserving your hard-earned wealth in the face of unreasonable creditors’ claims, frivolous lawsuits or financial predators. It’s not about evading legitimate debts, hiding assets or defrauding...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Never let anyone assume you’re embezzling

I know two retirement plan providers in Federal prison for embezzling retirement plan assets. They did the crime, they are doing the time. However, there are times when people haven’t embezzled, but they have done enough...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, January/February 2023

Pay attention to securities laws when planning your estate - Do your assets include unregistered securities, such as restricted stock or interests in hedge funds or private equity funds? If so, it’s important to consider...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Retirement Asset Management: Regulatory Update

As the markets continue to create challenges for plan fiduciaries and asset managers, financial regulators are actively working on a number of projects that impact the investment of benefit plan assets. The Securities and...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Protecting Your Retirement Savings from a Market Crash

Markets have been unstable for months, causing investors to be on edge with good reason. Already this year, the stock market has fallen and wiped out over $3 trillion in retirement savings....more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - What Constitutes Plan Assets Under ERISA?

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On this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by Zan Gormley, a partner in Williams Mullen’s Litigation Section, who discusses the law and guidance on what constitutes “assets of the...more

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[Webinar] 13th Annual Fiduciary Focus - February 25th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

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Join the Williams Mullen Private Client and Fiduciary Services team for our annual Fiduciary Focus event. This year’s agenda is packed with insights on recent developments affecting fiduciaries – including tax law updates...more

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The Estate Planner, July/August 2021

Annual exclusion gifts - A deceptively powerful estate planning strategy - In 2021, the federal lifetime gift and estate tax exemption amount is a whopping $11.7 million. So, for most people, it may seem like planning...more

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NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Part IV Using Post-Retirement Medical Plans to Raise AUM and Sell Life Insurance

Gerry discusses 401(h) post-retirement medical plans. These are ancillary benefits that snap onto defined benefit or money purchase plans. This is a powerful benefit you should be discussing with your clients!...more

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