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Almost from the moment federal regulators announced they intended to beef up required plan disclosures, the message they heard most often from retirement services industry members was simple:...

Under current rules, if an employer sponsors a "tax-qualified" plan—a DB plan or a 401(k) plan—the employer gets a deduction when it makes a contribution to the plan,...

The U.S. Department of Labor is working on three significant regulatory projects regarding 401(k) fees.

I recently received a question from a reader about one of my articles concerning disclosure of expenses to participants.

With Congress considering whether to make it easier for states to adopt comprehensive health insurance reform in the face of federal inertia, one such experiment that just officially...

Earlier this year, PLANSPONSOR convened its first-ever 403(b) Summit. The following articles were drawn from panels at that event.

For all the talk about the need for retirement-income solutions in defined contribution plans, actual pickup remains woefully low.

Following the markets, securities lending has been on its own roller coaster ride—albeit a somewhat more pleasurable one. Beginning in the second half of 2007, as the crisis...

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. Sometimes those...

If there is a Ground Zero in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation these days, it surely is the Dirksen Federal Building on Dearborn Street in downtown...

By the time the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on James LaRue's case earlier this year, few were surprised that he was allowed to pursue his case to...

Having just gotten back from a week in Chicago at our annual Plan Designs conference (bigger and better than ever, I might add!), my head is still swimming...

PLANSPONSOR.com news articles that also appear in the Upfront section of the July issue.

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

Benita L. Cook, et al. v. Boyd F. Campbell

In 2005, Congressman Miller, the current Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, sent a letter to GAO beginning with the words, "Our private pension system is...

One of the most important developments in the defined contribution plan marketplace in recent years was the Pension Protection Act (PPA) amendment to ERISA section 404(c) that affords...

In its survey of large 401(k) plans (with median plan assets of $248 million), Hewitt found that, between 2005 and 2007, there had been a dramatic shift in...

A couple of months ago, we covered a survey that outlined what were supposedly some of the most atrocious workplace misbehaviors (see "Mouth Watch," Upfront).

Plan fiduciaries often—and with good reason—are cautious when it comes to the embrace of new product solutions.