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2025 DC Survey: Plan Benchmarking
Sponsors can use the report to compare their plan features and governance with peers’, for self-assessment and self-improvement.


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Survey
2025 DC Survey: Plan Benchmarking
Sponsors can use the report to compare their plan features and governance...

Feature
Feature
To Cultivate the Best Match
How sponsors design their match determines how well savings grow.

Case Study
Case Study
Bringing Everyone In
MSB Consulting Engineers prioritizes support and communication
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2025 DC Survey: Plan Provider Service Ratings
Defined contribution plan providers are rated by plan sponsors across six plan asset ranges.
Insights |March - April
Scare Tactics?
Earlier this year, we covered a study released by a consulting firm in which it alleged that, using its proprietary...
Participant Analysis |March - April
Wellness Programs Are Liked by All
Recent PLANSPONSOR surveys of plan sponsors and participants provide insight into employer-sponsored financial wellness programs. The 2025 PLANSPONSOR Plan Benchmarking...
Rules/Regs |March - April
Finding: First-Class Consideration Went to ESG, Not to Plan Participants
A Texas federal court ruled on January 10 that American Airlines Inc. and its employee benefits committee violated their fiduciary...
Rules/Regs |March - April
More From Washington and the Courts
Supreme Court Hears Cunningham v. Cornell University The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Casey Cunningham et al. v....
UpFront |March - April
The Amendments Needed for 2024
The IRS 2024 Required Amendments List for Qualified and Section 403(b) Plans, published this past December, includes three pages of...
UpFront |March - April
PEP Assets Pass the $10 Billion Mark
The pooled employer plan market surpassed $10 billion in assets last year, according to Cerulli Associates, which reported that more...
UpFront |March - April
Female Civil Servants Lag Behind
When compared with their male colleagues, women in public service jobs expressed more concern about their finances and outliving their...
Tidbits |March - April
Tidbits
A Peek at How Pension Systems Rank Worldwide Mercer used three sub-indices within which to assess, via over 50 indicators,...
UpFront |March - April
The Financial Illiteracy Effect
A lack of financial education in both high school and college tends to correlate not only with low levels of...
Feature |March - April
The Power of the Default Rate
An employee’s initial saving rate makes a big difference in outcome.
Conference Coverage |March - April
PLANSPONSOR Roadmap: SECURE 2.0
Speakers at the 1st event in the PLANSPONSOR Roadmap: SECURE 2.0 series discussed the administrative challenges of implementing the Roth...
Fiduciary Forum |March - April
Who’s on First…?
Know who should handle what, fiduciary delegation-wise.
Inside Angle |March - April
The DOL Amends Its VFCP
Reduced regulation is expected—and expected to have a broad impact.
Portrait of Retiree |March - April
Destination Early Retirement
The Dumases knew they’d want to travel so they planned well—ahead.