P-Solve Cassidy

P-Solve Cassidy provides the best of both worlds – the flexible, high touch service model of a small firm and the deep knowledge and experience of a large one.

P-Solve Cassidy provides retirement plan services for US-based and multinational plan sponsors in the mid-market. These services include actuarial consulting, investment consulting, plan design studies, and compliance assistance for qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

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Increased PBGC Premiums - another reason to ignore MAP-21 reduced contribution requirements: Reality bites. That is not just the name of a 1994 Winona Ryder film - it can just as easily describe the situation facing today's pension plan sponsors. Many are struggling with the reality that pension deficits are not going to be magically eliminated by fantastic investment returns. Combined with the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future, which is helping to keep the present value of plan liabilities high, many plan sponsors are realizing that cash contributions will be the only sure way to shrink their plans' deficit. Along comes The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, or MAP-21, passed last summer to provide temporary relief in the form of lower contribution requirements by producing artificially low pension liabilities. This would seem to be a great thing for most plan sponsors to take advantage of. However, the reality is MAP-21 is more like a Faustian bargain, where the trade-off of lower contributions comes with the bite of significantly higher PBGC premiums. In fact, we'd argue that plan sponsors would be better off significantly increasing pension contributions to eliminate deficits as soon as possible. And here's why.
New Trends in the 401(k) World: Shortly after the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), Aon Hewitt did a pulse survey of more than 300 large employers (presumably from their client base, but the press release doesn't seem to specify) on 401(k) plans.
Target Date Retirement Funds - Tips for ERISA Plan Fiduciaries: The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recently prepared guidance on selecting and monitoring TDFs.