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Recently, the Department of Labor released two regulatory initiatives that will have an enormous impact on both plan sponsors and plan service providers.

When I was a kid, one of the major gasoline brands featured a slogan about putting a "tiger in your tank."

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...

2008 is about eight weeks old, and one of the "traditions" associated with a new year is the making of New Year's resolutions. Just after New Year's Day,...

I don't have any problem with the proposal, considered in connection with the Pension Protection Act (PPA) and under consideration by FASB, to mark defined benefit plan assets...

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.

As a lawyer, I have been trained to think in terms of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Early last month, more than 150 plan sponsors, consultants, and providers gathered in Washington, D.C., for PLANSPONSOR's second annual DB Summit. Over the three days of the conference,...

When a conservative investment fund suffers a big loss, who's at fault and who's responsible? That is at the heart of a controversy involving two institutional commingled trust...

The new qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) regulations, which went into effect last month, answered many questions—but, as is often the case, "These regulations are like an artichoke;...

Nicole Pappas v. Watson Wyatt & Company

Emerging market equities have outrun their U.S. and European counterparts since the bottom of the markets in late 2002.

Until recently, the vast majority of employers have not asked employees for any documentation when they enroll dependents, sources say. That is changing—fast.

Recently, the Department of Labor released two regulatory initiatives, the final Form 5500 regulations and the proposed section 408(b)(2) regulations, that will have an enormous impact on both...

Certain provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 will require plan ­amendments.

With millions of Baby Boomers on the cusp of retirement, and the American workforce more transient than ever, plan sponsors are facing a growing dilemma: what to do...

This month, we unveil the finalists for PLANSPONSOR's Retirement Plan Adviser and Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year.

The year just passed has been a remarkable year for PLANSPONSOR.

Having spent three days immersed in PLANSPONSOR's second annual DB Summit last month, I was struck by just how relatively "easy" participant-directed plans—be they 401(k), 403(b), or 457—are.

PLANSPONSOR.com news articles that also appeared in the Upfront section of the January issue.