PLANSPONSOR Magazine

Tomorrow's indices offer more than mere benchmarks, generating needed liquidity while keeping the pressure on active managers and funds of funds

Tomorrow's advice will be multichanneled, automated, integrated—but will it be used?

Paperless processing dominates the future

Employer involvement can make a difference with college savings plans—but will it?

Pension management complexities presage a boom in investment outsourcing

Spotlight shines on savings vehicles as more plans force employees to pick up tab

Practice draws scrutiny, little fire—but that could change

So-called "alternative" investments go mainstream

Transition management evolves beyond the single-event mindset

New regulations could dampen enthusiasm for deferred compensation programs

Introduction

Call for more services, integration, information—faster

A more holistic focus on entitywide risk impact, not just the pension plan

It may be painful, but trends favor a closer match between asset mix and liabilities

Fewer providers, more complex information delivery

Drawn by the big bucks involved, providers are offering lots of new investment options to nonqualified plans

Decisions driven by many factors— but not costs

Directed trustees seek a narrower scope

To outsource, or not to outsource. Plan sponsors are asking the question of how best to handle their suddenly very prickly stock option plans

Knowing why, not just how, a portfolio fared

Consolidation hits the HRO market early, and plan sponsors could benefit

Few bright shining lines guide fiduciary concerns

Rollovers—and rollover options—are likely to soar in the next few years, thanks to burgeoning Boomer balances and new automatic rollover rules

By making a complex process simple, lifecycle funds are rapidly becoming the option of choice for defined contribution plans, but choosing the right ones for your plan is...

Introduction

New regulations, heightened fiduciary concerns, complex administration keep plan sponsors tied up more than ever

Technology fuels productivity, fends off competition

Bundled DB and DC administration outsourcing is becoming a better deal for sponsors