As new retirement fee disclosures go into effect this summer, a coalition of 15 retirement industry groups are urging the Department of Labor to allow broader use of electronic communication for retirement plan participant disclosures, which are now mailed in paper form to plan participants.
“It’s just the way technology is going, you’ve got people of all ages using the Internet,” says Brian Tate, VP, banking and securities at the Financial Services Roundtable, one of the agencies pushing for the changes. “We think it’s just an effective way for our members to reach out with their customers.”