Viewpoints from John Hancock Retirement
As one of America’s most trusted financial brands, we believe everyone deserves the tools and guidance to achieve financial wellness and retire with confidence. We’ve made retirement plans work for nearly 50 years, and today we’re one of the largest full-service providers in the industry.
At John Hancock, we make retirement plans work.
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A closer look at the DOL’s safe harbor eDelivery rule
The U.S. Department of Labor has provided final rules for eDelivery that ERISA plan sponsors should follow.
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Six months of market volatility and COVID-19: reflections from August 2020
After six months of pandemic-related economic and market uncertainty—a look at what retirement plan participants have experienced and what actions they’ve taken.
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IRS guidance for the CARES Act is worth the wait
Notice 2020-50 clarifies treatment of coronavirus-related distributions (CRDs) and explains increased loan limits and suspension of loan repayments.
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How COVID-19 has affected retirement plan sponsors and participants—our July update
The dichotomy of the stock market performance and unemployment in July set the stage for the uneven impact of the pandemic on both businesses and people, as we see in a July survey of our retirement plan sponsors and in our participant data.
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IRS provides relief and other guidance on 2020 required minimum distributions
Learn about recent RMD relief and guidance from the IRS.
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IRS provides guidance on midyear changes to contributions to 401(k) safe harbor plans
Get the facts about the IRS’s guidance on midyear changes to 401(k) safe harbor contributions.
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How a Paycheck Protection Program loan can help your small business clients
How small businesses can use Paycheck Protection Program loans to make 401(k) contributions
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Retirement plans in June continued to reflect the ups and downs of the economy
Since the pandemic kicked off market volatility in February, the economy has been on a rollercoaster ride. We continue to watch the actions our retirement plan participants are taking to gauge the impact the changing economy is having on them, so we can try to help them with timely and targeted engagement.
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Actions taken by retirement plan participants reflect May’s mixed bag of news
In May, we saw that most participants are staying the course. But those who’ve been affected by the pandemic are finding some relief in the CARES Act.
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Evidence-based ideas for a 401(k) plan design upgrade
John Hancock’s 401(k) data reveals plan-level progress under way and sets clear direction for future improvements.
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