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Fertility Treatment Benefits as Excepted Benefits Coming for Employers
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
 

A new fact sheet from the White House discusses a “New Benefit Option” for employers to offer fertility benefits to employees in the future as a standalone plan, regardless of if benefits for fertility treatments are also included under an employer health plan.

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Freezing the Frame: Supreme Court Withdrawal Liability Case to Address Timing of Actuarial Assumptions
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In the first withdrawal liability case to reach the Supreme Court in more than three decades, the Court will consider a statutory question, whose answer will determine pension plans have the flexibility to update actuarial assumptions after year end.

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Expanding 401(k) Investment Choices With Alternative Asset Allocation Funds
Jenny Gartman, CEBS
 

An executive order signed in August may give 401(k) participants more access to investment strategies under which a portion of their contributions are allocated to alternative assets, offering them the opportunity to accumulate more money in their retirement accounts.

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