An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) offer compelling advantages for business owners, companies and their employees. Out of all the business planning options out there, they stand out because of their flexibility.
This second installment of ...
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Understanding ESOPs: The Employee Stock Ownership Plan Basics You Need To Know
An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) can be a useful tool for meeting a wide array of business goals for nonpublicly traded companies, but they can intimidate even the savviest business owner. That shouldn’t be the case. With the right guidance ...
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Pension Investing: A Bird’s Eye View, Part II
In Part I of this article, we explained how you, as a retirement plan trustee (or the administrative committee responsible for investing plan assets), can better find your way through the fiduciary forest of competing pension plan investments if ...
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ERISA Reporting And Disclosure Requirements: Eight Common Mistakes To Avoid
One: Failure to file notice of a blackout period.
ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements can be daunting. Retirement plans must provide a notice to plan participants if the participants' ability to direct their investments in the will be ...
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It’s Alive – Posthumous QDROs
A small item in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) revived the viability of qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs) entered after the death of a participant. This should concern family law attorneys, employers, plan administrators and ...
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Automatic Enrollment – Time To Plan & Act
Saving for retirement is an important issue facing employers and employees alike. With Social Security's long-term viability in question, employees must be actively involved in creating their own retirement nest egg. One of the best ways an employee ...
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