Some good news out of Washington: On May 23, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019. Many view this as one of the most important changes to retirement plan rules that we have…
…associations can offer its employees a solid retirement plan, much like the better-known 401(k) … in effect, taking care of people within their organization while simultaneously continuing on their philanthropic mission. Associations of 403(b) sponsors come together with a sense of community. Non-profit employers are…
A blog by Rich Rausser, CPC, QPA, QKA, Senior Vice President, Pentegra Retirement Services – March 3, 2016 The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) – commonly referred to as a non-profit “think tank” for the retirement income planning community – recently released what it considers…
…warmer or colder climate? Do you want to downsize to a smaller home, move to an over-55 community, or maintain your current domicile as part of what you will leave for your heirs? As for the day-to-day routine in retirement: Have you thought about teaching…
When the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 was finally signed into law on December 20, 2019, it was a cause for celebration among retirement industry professionals everywhere. After all, the SECURE Act was the first major legislation for our…
Understandably, the global and national effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are top of mind today. But, now that we generally appear to be on the downside of the coronavirus’s curve, it is worth revisiting the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, and…
…of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 was the creation of the PEP, which allows unrelated employers to collectively participate in a retirement plan that is professionally run. As with the Multiple Employer Plan (MEP), the economies of scale…
Collective Investment Trusts (CITs) have recently gained significant traction in the plan sponsor community. What are CITs? Unlike mutual funds, CITs, also known as commingled or collective funds, are pooled investment vehicles organized as trusts and maintained by a bank or trust company. CITs are…
…the past 75 years, as has the community we serve. In fact, Pentegra wasn’t even Pentegra until 1993; we started off as the Retirement Fund of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, having been established by that system to administer a defined benefit pension trust…
2020 was an unusually busy year … and not just for the most obvious reasons. Legislatively, the retirement savings industry was faced first with the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act – actually signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019 — the…