Opinions

Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, offers his opinions about retirement plan issues addressed—and not addressed—by the Department of Labor under President Donald...

These employee-paid benefits provide essential protection in the event of a critical illness, disability, accident or other event, such as identity theft, that could quickly undermine an individual’s...

Opinion: Lame duck session offers a chance for cooperation on a helpful retirement reform.

Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, discusses the multiemployer pension plan crisis, who may be to blame, and his views on writing off...

If benefit plan participants are dissatisfied, the sponsor often has a good—and overlooked—option, experts say.

Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, points out that, while the candidates for the midterm elections are not spouting their views on retirement...

David Davala, with Findley, discusses considerations for defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors before deciding whether to transfer some of their pension risk to an annuity provider.

There is a modern, professionally managed and outsourced alternative that, while not completely relieving plan sponsors of their fiduciary responsibilities in the eyes of regulators, removes pressure on...

Elliot Dinkin, CEO, Cowden Associates, discusses what plan sponsors should consider about participating in a multiemployer, or Taft-Hartley, plan.

Benefits—as most HR professionals will generally (and sooner or later) intuit—are at the heart of this firm culture issue. They are a critical place in which a firm...

Sue Walton, senior retirement strategist, Capital Group Retirement Strategy Group, discusses how and why health savings accounts (HSAs) should be promoted as a way to save for retirement...

Sterling Price, managing consultant at Findley, discusses how LDI and a dynamic investment policy help to de-risk pension plan assets.

Helen Calvin, chief revenue officer at Jellyvision, explains how employees may respond better to employer education about HSAs, tracking HSA education success is easier, and employee changes relating...

Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, says open MEPs will work up to a point, but contends that they only deal with one...

Offering a new perspective, a marketing agency provides ideas for getting participants more engaged in their retirement plans.

Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, provides the math for why it makes sense to pay off debt before saving for retirement.

Jen Irwin, senior vice president, Marketing & Strategy at Alegeus, offers suggestions for the optimal design of HRAs.

How employers can take the driver’s seat in preparing workers for the retirement savings road trip.

The 5th Circuit officially vacates the fiduciary rule.

Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, discusses support for—and some opposition against—providing lifetime income disclosures to DC plan participants.