Magazine Articles

Participants |January - February 2024

Advice on Advice

Personalized investment guidance can take many forms.
Participants |January - February 2024

Motivating Investment Interest

Sean Bjork of Bjork Asset Management is asked what works to motivate employees to engage in an investment customization process. “It’s almost like going back to the future:...
Conference Coverage |January - February 2024

Navigating ESG

Planning a route to sustainable investing goals.
Feature |January - February 2024

A Focus on Guaranteed Income

Plan sponsors have several options for providing workers with access to annuities.
Feature |January - February 2024

Types of In-Plan Guaranteed Income

In-Plan Fixed Annuity How it worksParticipants, on retiring, pay an insurance company for a single-premium immediate annuity or a deferred income annuity, which stream income for the rest...
UpFront |January - February 2024

EBSA’s Budget Lags Behind Expenses

While the Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration’s budget has largely been unchanged over the past 10 years, the...
UpFront |January - February 2024

Millennials, Gen Z Seek Employer Support

While Millennial and Generation Z employees are more apt to struggle with debt than are older generations, saving for retirement...
UpFront | November-December

Closing the Gender Savings Gap

PLANSPONSOR recently talked to four progressive plan sponsors, each in a different type of business, that each have a goal...
UpFront | November-December

How to Prepare for a Breach

The question of how plan sponsors can most effectively respond to and communicate news of a data leak to their...
UpFront | November-December

Growth-Asset Needs of Pre-Retirees

Amid widespread concerns about inflation and the rising cost of living, it is not uncommon for older plan participants, or...
Insights | November-December

Participant Best Interest

The Department of Labor recently introduced a proposal that expands who or what is an investment advice fiduciary. Forging the...
Inside Angle | November-December

An Influential Opinion

The DOL’s recent advisory opinion may yield far-reaching opportunities.
Financial Wellness | November-December

A Thorny Issue

Participants need to prepare for surprise expenses in retirement.
Fiduciary Forum | November-December

Annual Notice Season

Some of these documents are legally required and should be reviewed.
Plan Profile | November-December

A Focus on Wellness

Hendrick Motorsports, 2018 winner Corporate 401(k) >$50MM – $100MM.
Participant Analysis | November-December

Age Matters

E mployees prioritize and value certain benefits offered by their employers differently based on their age and life stage, according to the 2022 PLANSPONSOR Participant Survey, fielded last...
Tidbits | November-December

Tidbits

Many Retirement Savers Face a New Test As of October 1, after a 3 1/2-year break, people with student loan debt had to resume paying it off. An...
Rules/Regs | November-December

More From Washington and the Courts

IRS Annual Contribution Limits for DC Plans and IRAs The Internal Revenue Service, November 1, announced the annual contribution limits for qualified defined contribution plans and individual retirement accounts...