Tag: Plan Design

August 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For four decades, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) has provided a...

August 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rebounding from the economic downturn of 2008/2009, retirement plan participants and plan sponsors are renewing...

August 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Small 401(k) plans often outperform large ones on a number of key metrics, according to...

August 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than four in ten (43%) employees surveyed by Fidelity Investments say they would settle...

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many retirement plan third-party administrators (TPAs) responding to a recent survey indicated they most often...

August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement plan participant inertia has previously been viewed as a bad thing, but one plan...

August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In an effort to combat participant inertia, more plan sponsors are considering the process of...

July 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There are times when telling people what to do is the right thing for them.

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to carefully consider their options when it comes to choosing a third-party...

July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Experts in health care and retirement are concerned that the federal government is seeking new...

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer has created a plan sponsor checklist to help ensure a successful open enrollment season.

July 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As plan advisers and plan sponsors, we have to somehow get our plan participants to...

July 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average participant in the U.S. defined contribution (DC) retirement system is 43 years old...

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) encourages plan sponsors to take steps to provide...

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research from the Vanguard Group finds there are differences in defined contribution (DC) retirement plan...

July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The employer-sponsored retirement benefits landscape is changing and PwC suggests “new paternalism” may be the...

July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Misconceptions about automatic features in retirement plans are passed around like fruitcakes: Stephen Moser’s white...

July 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments has launched an initiative to help employers evaluate and improve the retirement readiness...

July 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution retirement plan sponsors in the health care industry are becoming more proactive in...

July 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The addition of a Roth savings feature to defined contribution plans is becoming more popular.