PLANSPONSOR Magazine
COVER
2017 Best in Class 401(k) Plans
Introducing the latest plans to meet PLANSPONSOR’S standards of excellence for administration and design.
Feature
Feature
2017 Plan Sponsor of the Year Finalists
Honoring nominees in nine categories of plans: six segments of corporate 401(k);...
Insights
Insights
Value vs. Cost
The plan sponsors in our awards programs recognize that outcomes matter.
Issue Intro
Issue Intro
What’s Your Takeaway?
We recognize 67 retirement plans, from two PLANSPONSOR awards programs.
Survey Says |March 2017
Feeling Financially Well
Does your company offer financial wellness education/tools for employees?
ETF Focus |March 2017
ETMFs: A New Option
Strategic Insight’s quarterly exchange-traded fund analysis
Compliance Update |March 2017
Rules and Regulations
Summaries of the latest news from Washington and the courts—what's coming, what's contemplated and what's critical for plan sponsors to know.
UpFront |March 2017
What the DOL and IRS Want to Know About Your Plan
Art by Wesley Allsbrook Every retirement plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) needs to file a Form 5500 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),...
UpFront |March 2017
Employees Need HDHP Education
Despite year-over-year increases between 2014 and 2016 in the number of U.S. workers enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) with a savings component, 63% of employees are...
UpFront |March 2017
401(k) Record Levels Reached
Contributions to, and balances in, 401(k) plans, as well as individual retirement accounts (IRAs), reached record levels on its platform last year, Fidelity Investments reports. 401(k) balances averaged...
UpFront |March 2017
Retirees Have Limited Control Over Health Care Inflation
Art by Craig Frazier An analysis out from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) suggests projected savings targets needed to cover health care in retirement went up last...
UpFront |March 2017
No Strangers to In-Plan Income Products
While 401(k) plan sponsors are hesitant about adding systematic withdrawals at retirement, 403(b) plans have been using them all along. According to the 2016 PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution (DC)...
UpFront |March 2017
Long-Term Return Assumptions Reduced Again, for 2017
Sharing data from their “2017 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions” report, J.P. Morgan Asset Management researchers say they expect marginally tougher investing conditions this year, continuing the trend of...
UpFront |March 2017
Look Carefully ‘Under the Hood’ of TDFs
A new issue brief from the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College takes a “look under the hood” of the target-date fund (TDF) market, finding, in...
DB Plan Q&A |March 2017
Constitutional Standing
A plaintiff must establish a traceable injury in order to bring legal action
Plan Profile |March 2017
Leveraging Open Enrollment
Retirement planning as a part of overall company benefits