PLANSPONSOR Magazine
COVER
2017 Plan Sponsors of the Year
Honoring the winners of the nine categories of plans: six segments of corporate 401(k); 403(b); public DC; and TRO.
Insights
Insights
Whiplash
The tax treatment of retirement plans
Issue Intro
Issue Intro
Standing Out
What drives plan sponsors to seriously pursue educating participants about the importance...
Industry Analysis
Industry Analysis
Income Solution Usage Stagnant
Spotlighting industry data from PLANSPONSOR’s proprietary research
Survey Says |
Plan Participants’ Common Questions
Art by Wren McDonald From time to time, retirement plan sponsors tell us that they repeatedly get asked the same common questions by plan participants—such as “How does...
Compliance Update |
Compliance Update
Summaries of the latest news from Washington and the courts—what's coming, what's contemplated and what's critical for plan sponsors to know
UpFront |
Retirement Account Taxation Is On the Table
Art by Jackie Ferrentino Will Hansen, senior vice president of retirement policy for the ERISA [Employee Retirement Income Security Act] Industry Committee, is among the list of policy-watchers...
UpFront |
Bipartisan Support for Lifetime Income Disclosures
U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, and Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, have introduced a bill they call the Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, which would require 401(k) plan sponsors “to inform...
UpFront |
Roth Often Delivers Greater Ending Wealth
A report from NerdWallet argues that, for most savers, at largely all income levels, utilizing a Roth individual retirement account (IRA) can generate significantly more retirement wealth compared...
UpFront |
How to Encourage HSA Use
Increasingly, employers and retirement plan providers are touting health savings accounts (HSAs) as a way to plan for health care costs in retirement, but why are employees not...
UpFront |
Boomers Retirement Outlook
Thirty-eight percent of middle-income Baby Boomers—those with a household income between $30,000 and $100,000 and less than $1 million in investable assets—expect Social Security to be their primary...
UpFront |
Can Trump’s Economic Plans Boost Real Assets in the DC Space?
To a joint session of Congress in late February, President Donald Trump said, “The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding.” He was referring to...
UpFront |
Real Estate As Retirement Asset
Median Home Equity and Financial Wealth Of Households Ages 65 – 69 in 2012, By Wealth QuintileMany workers enter retirement primarily holding two very different types of savings–financial...
UpFront |
Retiring Later Not a Reliable Retirement Strategy
Luke Vandermillen, vice president of retirement and income solutions at Principal Financial Group, says, “I think any time we talk about retirement, everyone makes the assumption it’s their...
Feature |
Custom Messaging for the Masses
Get better results by personalizing education and communications
Research |
Pillars of Strength
Introducing the 2017 individual and team customer service representatives called out for providing exemplary support to plan sponsors
Research |
Defined Benefit Administration Survey
Defined benefit providers and plan sponsors continue to evaluate strategies for improving overall outcomes