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January 22, 2020 In 401(k), Compliance, Legal Updates

NWPS Perspective: The SECURE Act

Here is NWPS' memo to clients and advisor partners summarizing The SECURE Act and What It Means to Your Plan.  Here are a few key takeaways for those focused on retirement plans: Increases the required minimum distribution (RMD) age for retirement accounts to 72 (up from 70½) Allows long-term, part-time workers to participate in 401(k) plans Offers more options for lifetime income strategies Permits parents to withdraw up to $5,000 from retirement accounts penalty-free within a year of birth or adoption for qualified expenses   Please contact your NWPS consultant or tobrien@nwp401k.com if you have any questions.

November 17, 2014 In Investments, Plan Design

401(k) Investment Menu; Less is More

In the old days, some plan sponsors treated 401k investment menus like a restaurant menu. If somebody (influential) wanted a fund in the lineup it was added. The result of this in many plans were investment menus with too many funds, overlapping funds and dominated funds. Lineups like that are confusing to participants and result in poor(er) asset allocation.