Tag: Plan Design

October 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of purchasing annuities for retirees’ pension liabilities remained largely unchanged during August, with...

October 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An increasing number of plan sponsors are pointing to participant outcomes, not participation rates, as...

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Controlling benefits costs is by far the number one issue for companies participating in a...

October 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis of the adequacy of retirement systems shows while the United States has fallen...

October 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors can go a long way towards reducing leakage from defined contribution (DC) retirement...

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Several factors have created a retirement funding gap that is estimated to be as high...

October 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Households without employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRA) had lower incomes...

October 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Small companies (10 - 499 employees) face retirement plan coverage and participation, as well as...

September 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study has identified common practices for plan success in defined contribution (DC) retirement...

September 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Buck Consultants has released Savings InSight, a solution that will allow employers to automate their...

August 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Affordable Care Act has brought attention to the coverage of part-time employees under health...

August 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Center for American Progress (CAP) has proposed a new retirement vehicle that it says...

August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Certain factors are impeding defined contribution (DC) retirement plan sponsors from adopting automatic features, a...

August 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – By institutionalizing their defined contribution (DC) plans, plan sponsors can give their participants better retirement...

July 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Benefits Council has requested guidance about how the ruling on the Defense of...

July 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A policy forum sponsored by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examined factors affecting retirement...

July 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research shows certain retirement plan design features can increase participation up to 70%.

July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In addition to longevity, inflation and market risks, retirement plan participants may be a risk...

July 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from Aon Hewitt says participation in defined contribution (DC) plans is at...

June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to using automatic features for...