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Investegate announcements from Update on Proposed US Expansion

Waiting until 70 to claim Social Security benefits can pay off, so how do you bridge the gap between giving up your paycheck and filing for benefits?

The Department of Labor ("DOL"), Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") (collectively, "Agencies") recently released the 2023...

The Department of Labor (“DOL”), Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) (collectively, “Agencies”) recently released the 2023 Form 5500s...

Despite the many advantages of managed accounts, plan sponsors still have reservations due to concerns about fees, litigation and participant engagement, new research finds.

The rules on inherited defined contribution plans (not just IRAs) seem like a moving target, but here’s what you need to know (as the rules stand now). In December 2019, the SECURE Act (version 1.0) flew through the House and Senate, attached to an appropriations bill. The measure, which stands for Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement, was the biggest piece of retirement legislation enacted since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Convinced of this, I cleared my schedule...

The financial landscape has undergone a profound transformation over the past three decades, leading to a markedly different future of retirement for millennials compared to their boomer counterparts....

A new report released by Vanguard shows the average account balance in retirement contribution plans dropped by 20 percent from 2021 to 2022. Vanguard’s report found that the average account balance for its defined contribution plans was $112,572 in 2022, down nearly $30,000 from the average in 2021. The report noted that 1 in 3…

Gov. Arnold I. Palacios submitted to the Legislature yesterday a proposed $115.4- million budget for the government for fiscal year 2024, which is $786,532 less than the $116.1 million revised budget for fiscal year 2023 that he just signed last week.

SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 makes significant changes to the legal and administrative compliance landscape for U.S. retirement plans. SECURE 2.0 provisions will impact how employers structure and administer their 401k plans, pension plans and employer-sponsored retirement plans.