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Are small businesses getting a fair shake through PPP?
Second tranche of loans may go even quicker than first. → Read More
COVID-19 sell-off reaps record outflows in long-term funds
The flows to U.S. equity funds and commodity funds came as stock markets were in free fall in March. → Read More
COVID-19 forces CalSavers to delay enrollment
June 30 deadline for employers with 100 or more workers pushed back; support services to be added to help employers. → Read More
COVID-19 forces CalSavers to delay employer registration deadline
June 30 deadline for employers with 100 or more workers pushed back; support services to be added to help employers. → Read More
One-fifth of large retirement plan sponsors say they are suspending 401(k) matches
Large sponsors quicker to implement retirement provision of CARES Act. → Read More
COVID-19 causing near-retirement TDF investors to pull savings
Investors in TDF vintages withdrew $9.4B in March, marking an “unusual lack of discipline, writes Morningstar analyst. → Read More
5 industry leaders on COVID-19's impact on retirement plans
The key to saving tens of thousands of retirement plans of small to mid-sized businesses lies in one program within the CARES Act. → Read More
Will COVID-19 terminate more than 200,000 401(k) plans?
Upwards of one-third of plans are candidates for termination unless sponsors at least get some breathing room on notices contributions and testing ARA says. → Read More
How 8 major 2020 TDFs are weathering COVID-19 sell-off
TDFs better off during the coronavirus selloff than the financial crisis, but still much pain among 2020 vintages across investment styles. → Read More
Coronavirus guts pension funding levels
'Significant variations of outcomes, reflecting the wider variation in pension strategies taken today than in years past.' → Read More
SEC Chair Clayton: COVID-19 will not delay Reg BI
Clayton did suggest some compliance latitude for firms struggling under the effects of COVID-19's impact on the economy. → Read More
How to help your clients understand the CARES Act: Paycheck Protection Program
8 provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program that plan advisors can help plan sponsor clients understand. → Read More
Will Treasury deliver coronavirus relief for safe harbor plans?
After financial crisis 30-day notice requirement of suspended matches was waived -- but no mention in CARES Act. → Read More
Vanguard trading activity up, but most staying the course
Across account types, 8 percent of Vanguard retail or workplace plan clients made a trade between February 19 and March 20. → Read More
Here are the retirement provisions in the Senate’s final coronavirus bill
The House is scheduled to bring the CARES Act to a vote on Friday March 27. → Read More
Coronavirus may prove to be a 'time-limited' problem for plan sponsors
Harder to reinstate retirement benefits once they've been stripped. → Read More
ACLI chief to state regulators: Insurance companies are well-positioned to weather coronavirus
American Council of Life Insurers CEO Neely vows to maintain commitments to retirees. → Read More
7 retirement provisions in the House stimulus package that go beyond Senate’s CARES Act
Multiemployer plans facing insolvency would be bailed out furloughed time would count toward retirement plans and more. → Read More
Coronavirus relief package would suspend 2020 RMDs
Bill stalled in Senate. → Read More
4 relief measures retirement & sponsor groups are asking Congress for beyond the CARES Act
The list of measures goes beyond the loan relief that is part of the GOP's Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act. → Read More