Tag: Plan Design

Participants may need even more education surrounding target-date funds and account choices to avoid misusing the investment, says a new...

A research brief looks at efforts states are taking to fill the retirement plan coverage gap for private-sector employers and...

Cross-testing can benefit older, highly paid employees, but can be a win for other employees too.

Research finds many retirement plan participants use the match as a guide for how much to save in their plans.

From 1998 to 2015, the percentage of Fortune 500 employers offering a traditional, final salary DB plan to most newly...

Fidelity studied the benefit of increasing savings by 1% every five years.

More than half of plan sponsors agree that the original purpose and current use of DC plans do not match...

Not all plan designs fit into prototype plan documents, so how will the IRS’ elimination of the determination letter affect...

Word is this Super Bowl will be Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s last game before retiring.

Help with student loans joins retirement, health and vacation benefits as a priority.

The proposed rule will help closed DB plans continue to satisfy minimum coverage and other testing requirements.

The conventional thinking about generational differences is not as useful as considering retirement plan participants at their stage in the...

The agency has added more safe harbors to the normal retirement age requirements.

Defined contribution plan stats show the effect the Pension Protection Act had on plans.

Church plan legislation provides an immediate opportunity for plan sponsors to affect participant outcomes through auto enrollment; the effect of...

The first of the appellate courts to rule on recent church plan litigation, the 3rd Circuit reiterated that only churches...

A New Year’s resolution survey finds employees are placing physical health above financial health, but plan sponsors and advisers can...

An extensive new report from BrightScope and the Investment Company Institute finds large plan sponsors, in particular, are squarely focused...

Each year PLANSPONSOR provides all the information plan sponsors need and want to know during its annual conference.

IRS guidance applies same-gender marriage court decision to retirement plans.