PLANSPONSOR Magazine
COVER
Retirement Checkup
5 factors that reveal plan health in terms of meeting
participants’ retirement objectives
Editorial
Editorial
Independence Days
Independence Day, the Fourth of July, to me signifies the start of...
UpFront
UpFront
Big Benefits Changes
Advice on addressing the DOMA ruling
UpFront
UpFront
Back to School
American educators show above-average retirement confidence, but …
UpFront |July 2013
Entitlement to Empowerment
Combining benefits education with financial planning education
Survey Says |July 2013
Have You Evaluated Your Retirement Account Fees?
Most providers prepared for an onslaught of questions from retirement plan participants when, last fall, the latter all received new fee disclosures under Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
Bells & Whistles |July 2013
Bells & Whistles
Recent product introductions that plan sponsors may find of interest
Feature |July 2013
Most-Popular QDIAs
Asked which investment is the most popular, David Kaleda of Groom Law Group says, “It seems to be target-date and/or lifecycle funds, with managed accounts second and balanced...
Feature |July 2013
Safe Harbor Investments
QDIAs offer fiduciary protection, so why don’t all plan sponsors use them?
Head of the Class |July 2013
Hedge Rows
How hedge fund allocations affect returns in a plan portfolio
Asset Mix |July 2013
In the Middle
Middleware seeks to solve retirement income products’ plan-level portability problem
Case Sensitive |July 2013
Wrongful Acts
William Foster v. PPG Industries Inc. et al. and Patricia Foster
Just out of Reish |July 2013
Plan Committees Beware
Don’t miss disclosures for individual brokerage accounts
Second Opinions |July 2013
Shared Responsibility
More questions about guidelines in proposed health care regs
Tidbits |July 2013
Tidbits
Quotes, survey statistics and musings to use in employee communications, or just for a break from the grind.
Research |July 2013
Putting the Pieces Together
Trends in total retirement outsourcing: The 2013 PLANSPONSOR TRO Buyer’s Guide