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It is the latest recordkeeper to waive fees because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The financial wellness platform includes a comprehensive suite of essential tools and resources to help improve people’s financial health and well-being.

Consultations with retirement plan participants it serves will address retirement plan account questions as well as broader personal financial issues.

The firm also says it has designed a process that will make adopting hardship and loan relief provisions as seamless as possible.

With MyBlocks, investors work with an adviser.

COVID-19-related distributions will be capped at $100,000 with no mandatory tax withholding requirements and the ability to repay them.

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The recordkeeper is making the move in response to the CARES Act.

The firm is also offering free fiduciary and wellness services to employers.

Fee waivers, accelerated processing and educational resources are being offered.

The firm says it hopes to help clients and participants during the coronavirus pandemic.

The firm has established a dedicated team to support participants who are considering accessing their retirement savings to meet their short-term financial challenges related to the pandemic.

In addition to waiving fees related to participant hardship withdrawals, the firm is suspending fees for plan amendments made in response to the pandemic.

Through the new ManagedPlan solution, the PCS Retirement recordkeeping platform will be fully integrated with Envestnet's wealth management platform.

The SEC has confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic will not halt the implementation of the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest, which has a general compliance date of June 30.

In addition to waiving transaction fees for participants, Principal is waiving fees for certain retirement plan amendments.

“There’s a gap in the market where the solo adviser or small office is trying to create their own marketing, sales, and service process documents,” says Sharon Pivirotto.

The fee waiver will remain in place until further notice, depending on circumstances in the economy and financial markets.

It is designed to enable advisers to have deeper conversations with clients about various tax strategies.