Special Coverage

Plan Benchmarking

Plan Benchmarking

Benchmarking retirement plans is key for ERISA compliance and for overall competitiveness. These stories explore what plan sponsors need to know about it.

2025 DC Survey: Plan Benchmarking

2025 DC Survey: Plan Benchmarking

A collection of data plan sponsors can use to compare their plan features and governance with peers’, for self-assessment and self-improvement.

Past Special Coverage

SECURE 2.0 in 2025

SECURE 2.0 in 2025

Provisions of the 2022 law are increasingly affecting plan sponsors and participants as more and more of them take effect. What is happening in 2025?

Employer Contribution Strategies

Employer Contribution Strategies

Employers’ retirement plan contribution strategies require plan sponsors to consider timing, costs and the specific financial needs of their companies and their workforces.

Personalization in DC Plans

Personalization in DC Plans

A review of the options and opportunities plan sponsors have to provide participants with personalized benefits offerings for retirement savings and beyond. 

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

A review of the questions plan sponsors can ask their providers and their teams, as they try to keep plans safe from cyber attacks. 

Small Plans

Small Plans

A review of the administrative, operational and cost choices small employers should be aware of when considering retirement plan options.

Retirement Income

Retirement Income

A review of the variety of different options and issues plan sponsors should consider when evaluating choices around retirement income.

DC Plan Design

DC Plan Design

A review of how plan sponsors can use defined contribution plan design to help participants meet retirement goals.

Design Options: Building Strong Retirement Plans
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Design Options: Building Strong Retirement Plans

Retirement plan designs that include features and investment options incorporating retirement income into defined contribution plans are a 'good starting point' but can be a ‘blunt force instrument approach.'

LDI, PRT and Plan Termination

LDI, PRT and Plan Termination

A review of the opportunities and risks to consider when deciding whether to continue offering and operating a defined benefit plan.

Recruiting, Hiring and Training Plan Sponsors

Recruiting, Hiring and Training Plan Sponsors

What companies are doing to hire for their benefits teams, especially for the teams that run their retirement plans.

403(b) Plans

403(b) Plans

An examination of the challenges and considerations employers face when offering 403(b) plans.

Know Your DC Plans
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Know Your DC Plans

Tax-exempt, church and governmental employers have a wide range of considerations when picking what retirement plan, or plans, to offer.

MEPs, PEPs and Pooled Plan Providers

MEPs, PEPs and Pooled Plan Providers

Check out the stories on research and data about these collective plans, plus feedback from employers that have decided to join one.

Into the Pool
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Into the Pool

Representatives from two different companies explain the process by which their firms chose their respective multiple employer retirement solutions.

Moving the Needle
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Moving the Needle

What do the data say about the role MEPs and PEPs can play in getting more people access to employer-provided retirement accounts?

Committee Education

Committee Education

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.