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Teachers are closer to having expanded options for retirement income in two states as their legislatures consider—and chambers pass—bills that would do that.
Alaska
In Alaska, teachers would be able to choose between defined benefit or defined contribution coverage if a bill that would allow...
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Like many, perhaps most, families—mine never really talked about money or finance.
Doubtless that was in no small part because neither of those were in abundance in our household. But mostly, I suspect, it was because that was just one of “those” topics that were deemed by my parents’ generation...
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During the height of COVID, many workers quit their jobs in droves, which led to the coining of the term “The Great Resignation,” but are they now regretting it? A new survey of U.S. workers examines job satisfaction among those who left and those who stayed.
As part of a job satisfaction survey...
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A new report provides some interesting insights on 401(k) participants and their behaviors—and reminds of the challenges in tracking trendlines.
The report—aptly titled “401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2022”—provides a snapshot on the how, and how much 401(k)s...
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How will the Saver’s Match contained in SECURE 2.0 affect race/gender disparities in 401(k) balances?
It’s a question tackled in the latest analysis from the Collaborative for Equitable Retirement Savings (CFERS), comprised of three high-profile retirement plan research organizations.
It found...
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Department of Labor Chief Operating Officer and senior staff member Tim Hauser joins American Retirement Association CEO Brian Graff for a comprehensive discussion of the myths, controversies and questions surrounding the final fiduciary rule, officially called the...
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Legislation that would create Alaska Work and Save, a state-run program that would provide retirement plan coverage to private-sector employees in Alaska whose employers do not, is still under consideration.
The bill that would create Alaska Work and Save, SB 135, is not new. Sen. Bill...
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There’s some good news on the retirement front, as Bank of America reported in its quarterly Participant Pulse that many of the key plan indicators it tracks were trending in a positive direction.
Among other things, the report reveals that the average 401(k) account balance as of the end of...
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While not quite the bump received from last year’s record inflation, the health savings account (HSA) limits will still receive an increase for 2025, as determined under Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The new limits were announced May 9 by the IRS in Revenue Procedure 2024-25.
The IRS...
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Arctic Circle, the Big Easy: they could not be in more different parts of the country, but the legislatures of Alaska and Louisiana are considering measures that would do the same thing—call on Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).
And they share similar reasoning: the WEP...
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