Administration | April 16th, 2020 Some Employees Must Plan for a Retirement Without Social Security Financial wellness programs and broader use of auto-enrollment in DC plans could help public sector employees who are missing out...
Investing | April 14th, 2020 Past Bear Market Strategies No Comfort for DB Plans Right Now Pension plan consultants are tweaking recommendations for DB plan sponsors during the unprecedented volatility created by the coronavirus pandemic.
Investing | April 9th, 2020 Talking Points to Help Participants Navigate Market Volatility Certain concepts should be communicated clearly to retirement plan participants so they don’t make decisions that may hurt their retirement...
Administration | April 8th, 2020 Ensuring Cybersecurity in a Remote Work Environment Extra measures need to be taken for HR and benefits staff working from home to keep employee and retirement plan...
Investing | April 3rd, 2020 Plan Sponsors Should Be Extra Vigilant During Severe Market Volatility For both DB and DC plan sponsors, fiduciary actions follow a different time frame when there is a sustained market...
Administration | April 1st, 2020 The Math Behind Plan Fee Evaluations Determining whether fees are reasonable for participants requires an additional layer of calculation, and some fee elements and allocations make...
Administration | March 30th, 2020 Introducing Generation Z to Retirement While retirement isn’t achievable for this new clutch of employees for years to come, saving for it is.
Compliance | March 26th, 2020 SECURE Act Eases Paths for DB Plans A new minimum age for in-service withdrawals and permanent nondiscrimination testing relief ease plan sponsors’ ability to keep older employees...
March 24th, 2020 Coronavirus News for Plan Sponsors The latest news about market volatility, benefits and business updates, and legislative and regulatory actions.
Investing | March 24th, 2020 Understanding the Market Cycle Is Important to Retirement Plan Investors It is inevitable that markets will go up and down; lessons about downturns should always be a part of participant...
Administration | March 18th, 2020 Securing Retirement for Female Workers Faced with a list of priorities and lack of knowledge, women are often the ones who get off course with...
Administration | March 16th, 2020 Next Steps for 403(b) Plan Sponsors Now that plan documents will be cleaned up, 403(b) plan sponsors can focus on strategic tasks such as plan design...
Data and Research | March 12th, 2020 Getting Longevity Wrong Can Put a Hitch in Retirement Planning Individuals need to know the right number in order not to outlive their retirement savings, as well as to prepare...
Compliance | March 10th, 2020 How Democratic Candidates’ Retirement Proposals Could Affect Employer-Sponsored Plans A national automatic savings plan would be a strong possibility, multiemployer plan sponsors could end up in a worse crisis...
Administration | March 5th, 2020 Reasons NOT to Offload DB Plans Before following the crowd, DB plan sponsors should look at the cost to maintain their plan relative to the company’s...