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We've all been in a "don't shoot the messenger" situation where you have to be the bearer of bad news even if you did nothing to cause the...

Internal Revenue Code section 4980I, as enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), imposes a 40%, nondeductible excise tax (Excise Tax) on employers, health insurance...

The rise of defined contribution (DC) plans as the primary retirement vehicle for U.S. workers over the past few decades is here to stay.

Today’s range of available glide paths in target-date funds (TDFs) provides retirement plan sponsors with more choices, yet spurs the need for more effective due diligence programs.

October 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" - Benjamin Franklin

October 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) charges pension plans a portion of their underfunding each year.

October 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smart beta is fast becoming a popular approach for providing retirement plan investors with a different, yet systematic, equity exposure than that offered...

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week marks the annual celebration of National Save for Retirement Week, an initiative promoting the importance of offering and participating in employer-sponsored...

October 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There is now substantial research to document the existence of the so-called low volatility anomaly.

October 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The transition from defined benefit retirement plans to a retirement plan landscape in which employees are responsible for their own investment decisions has...

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There have been many articles that have detailed the vast differences between the various off-the-shelf target-date strategies for the defined contribution mid-market.

October 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Objectively, how good is your retirement plan? Without some comparative analysis, how would you know?

October 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Should hedge funds replace fixed income investments? This question has been top-of-mind for many corporate defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors as they await...

October 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With all of the talk of a looming retirement crisis, it’s easy to forget that the retirement industry has made tremendous advancements in...

September 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Too often retirement planning is focused only on the investment aspect of a retirement plan, with little attention given to the true long-term...

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Objectively, how good is your retirement plan? Without some comparative analysis, how would you know?

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - “O Captain! My Captain,” words about leadership, about standing up for what is right, about America.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Code section 6056, as enacted by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), requires “applicable large employer members” subject to the employer “shared responsibility” mandate...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mobile usage in the U.S. is at an all-time high as Americans check their phones upwards of 110 times a day.

September 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A rapidly growing contingent of pension consultants and larger plan sponsors are abandoning spreadsheet- and paper- based reporting in favor of web–based analytics...