Overview
September 9
September 16
September 23

PLANSPONSOR Roadmap: Plan Investments Livestream Series

  1. September 9
    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

    What’s Changing in DC Plan Investment Menu Design

    This session will give an overview of how plan sponsors are evolving their investment menus in response to regulation, litigation and participant behavior—considering costs, simplification and outcomes. You’ll hear what other plan sponsors are doing, getting peer-tested ideas you can discuss with your investment or plan committee. Learn what’s worth acting on now and what to monitor; what is adding value for participants; and what might just be adding unnecessary complexity.

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  2. September 16
    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

    Private Markets in DC Plans

    This session will cover what alternative assets may already be in your plan; whether you should consider adding more private equity, private credit or real assets; and, if so, via what vehicles they should be implemented. Panelists will outline how plan sponsors can monitor and benchmark these asset classes and the six factors outlined by the Department of Labor for making a fiduciary investment evaluation. Speakers will also discuss what protections or challenges the guidance creates for meeting fiduciary standards for all investment selections.

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  3. September 23
    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

    Participant Personalization in Investment Menus

    Get a picture of the role of managed accounts, personalized target-date funds, dynamic QDIAs, tailored balanced funds, advice solutions and artificial intelligence-enabled tools implemented within or as a complement to DC plan investment menus. Learn how to balance personalization with cost, fiduciary risks and investment oversight and how to measure success of personalization efforts.

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Plan Investments: What’s Changing in DC Plan Investment Menu Design

  1. Wednesday,
    September 9, 2026
    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

    This session will give an overview of how plan sponsors are evolving their investment menus in response to regulation, litigation and participant behavior—considering costs, simplification and outcomes. You’ll hear what other plan sponsors are doing, getting peer-tested ideas you can discuss with your investment or plan committee. Learn what’s worth acting on now and what to monitor; what is adding value for participants; and what might just be adding unnecessary complexity.

    Moderator
    Sean Kelly, Senior Vice President, Financial Adviser, Heffernan Financial

    Panelists
    Sean Bjork, Senior Vice President, HUB Retirement and Wealth Management
    Adelia Soremekun, Senior Director, Total Rewards, The Jackson Laboratory
    Greg Ungerman, Senior Vice President, Defined Contribution Practice Leader, Callan

Plan Investments: Private Markets in DC Plans

  1. Wednesday,
    September 16, 2026
    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

    This session will cover what alternative assets may already be in your plan; whether you should consider adding more private equity, private credit or real assets; and, if so, via what vehicles they should be implemented. Panelists will outline how plan sponsors can monitor and benchmark these asset classes and the six factors outlined by the Department of Labor for making a fiduciary investment evaluation. Speakers will also discuss what protections or challenges the guidance creates for meeting fiduciary standards for all investment selections.

    Moderator
    John Bartlett, Director of Retirement Services, CFS Investment Advisory Services, LLC

    Panelists
    Lisa Gomez, Founding Member, LMG Collaborative Consulting Solutions
    Marianne Sullivan, Senior Advisor, Research, DCIIA
    Holly Verdeyen, US Defined Contribution Leader, Marsh

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Plan Investments: Participant Personalization in Investment Menus

  1. Wednesday,
    September 23, 2026
    2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET

    Get a picture of the role of managed accounts, personalized target-date funds, dynamic QDIAs, tailored balanced funds, advice solutions and artificial intelligence-enabled tools implemented within or as a complement to DC plan investment menus. Learn how to balance personalization with cost, fiduciary risks and investment oversight and how to measure success of personalization efforts.

    Moderator
    Rebecca Moore, Managing Editor, Custom Content, PLANSPONSOR

    Panelists
    Chris Bailey, Director, Retirement, Cerulli
    Patrick G. Donnelly, Investment Director, Defined Contribution & Wealth Management, Retirement & Investment Solutions, CBIZ Investment Advisory Services, LLC
    Chuck Williams, CEO, Finspire