March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There are many factors plan sponsors must consider in selecting the most appropriate and cost efficient retirement plan platform.
March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In case you have not noticed, there appears to be a full court press underway to kill public sector defined benefit retirement plans.
March 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Perhaps the most common criticism about employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) is that they are too risky to be good retirement programs.
March 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Code section 6056, as enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), requires “applicable large employers” subject to the employer “shared...
February 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the retirement landscape has shifted from mainly defined benefit (DB) pensions to primarily defined contribution (DC) retirement savings, many workers question how...
February 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What a difference a year makes—strong investment performance and a modest rise in interest rates during 2013 caused a steep increase in the...
February 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study shows plan providers continue to increase investment in participant retirement readiness activities, even as overall business profitability has declined.
February 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In this column and a later column, experts from Groom Law Group answer some of the frequently asked questions received about the large...
February 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Year-end reflection has led many defined benefit plan sponsors to revisit a perplexing problem they have been facing all year: what should be...
January 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors need to inform participants of same-gender marriage retirement plan rule changes—or risk financial liability.
January 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Buck Consultants, LLC, has developed a new funding method for public sector plans that has two advantages over traditional methods:
January 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Helping employers and employees better prepare for retirement has become increasingly relevant as defined contribution (DC) plans are now the primary retirement savings...
January 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor (DOL) issued best practice guidance on target-date fund (TDF) selection and monitoring in 2013.