Administration | September 25th, 2018 Transamerica Offers Suggestions for Further Improving Retirement Security While defined contribution plans showed resilience during the Great Depression and recovery, more can be done to help participants, Transamerica...
Data and Research | September 6th, 2018 Global Retirement Index Declines Pinned to Aging Populations An aging population seems to be the greatest challenge facing the retirement systems of developed nations; Japan, where 27% of...
Data and Research | August 14th, 2018 Retirement Plan Sponsors Could Do More to Improve Employee Retirement Outcomes TIAA supports offering lifetime income options and makes other plan administrative and design suggestions to alleviate plan sponsors’ concerns about...
Participants | August 13th, 2018 Automatic Features in Retirement Plans Boost Retirement Confidence Most retirement plan participants would like savings and investing guidance, a survey finds.
Compliance | July 31st, 2018 Plan Sponsors Shouldn’t Fear Making Settlor Decisions Retirement plan sponsors often fear participant backlash when making decisions that could actually help improve participant outcomes, but the law...
Administration | June 25th, 2018 2018 PLANSPONSOR National Conference Coverage A recap of presentations and discussions during the 2018 PLANSPONSOR National Conference.
Administration | June 25th, 2018 2018 PSNC: Small Plans, Big Results Creative and cost-efficient strategies to motivate employees at small companies to engage in their retirement plan.
Administration | June 21st, 2018 PSNC 2018: Making Sense of Big Data Retirement plan sponsors have access to a plethora of data that can help them in making plan design and participant...
Administration | June 19th, 2018 PSNC 2018: Planning for Post-Employment Retirement plan sponsors have a fiduciary duty to help plan participants who terminate or retire and provide them the tools...
Administration | June 15th, 2018 PSNC 2018: Retirement Industry Leaders Discuss Top Trends Drew Carrington and Michael Knowling review the 8 most talked about retirement industry topics.
Administration | April 6th, 2018 Roth Accounts: A Different Type of Retirement Savings Diversification Just as people diversify their investments, the Roth option is viewed as a way to diversify the tax treatment of...
Administration | March 21st, 2018 Retirement Program Designs of the Future: Beyond Automatic Plan Features As retirement plan sponsors focus on increasing retirement income replacement ratios for participants and new generations enter the workforce, they...
Benefits | March 21st, 2018 Study Supports Use of Auto Features in Public-Sector 457 Plans The state of South Dakota has experienced good results since implementing automatic enrollment and automatic deferral escalation in its 457(b)...
Products | March 16th, 2018 Predictive Analytics Can Help Solve Retirement Plan Challenges John Hancock has begun using predictive analytics to address defined contribution (DC) plan participant behaviors that could hurt their outcomes.
Participants | March 7th, 2018 Retirement Saving Focus Especially Needed for Latino Women A study suggests that armed with good savings options and understanding of how to use them, Latinas could and would...
Administration | December 27th, 2017 How Plan Sponsors Can Use Research and Surveys Data and research from providers and industry groups can help plan sponsors make more informed decisions.
Data and Research | November 8th, 2017 Mercer Makes Proposals for Addressing America’s Retirement Security Creating open MEPs, encouraging the use of lifetime income products and removing impediments to employers maintaining DB plans are just...
Administration | October 16th, 2017 How Advisers Can Help Plan Sponsors Two Plan Sponsor of the Year awards winners shared ways their advisers helped them.
Administration | September 27th, 2017 Considerations for Adopting a Safe-Harbor Plan Design The deadline for adopting a new safe-harbor 401(k) plan is October 1, and while it’s not likely to be met...