Opinions

Is your adviser right for your plan?

Lucky 13? $1,000,000? 867-5309? Many participants have no idea what their “number” is or even what it means.

Does an ERISA fiduciary have an obligation to construct a core fund menu?

Experts from Groom answer questions for employers about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

We've all been in a "don't shoot the messenger" situation where you have to be the bearer of bad news even if you did nothing to cause the...

Internal Revenue Code section 4980I, as enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), imposes a 40%, nondeductible excise tax (Excise Tax) on employers, health insurance...

The rise of defined contribution (DC) plans as the primary retirement vehicle for U.S. workers over the past few decades is here to stay.

Today’s range of available glide paths in target-date funds (TDFs) provides retirement plan sponsors with more choices, yet spurs the need for more effective due diligence programs.

October 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" - Benjamin Franklin

October 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) charges pension plans a portion of their underfunding each year.

October 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smart beta is fast becoming a popular approach for providing retirement plan investors with a different, yet systematic, equity exposure than that offered...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week marks the annual celebration of National Save for Retirement Week, an initiative promoting the importance of offering and participating in employer-sponsored...

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is now substantial research to document the existence of the so-called low volatility anomaly.

October 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The transition from defined benefit retirement plans to a retirement plan landscape in which employees are responsible for their own investment decisions has...

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There have been many articles that have detailed the vast differences between the various off-the-shelf target-date strategies for the defined contribution mid-market.

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Objectively, how good is your retirement plan? Without some comparative analysis, how would you know?