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IRS clarifies emergency expense and domestic violence distributions

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance in Notice 2024-55 on applying exceptions to the 10% excise tax under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 72(t) for emergency personal expense distributions and domestic abuse victim distributions. Internal Reven...

Hardship distributions are up

According to Vanguard, hardship distributions are up and that’s not a good sign. The number of hardship withdrawals per 1,000 savers soared about 40% in 20023 and has doubled since 2021. The main reason people were raiding their retirement accounts wa...

PNC wins excess fee suit

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. won their lawsuit brought by their employees, that accused them o...

Fisher Investments spinning off 401(k) Practice

Fisher Investments announced that they will be spinning out an independent 401(k) solutions divisio...

Milliman wins 401(k) TDF case

Milliman beat back claims that it breached a duty by retaining in-house target risk funds in its 40...

The rollover issue

I think I learned in American politics that first semester in Stony Brook that if men were angels, ...

HP beats back forfeiture case

A federal judge in Northern California stated HP Inc. doesn’t violate the Employee Retirement Inc...

Group pushed back on DOL Lost and Found

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is pushing back on the Department of Labor (DOL) ask to require...

Vanguard shows record savings

A Vanguard published report found that the average participant deferral rate matched the historic h...

CITs gaining ground in the 401(k) space

For about a 25-year run, mutual funds dominated the 401(k) market, but signs are changing. A recent...