PLANSPONSOR Magazine
COVER
QDIA In Transition
Participants are moved to a managed account as they draw closer to retirement
Compliance Update
Compliance Update
Compliance Update
Summaries of the latest news from Washington and the courts—what’s coming, what’s...
UpFront
UpFront
In-Plan Lifetime Income: DOL Approves
In 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue...
UpFront
UpFront
Protecting Your Plan’s Fiduciaries
Never in her 27 years in the corporate insurance business has Rhonda...
Insights |
Goals Within Limits
Here we are at the beginning of 2018. As we look ahead to another year, we all have goals, prognostications...
Issue Intro |
Closing the Gap
We ring in this new year with a cover story, “A QDIA in Transition” that’s noteworthy for many reasons. First, it indicates that innovation in retirement plan design...
Survey Says |
The Call of the Road
It is well-known that the workplace benefits when employees take vacation time—in terms of higher productivity, stronger worker morale, greater...
Industry Analysis |
How Advisers Make Plan Decisions
The responsibilities facing employers that sponsor qualified employee retirement plans, including 401(k)s, defined benefit (DB) plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and 403(b) plans, are numerous and not...
UpFront |
Retirees Spending Only About 1% of Assets
Research conducted by the BlackRock Retirement Institute and the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that, after nearly two decades of being retired, the average retiree still has...
UpFront |
Up Close and Too Personal?
After several years of American workers beginning to feel more financially secure following the Great Recession of 2008, just 35% this year said they are satisfied with their...
UpFront |
Policy Recommendations for Small Plans
Morningstar policy experts propose two complementary solutions for improving the number and quality of small-company plans. First is to open multiple employer plans (MEPs) in which small firms...
UpFront |
HDHP Participants As Better Consumers
While the move to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) is meant to reduce employer health benefit costs, it also has the goal of helping employees reduce their own health...
UpFront |
Talking Points
Sacrificial Spending Decisions... ... Millennials are willing to make, to have more money in the long run: Source: Merrill Edge Report 403(b) Plan Usage Drops The number of...
UpFront |
‘Auto-Enrolling’ Emergency Savings
PLANSPONSOR attended an industry trends webcast hosted by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, in part to speak with presenters such as...
Feature |
An Unseen Challenge
Can a nonqualified deferred compensation plan fill the savings gap for your highly compensated employees?
Total Benefits |
Boosting Employee Savings
Voluntary benefits go above and beyond typical benefits offerings
Investment Focus |
Alternative Assets in TDFs
They have compelling strengths, but are they worth the fees?
DB Focus |
Active or Passive Strategies
Smart beta can offer active management benefits for lower fees
Behavioral Finance |
Future Shock
Millennials prioritize short-term financial goals over retirement saving