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Things I Worry About (9): FINRA Enforcement and Senior Investors (1)

Key Takeaways FINRA’s 2024 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report | FINRA.org included a focus on issues related to retirees and senior investors. The Report provides guidance to broker-dealers about the priorities of FINRA in its regulation, supervision and enforcement programs for broker-dealers. In other words,

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Things I Worry About (8): DOL Investigations and Unsuspecting Plan Sponsors (2)

Key Takeaways The Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) of the US Department of Labor (DOL) recently released its Fact Sheet: EBSA Restores Nearly $1.4 Billion to Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries: ebsa-monetary-recoveries.pdf One of the targets of their investigation is “missing participants”. The DOL refers to that program as

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Things I Worry About (7): DOL Investigations and Unsuspecting Plan Sponsors

Key Takeaways The Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) of the US Department of Labor (DOL) recently released its Fact Sheet: EBSA Restores Nearly $1.4 Billion to Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries: ebsa-monetary-recoveries.pdf The Fact Sheet describes the different EBSA programs that can recover money for participants, and the numbers

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ERISA Moments Ep. 30: DOL Investigations: Priorities for 2025

Take a quick dive into the exciting world of ERISA with Faegre Drinker benefits and executive compensation attorneys Fred Reish and Brad Campbell. In this quick-hit series of updates, Fred and Brad offer a high-level view of current trends and recent ERISA developments. See the newest episode, DOL Investigations: Priorities

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Things I Worry About (6): Automatic Enrollment (5) and PEPs

Key Takeaways The SECURE Act 2.0 required that “new” 401(k) and private sector 403(b) plans automatically enroll their eligible employees, but not until plan years beginning after December 31, 2024…just days ago. “New” plans include most that were established on or after the enactment date of SECURE 2.0—December 29, 2022.

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