PLANSPONSOR Magazine

PLANSPONSOR.com news articles that also appeared in the Upfront section of the May issue.

We all have them: those front-line experiences that are inevitable when one deals with the variety—and sensitivity—of issues associated with human beings and critical life events.

It's been a hot issue for some time—a topic of interest for Congress—and the Department of Labor (DoL) has laid out a three-pronged effort to help deal with...

Each month, Bells & Whistles ­highlights recent product ­introductions that plan ­sponsors may find of interest.

2007, while perhaps not a banner year for the stock market or the investment management business, was a good year to be a transition manager. Data from the...

After seven years of dominating the U.S. markets, value stocks trailed behind growth companies in 2007, and by a considerable margin.

"Buy some good stock, and hold it till it goes up," said American humorist Will Rogers, "and if it don't go up, don't buy it."

When they faced the "perfect storm" earlier this decade, with equity markets declining at the same time interest rates dropped, many sponsors opted to stick with aggressive equity...

Marian Thompson Robinson v. New Orleans Employers ILA AFL-CIO Pension Welfare Vacation & Holiday Funds.

Media reports have spun a tale implying that recent Department of Labor guidelines will squash employers' ability to motivate workers to kick unhealthy habits.

On the whole, I believe the movement from participant choice to target-maturity funds—a movement that is right now at the "inching forward" stage—is good.

While the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) is a decidedly 21st century addendum to the landmark Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, it more closely...

Not unexpectedly, the Supreme Court recently ruled that an individual participant in a 401(k) defined contribution plan can maintain a breach of fiduciary duty claim under ERISA, even...

The class-action litigation against Enron directors and committee members is a lesson about the need for corporate governance procedures for a company's ERISA plans.