PLANSPONSOR Magazine

PLANSPONSOR September 2015

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COVER

Multidimensional Funds

Finding the right target-date funds for your plan

Insights

More Industry Missteps

As I listen to folks across the industry, these three additional errors...

Issue Intro

What’s on the Menu?

The issue focus is the investment menu

Survey Says

Managing Multiple Plans

Do you, or your firm, have clients that sponsor multiple retirement plans?

ETF Focus |

International Equity Drives Inflows

Strategic Insight’s quarterly exchange-traded fund analysis

Washington Update |

Rules and Regulations

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 |

Benefits’ Perceived Value

Employees need help understanding their benefits

UpFront |

Groupthink

Why 403(b) plans may need advisers

UpFront |

If TDFs Fall Short …

... broaden allocations and use open architecture?

Feature |

Narrowing the Options

Different paths to a streamlined investment menu

Asset Class Focus |

Alternative Assets

They can provide diversification and enhancement of returns

PS Coach |

Recordkeeping Fees

There are a variety of payment structures available to plans

Case Sensitive |

Participants First

Ronald Tussey, et al. v. ABB Inc., et al.

Barry's Pickings |

Death and Interest Rates

Money is going to need to last longer

Saxon Angle |

The Rule Marches On

The fiduciary proposal remains very controversial

Just Out of Reish |

Monitoring Call Centers

Is it a fiduciary duty to know what they tell participants?