403(b) Plans
An examination of the challenges and considerations employers face when offering 403(b) plans.
An examination of the challenges and considerations employers face when offering 403(b) plans.
Check out the stories on research and data about these collective plans, plus feedback from employers that have decided to join one.
Advertised as a more cost-efficient and less burdensome way for small employers to offer a retirement plan, pooled solutions may not be the perfect solution to the coverage gap.
Representatives from two different companies explain the process by which their firms chose their respective multiple employer retirement solutions.
What do the data say about the role MEPs and PEPs can play in getting more people access to employer-provided retirement accounts?
Defined Contribution Groups—DCGs—offer another option for sponsors seeking to simplify some administrative tasks.
A review of the work being done by retirement plan committees along with the tools and training available to ensure that committee members understand their duties and are up to the task.
A retirement plan committee should include a diverse range of individuals, as well as frequent fiduciary training and education, experts say.
Where to find education and training, how often to meet and how to confirm members are prepared to serve participants well.
Plan sponsors can find education and training for their retirement plan committees from several sources, but how best to build one and why are separate questions.
The issue of monitoring investments and plan fees is something that often comes up in retirement lawsuits and is therefore an important part of the fiduciary training process.
By benchmarking their plans across an array of factors, plan sponsors can gain insights about participants and juggle spending to best align with employee needs, company budgets and fiduciary duties.
Standard benchmarking may not yet cover such offerings, but plan sponsors can monitor participant satisfaction, plans’ stated objectives.
Plan sponsors dig deeper into data to define and measure the success of their retirement plans against the backdrop of auto-enrollment.
Plan sponsors and communications professionals review best practices for reaching out to participants and how communications can improve retirement savings.
When crafting messages for up to five generations of workers, a more succinct, informal approach can help ‘maximize the exposure.’
Plan sponsors and communications professionals examine the importance of reaching out to participants and how it can improve retirement savings.