Launch of the American Retirement Association
Several months ago, ASPPA members overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new name and structure for the umbrella organization of our four sister associations — the American Retirement Association. Today...
View ArticleDeath of a Salesman
There were four days of hearings on the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule and I kept waiting… and watching… and waiting. But it never came up. And that surprised me.More...
View ArticleThe Government Does Not Do it Better
ASPPA Executive Director Brian Graff writes that new DOL guidance gives state-run retirement plan products an unfair advantage without any reasonably apparent policy justification.More...
View ArticleCross-Tested Plans in the Crosshairs (Again)
Buried in a Treasury Department proposal to make it easier for large corporations to close their defined benefit plans to new entrants is a provision that will make it harder for small businesses to...
View ArticleCode, Read
The 2016 general election is upon us, a knock-down, drag-out fight between two intensely polarizing figures — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald J. Trump — vying for votes among an increasingly...
View ArticleThe City That Never Sleeps Should Take a Nap
The New York City Nest Egg Plan is an attempt to close the retirement plan coverage gap for city residents, but instead of focusing on the coverage issue the New York City Comptroller wants the city to...
View ArticleCongress Should Pass on Changing the Pass-Through Income Tax Rate
A close examination of the Tax Reform Blueprint issued in July 2016 by the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is critical since it will be driving the tax reform process in 2017, at...
View ArticlePaper ‘Trails’
The 21st Century is nearly two decades old — so why are we still relying on 17th Century technology for critical participant communications?More...
View ArticleUnder Covered
Despite all the change and innovation that has taken place concerning retirement plans, one thing hasn’t changed: the percentage of American workers covered by a workplace retirement plan.More...
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