Currently, America has a retirement plan coverage gap, a retirement savings gap and a guaranteed income gap, which plan sponsors and lawmakers need to address to avoid a...
Some legislative proposals, such as the SECURE Act, may address challenges to retirement income adequacy women face, but there are also things retirement plan sponsors can do.
Seventy percent think their approach will help employees retire at their targeted retirement age, compared to only 43% of plan sponsors without this specific plan design.
While asset returns gave defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors a funded status bump in June, lower interest rates led to an overall decline for the second quarter of...
Due to the misunderstanding about the intersection between state and federal Cannabis laws, lack of provider support may stop hemp and CBD companies from sponsoring 401(k) plans.
Research reports find a large proportion of employees don’t understand their retirement benefits—with some not even realizing they are participating—and better communication is needed to help participants take...
Attendees of the 2019 PLANSPONSOR National Conference heard suggestions for the composition of retirement plan committees, what should be discussed in meetings and what fiduciary training is needed.
Speakers on a panel at the 2019 PLANSPONSOR National Conference offered new ideas for reducing leakage from defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.
A self-professed “ERISA nerd” looks beyond the rules and regulations to ask what plan sponsors can do to promote genuine engagement in the participant population.
Plan sponsors from across the U.S. shared their biggest challenges and successes during the opening session of the 2019 PLANSPONSOR National Conference in Washington, D.C.
Fidelity’s head of workplace investing expects the recordkeeping business will grow ever more competitive over time, leading to additional consolidation and, he says, more unified services for plan...
The law changed the rules for 401(k) loans and hardship withdrawals, making it easier to draw money directly as a hardship without first getting involved in the loan...
The Society of Actuaries (SOA) proposed mortality tables include mortality data from both single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit (DB) plans.