Retirement Advisor

Many small business employers may be unaware that there are several retirement solutions available to them and that the new federal law covers 100% of the startup administrative costs for employers with up to 50 employees.

The new legislation is a significant step toward making retirement plans accessible to 57 million more people, similarly to the launch of automatic enrollment In the UK a decade ago, says Smart's global retirement report.

When an employee fails to satisfy their obligations and elects to "undo" a bonus by taking a 401(k) deferral, it gets complicated when any funds deposited into the company 401(k) plan are now considered plan assets.

When it comes to people and personalities, there are often other motivators that lead to people considering the company their second home.

That score plunged to 72% for millennials, who have decreasing savings rates and a more cautious and conservative approach to investing, according to Fidelity.

The move by many states, like Oregon and California, to require auto-IRA retirement plans for private-sector workers has not discouraged employers from sponsoring their own retirement plan benefits, a Pew study has found.

The U.S. defined contribution system relies on new employers to create, on average, 44,000 plans per year to compensate for the more than 377,000 plans that closed from 2012 to 2021, according to a Morningstar report.

Following the collapse of First Republic Bank earlier this week, the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver its 10th - and final - rate hike for a while today, bringing the rate to a range of 5% to 5.25%, the highest since 2007.