When Procurement Is Involved in the RFP Process
Procurement departments can help with the efficiency of the RFP process, but they shouldn’t just be left to their own devices.
Administration
Non-ERISA 403(b)s Off the Radar
Non-ERISA 403(b)s are not under regulatory scrutiny. Is that a good thing or bad thing?
Plan Sponsors Should Be Encouraged to Use Auto Features
A recent survey looked at the reasons retirement plan sponsors do not use automatic plan features.
Overcoming Plan Sponsor Inertia
It’s not only plan participants that are prone to inertia. Plan sponsors, too, can find it a challenge to step up their retirement plan designs.
Challenges of Retirement Plans for Union Members
The collective bargaining agreement rules.
What Retirement Plan Committees Should Know and Discuss
Retirement plan committees need knowledge and continuing education about a number of key subjects.
Sponsors Appear Eager to Tackle Plan Problems
An annual study from Vanguard finds many retirement plan sponsors have embraced auto-features and a deeper sense of ownership over participant outcomes.
Public Policy, Individual Action
TIAA-CREF’s president and CEO on how to stop the retirement crisis before it starts.
PSNC 2015: Best in Class Plan Design
Which plan design elements have had the most influence on the MasterCard and Land O’ Lakes Best in Class designees?
PSNC 2015: Solving the Retirement Crisis
How willing are plan sponsors to embrace change and innovation to fend off the retirement savings crisis?
PSNC 2015: Using an Adviser or Consultant for Your Plan
How to find a specialist adviser, and the value one can bring to your plan.
PSNC 2015: Plan Transitions
What are the best practices when your plan starts the process of transitioning to a new recordkeeper?
PSNC 2015: The Evolution of Education
Education is moving from away from discussing retirement plan basics and asset allocation to the value of saving, the importance of starting early and financial wellness.
PSNC 2015: Managing Administrative and Investment Fees
According to two panelists speaking at PSNC 2015, relying on publicly available fee benchmarking is generally not a marker of top-performing plans and plan sponsors.
PSNC 2015: Designing Plans for Optimal Outcomes
What’s your definition of an optimal plan outcome?
PSNC 2015: Using Plan Design to Help Drive Engagement
“Think about a moment in your life when someone did something for you to put you on the right path ...”
PSNC 2015: Retirement Readiness Benchmarks
A panel of experts at PSNC 2015 urged plan sponsors to ask, what comes after “funds, fees and fiduciary?”
PSNC 2015: NQDC Plan Trends and Challenges
It’s an employee benefits topic that gets less press and touches relatively few people, but employers have a lot to gain by offering nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
Corporate Pension Deficits Dipped $43B in May
The funded status of pension plans of S&P 1500 companies rose 9% since January’s low point.
PSNC 2015: What Success Looks Like
Going by what Plan Sponsor of the Year winners say, “success” means continuous improvement.