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Managers are certain that the U.S. economy has some rough times ahead, but they also are enthusiastic about the prospects for high-yield.

While financial pundits are prone to trace cyclical "corrections" to the bursting of "bubbles"—housing, tech—the resulting declines generally are not that sudden, nor are they, generally speaking, wholly...

As we go to press, the market's tumult still rages around us, and it's still anything but clear when (if?) things will return to "normal."

My September 30 statement arrived a couple of weeks ago. No, I didn't look at it.

PLANSPONSOR.com news articles that also appear in the Upfront section of the November 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 has been hard to avoid watching what's going on in the markets and, as the third quarter wound to a close, I asked readers what, if anything,...

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

Jean McCarter, et al., v. Retirement Plan for District Managers of the American Family Insurance Group, et al.

DoL tool makes it easier—to pay fines

Here's a dilemma Democrats face: Democrats like to side with the little guy.

On August 22, 2008, the Department of Labor (DoL) issued a proposed regulation (the Regulation) implementing a statutory exemption and a new proposed prohibited transaction exemption (PTE) that...

The unexplored frontier for 401(k) plans is whether partic­ipant account balances are going to be large enough to pay adequate levels of retirement income. It is, in the...

A recent study by Fidelity Stock Plan Services found that three-fourths (74%) of respondents at companies that offered a stock option plan, stock purchase plan, and a restricted...

You are not in this business very long before you find yourself confronted with—if not confounded by—the law. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is perhaps most...

We got a lot of interest—and more than a few recollections—from NewsDash readers about an online story on exaggerated resumés.

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

Paul H. Anderson, etc. v. Board of Trustees of the Northwest Ohio United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Employers' Joint Pension Fund

Proposed regulations released in late August from the Department of Labor (DoL) purport to offer clarification on the Pension Protection Act (PPA) exemption for offering investment advice, and...

There's a broad consensus that 401(k) plans have replaced defined benefit (DB) plans as the retirement savings program for American workers.