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## Editors' Picks

### Weight Loss Medication Coverage, Big PBMs Drive Up Cost Concerns for Plan Sponsors

In a recent study by Mercer, 77% of employers named the management of GLP-1 costs...

### Trump Signs Executive Order Easing Access to Private Investments in 401(k) Plans

The order directs the Labor Department, Treasury and SEC to reexamine guidance around alternatives, including...

## Survey Findings

### *Single-employer 401(k) plans account for more than $8 trillion of the $12 trillion in U.S. defined contribution assets.*

Source: 2025 Recordkeeping Survey

## Small Plans

Considerations of the issues that face small plans and the opportunities available to small employers for providing retirement benefits.

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## Top Stories

# What’s Driving the Small Plan Market?

Federal tax incentives and other state policy efforts have led to more retirement plans available for employees of small businesses.

**Data and Research** | August 8th, 2025

### University of Wisconsin’s Retirement Research Center Closes

The closure followed the Social Security Administration’s cuts to research funding, announced in February.

**Data and Research** | August 8th, 2025

### Scams Targeting Elders Continue to Grow, per FTC

Congress introduced a bill this year to remove early withdrawal penalties for participants in qualified retirement plans that have been...

## Small Plans

Considerations of the issues that face small plans and the opportunities available to small employers for providing retirement benefits.

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### Trump Signs Executive Order Easing Access to Private Investments in 401(k) Plans

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### Weight Loss Medication Coverage, Big PBMs Drive Up Cost Concerns for Plan Sponsors

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### Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Deplete Social Security Faster, per SSA

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### Debt Weighs Heavy on Plan Sponsors, Employees

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### Can Employers Contribute to 457(b) Plans?

## Latest

**Deals and People** | August 8th, 2025

### Retirement Industry People Moves

Baron Capital makes senior hires; Horatio Sparkes leads business development at Pandion; Inspira Financial appoints Debby Moorman as EVP; and...

**Products** | August 7th, 2025

### Product & Service Launches

Imagine360 product provides health care spend transparency; PGIM expands fixed-income ETF offerings; SmartX introduces full integration of semi-liquid alt investments;...

**Compliance** | August 7th, 2025

### Trump Signs Executive Order Easing Access to Private Investments in 401(k) Plans

The order directs the Labor Department, Treasury and SEC to reexamine guidance around alternatives, including cryptocurrency, in retirement plans to...

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**Investing** | August 7th, 2025

### MissionSquare Reduces Fund Costs

The firm announced plans to reduce overall expense ratios by as much as 45%.

**Data and Research** | August 7th, 2025

### 529, ABLE Account Assets up 11.8% Year Over Year in Q2

Growth has continued on both the asset and account level in 2025.

**Data and Research** | August 6th, 2025

### DCALTA White Paper Makes Case for Private Credit in 401(k) Plans

The analysis urges plan sponsors to incorporate private credit into defined contribution plan investments, particularly target-date funds.

**Compliance** | August 6th, 2025

### Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Deplete Social Security Faster, per SSA

The Social Security Administration’s top actuary provided an estimate that the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will have ‘material effects’ on the...

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## Market Mirror

Wednesday the Dow rose 81.38 points (0.18%) to close at 44,193.12, the Nasdaq rose 252.87 points (1.21%) to close at 21,169.42 and the S&P 500 rose 45.87 points (0.73%) to close at 6,345.06. The Russell 2000 fell 4.38 points (0.2%) to close at 2,221.29 and the FT Wilshire 5000 Index rose 404.73 points (0.64%) to close at 63,315.68. The 10-year Treasury note fell 1/32, bringing the yield to 4.232%. The 30-year Treasury bond fell 28/32, bringing the yield to 4.824%.

## Latest in Surveys

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### 2025 PLANSPONSOR 403(b) Market Survey

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## Industry Intelligence Spotlight

**Videos**

# SECURE 2.0: Putting It Into Practice

Some provisions from the SECURE 2.0 Act are already in effect — and many are still on the way — helping to expand access to employer-sponsored retirement benefits and increase retirement readiness for...

*Sponsored by ADP*

**Videos**

# Keynote: The Resurging Workforce: Optimism and Expectations for the Future

Roger Gray shares insights from Bank of America’s Workplace Benefits Report covering everything from optimism in the workplace, to pay equity and steps employers can take to improve workplace wellness.

*Sponsored by Bank of America*

**Videos**

# Breaking Down Invisible Barriers: What’s Standing Between Employees and Retirement Readiness?

Edelman Financial Engines, LLC dives into recent research conducted in partnership with Cerulli Associates that uncovers the invisible barriers that are inhibiting more widespread employee adoption of managed accounts, thus standing in the...

*Sponsored by Edelman Financial Engines, LLC*

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### Precision in Protection: Using Guaranteed Lifetime Income and Managed Accounts to Improve Outcomes

*Sponsored by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America*

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