Compliance | May 20th, 2019 What to Know About Financial Audits Filed with Form 5500s Plan sponsors required to file a financial audit along with their Form 5500 should know how regulators use the information...
Administration | May 17th, 2019 Driving Cybersecurity with Participants and Providers Plan sponsors should evaluate providers’ cybersecurity practices, but there are also steps they and plan participants can take to safeguard...
Compliance | May 9th, 2019 Third-Party Litigation Funders and ERISA Suits ERISA attorneys say it is not common to see third parties providing financial support to litigants in the retirement plan...
Compliance | May 3rd, 2019 Form 5500 Basics: What Sponsors Need to Know The purpose of Form 5500 is to obtain information regarding plan design and basic plan sponsor information, and the regulatory...
Investing | April 30th, 2019 Providers Look to End the ESG Performance Debate According to Mike Hunstad at NTAM, it may take some time for the retirement industry in the U.S. to fully...
Administration | April 25th, 2019 Recordkeeper Consolidation Creates a Smaller Pool of Plan Sponsor Choices Recordkeeper consolidation is ongoing, but it offers an opportunity for plan sponsors to secure better services and software, and better...
Administration | April 18th, 2019 Risk Transfer Floodgates Hold, For Now Even with the documented acceleration of de-risking activity, Tom McCartan at PGIM Fixed Income notes that less than 1% of...
Benefits | April 16th, 2019 Employer-Provided Student Loan Repayment Programs Have Pros and Cons Employers wanting to offer student loan repayment benefits to employees have a multitude of selections to sift through. Which ones...
Administration | April 10th, 2019 Retirement Plan Cybersecurity Disclosure to Make Everyone Satisfied Retirement plan sponsors want to know their service providers are taking steps to protect participant data, but providers are concerned...
Investing | April 1st, 2019 Lessons From 403(b)s When It Comes to LDI in DC Plans The analog of defined benefit liability-driven investing on the defined contribution plan side is the discussion of in-plan guaranteed retirement...
Investing | March 27th, 2019 Impediments to Widespread Adoption of ETFs in DC Plans Despite their advantages, the purpose of defined contribution plans and ability of recordkeeping systems to handle exchange-traded funds' unique traits...
Participants | March 26th, 2019 Shorter Employee Tenure Demands Progressive Plan Design A worker’s tenure plays into his eligibility to join and his level of engagement with retirement plans, and for this...
Administration | March 20th, 2019 ESOPs As a Retirement, and Succession, Plan ESOPs can help employees amass greater retirement benefits, as well as help business owners keep control in planning for the...
Administration | March 14th, 2019 Gap Between Workplace and Retail Retirement Advice Can Be Narrowed A study finds retail retirement planning advice often offers more information to retirement plan participants, but retirement plan sponsors can...
Investing | March 11th, 2019 Don’t Let 3(38) Fiduciary Confusion Entangle Your Plan Plan sponsors must take as much time as necessary to understand what it means to hire a 3(38) discretionary investment...