A new retirement reform bill dubbed the ‘SECURE Act 2.0,’ currently under consideration by the House, contains provisions that are likely to affect a majority of retirement plan sponsors. Here’s our rundown.
Strategic Benefits Advisors welcomes Kah-Lee Wong as senior benefits consultant
Kah-Lee Wong, FSA, EA, MAAA, has joined SBA as a senior benefits consultant. She brings over 30 years’ experience leading benefit consulting teams with a focus on DB and H&W plans.
Strategic Benefits Advisors launches ‘Lightning Benefits Survey’ series for plan sponsors
The bi-monthly surveys will give employers access to actionable intelligence and peer benchmarking on a variety of employee benefits topics.
Chris Lorino returns to Strategic Benefits Advisors as defined benefit administration team leader
Lorino possesses 30 years’ experience providing benefits consulting, trust administration and relationship management services to DB and defined contribution (DC) plan providers.
Strategic Benefits Advisors urges 401(k) plan sponsors to review payroll procedures before year’s end to ensure SECURE Act readiness
Starting January 1, 2021, plan sponsors must begin counting hours for part-time employees who work at least 500 hours a year. Employees who work 500 hours for three consecutive years must be offered the opportunity to participate in their organization’s 401(k) plan beginning in 2024.
Strategic Benefits Advisors makes list of Atlanta’s top employee benefits and compensation companies for second year
For a second consecutive year, Strategic Benefits Advisors has been named to the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of the top 20 employee benefits and compensation companies in Atlanta.
New SBA service fills plan sponsors’ need for pandemic-friendly, cost-effective sourcing of third-party benefit service providers
Travel restrictions and budgetary constraints caused by the global coronavirus pandemic have led some plan sponsors to put vendor search projects on hold. SBA’s Arm’s-Length Vendor Search service helps organizations make informed vendor selections and meet their due diligence and fiduciary obligations without having to assess vendors in person.
SBA publishes guidance on which CARES Act provisions require immediate action by health and retirement plan sponsors
Plan sponsors will need to coordinate with healthcare providers immediately to begin complying with the law’s mandatory provisions. While most retirement plan provisions are optional, they are nonetheless time-sensitive and call for coordination with the plan sponsor’s recordkeeper and actuary.
UPDATE: Trump enacts biggest changes to employer-sponsored retirement plans in over a decade
The SECURE Act has been signed into law by President Trump. The law’s provisions, most of which go into effect January 1, will affect the way DC and DB plans are administered in 2020 and beyond.
UPDATE: SECURE Act could be passed into law by week’s end
Now poised to pass the Senate, the SECURE Act — as part of Congress’s omnibus spending bill — could be inked by the President as soon as week’s end. It represents the most significant retirement legislation in more than a decade.
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