Understanding how legislation affects retirement solutions is key to your business. We have several channels to help you and your clients keep up to date with the latest legislative and regulatory news.

Compliance news articles deliver hot topics and information that you may want to communicate to your clients immediately. These articles don’t come out on a set publication schedule. Compliance news articles are published within a few days following a release of a new or proposed law or regulation. The quick turnaround helps give you an edge in communicating timely information to your clients.

Compliance newsletters are a regularly published monthly newsletter that summarizes developments and items of interest that have occurred during the month.

September 2025:

• Catch-Up Contributions Final Regulations

August 2025:

• Access to Alternative Assets Executive Order

July 2025:

• DOL PEP Guidance
• Uncashed and Replacement Check Withholding and Reporting Guidance
• Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
• Disaster Relief

March 2025:

• Disaster Relief - Kentucky

October newsletter

• Spring 2025 Agenda Update
  The Spring Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was recently released and includes items impacting retirement plans.
• Catch-Up Contributions Final Regulations
  Final regulations issued for catch-up contribution changes that support the updates covered within SECURE 2.0.
• Disaster Relief for Wisconsin
  The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief for businesses and individuals impacted by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and mudslides in Wisconsin.

September newsletter

• PBGC Miscellaneous Final Rule
  PBGC issued its final rule outlining miscellaneous technical corrections that address premium rates, due dates, and deadlines for terminating single-employer retirement plans.
• Access to Alternative Assets Executive Order
  President Trump signed an Executive Order stating that participants in defined contribution plans should have access to investments in alternative assets.
• Disaster Relief for West Virginia
  The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and other disaster events in West Virginia.

August newsletter

• Disaster Relief for Texas and New Mexico
  In response to various natural disasters, the IRS and PBGC extended certain deadlines for individuals and businesses impacted in Texas and New Mexico.
• Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
  Congress passed a new law that allows the IRS to grant relief for state-declared disasters and automatically extend certain deadlines for federally declared disasters.
• Uncashed and Replacement Check Withholding and Reporting Guidance
  The IRS issued tax withholding and reporting guidance regarding certain uncashed and replacement checks from a retirement plan.
• DOL PEP Guidance
  The DOL issued new PEP guidance and a request for information.

June newsletter:

• Annual Funding Notice Guidance
  Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-02 provides guidance on the annual funding notice requirement changes as set forth by SECURE 2.0.
• Disaster Relief for Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia
  The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and flooding in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia.

May newsletter:

• Annual Funding Notice Guidance
  Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-02 provides guidance on the annual funding notice requirement changes as set forth by SECURE 2.0.
• Disaster Relief for Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia
  The IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief in response to severe storms and flooding in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia.

April newsletter:

• Disaster Relief – West Virginia
  In response to severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in parts of West Virginia, the IRS and PBGC have issued disaster relief.
• DOL Released Model Notice
  The Department of Labor published a model notice to facilitate compliance with notice requirements in PTE 2002-51.