PLANSPONSOR Magazine

We often talk about how the workplace has become the center of the average American’s financial life; it’s the hub...

Welcome to the first issue of PLANSPONSOR for 2026—and to a new chapter for the magazine!­ Beginning this year, PLANSPONSOR...

This livestreamed event explored the use of retirement income products and their availability for defined contribution plans. Experts shared strategies...

The Internal Revenue Service has released updated safe harbor explanations that retirement plan administrators can use to meet federal notice...

Judge Applies Remedy From Cunningham Ruling U.S. District Judge Daniel Calabretta of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...

Plan sponsors, advisers, recordkeepers and participants should bear in mind that cybersecurity is a “community sport,” says Sastry Durvasula, chief...

The possibility to utilize alternative investments in defined contribution plans has been there for years. What changed last summer was...

Research from Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. suggests that familiarity with annuities is growing, but a separate LIMRA study questions clients’...

Question: We’re a private higher education plan sponsor. Our recordkeeper recently told us we could make substantial employer contributions for...

Multi-Dimensions of a Long Life Based on the new Longevity Preparedness Index, 1,307 American adults averaged 60% across all domains....

Employers gain from the wellness programs too

Oscar Jiménez-Solomon, with the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, compiled the following list of...

As adults age, their health and financial literacy remain critical to their ability to make informed choices about medical care,...

Participants must be educated before communication can do its job

Plan sponsors look to current trends in technology, and in employee preferences, to help with enhancing participant communications. Today, this...

It has never been more important for people to take charge of their retirement savings, but plan sponsors’ messaging may...

What we know, and still need to, about the new IRA for kids

Employers must explain, and administer, the high-earner catch-up rule

Experts are unanimous that plan sponsors should not wait until the last minute to amend their plans for SECURE [Setting...

A sponsor’s financial wellness initiatives aim to offer help and hope

Public DB plans make the reforms needed to keep participants covered

This seeming perk for all can potentially make the sponsor liable

The proposed rule is broader and tougher than ERISA Section 408(b)(2)

Eric Lindsay finishes strong, thanks to his aptitude, and lessons from his dad