Deals and People | January 26th, 2018 PLANSPONSOR Announces 2017 DC Survey Standouts Fourteen service providers to be recognized at the annual PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER Awards for Excellence dinner March 29.
Data and Research | January 22nd, 2018 Many DC Plan Sponsors Reduced Fees in 2017 A survey finds a drop in revenue sharing used to pay plan fees, and that half of DC plan sponsors...
Opinions | January 19th, 2018 5 Actions to Elevate Your Defined Contribution Plan in 2018 Toni Brown, senior vice president, Retirement Strategy, Capital Group, says a plan sponsor with a clearly defined objective for its...
Administration | January 2nd, 2018 Small Plans Seeking Help of Advisers Aaron Friedman, national practice leader, tax-exempt, at Principal in West Palm Beach, Florida, says “small and mid-sized plans are very...
Compliance | December 21st, 2017 PBGC Expands Missing Participants Program Beginning in January, terminating DC plans will have the option of transferring missing participants’ benefits to PBGC instead of establishing...
Investing | December 11th, 2017 CIT’s Costs Attract Institutional Investors A report from Cerulli Associates states the primary reason an institutional investor seeks out a CIT is the fact that...
Compliance | November 14th, 2017 IRS Releases Covered Compensation Tables The tables are to be used for determining contributions to DB plans and permitted disparity in DC plan contributions.
Data and Research | November 9th, 2017 Church Pension Group Says Move to DC Plan Not for Benefit of Participants The group says it has considered moving from a DB plan for clergy to a DC plan and concluded that...
Data and Research | November 1st, 2017 Most Americans Oppose Limiting Pre-Tax Deferrals to DC Plans Nearly one-third (32%) of survey respondents said if this provision of tax reform is passed, it will cause them to...
Administration | October 31st, 2017 American Academy of Actuaries Joins Advocacy for In-Plan Lifetime Income Options The Academy has released a position statement, joining the GAO and Treasury Department in encouraging the use of lifetime income...
Ask the Experts | October 30th, 2017 A Special Halloween Edition “Do the Experts have any Treats for us this Halloween, or only Tricks?”
Compliance | October 20th, 2017 IRS Issues Memorandum on Plan Loan Cure Periods IRS says missed repayments can be addressed in the following quarter or that participants can refinance a loan, but that...
Administration | October 20th, 2017 What Is a True-Up Match? Though not a required contribution, defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors may want to offer a true-up match to help participants...